Legit Cooling Reviews

MACS Monsoon II Lite Intel Active TEC CPU Cooling System

Manufacturer: Vigor Gaming
Product: Monsoon II Active TEC CPU Cooling System (CLT-M2LA)
Date: Sat, Mar 10, 2007 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Test 2: The Average Enthusiast

Profile 2: The Average Enthusiast (Mild Overclocking)

  • CPU Multiplier: 7x
  • CPU voltage: 1.4000V
  • FSB Voltage: 1.30V
  • FSB: 1600MHz
  • Memory Voltage: 2.20V
  • Final CPU Frequency: 2.80GHz

MACS Monsoon II Lite Active TEC CPU Cooling System Benchmarking

Results: Things are starting to heat up now and both the MACS Monsoon II Lite and the Corsair Nautilus 500 are both at the same load temperatures.  At idle there is just a 1C difference between each cooler, which is amazing.

MACS Monsoon II Lite Active TEC CPU Cooling System Benchmarking

Results: When it comes to power consumption on our mild overclock the the MACS Monsoon II Lite consumes more power than either of the other coolers as the TEC plate was running at full throttle at both idle and load trying to keep the cooler nice and cool. The Big Typhoon VX and Nautilus 500 remained under 300W at load, but the Monsoon II Lite was well above that, running at 362W.

Let's take a look at extreme overclocking.

Next Page - Test 3: The Hardcore Overclocker


Review Index
Page 1 - The Monsoon II Gets A Lower Price Point
Page 2 - Installing The Monsoon II Lite on an LGA775 system
Page 3 - The Test System
Page 4 - Test 1: The Normal User
Page 5 - Test 2: The Average Enthusiast
Page 6 - Test 3: The Hardcore Overclocker
Page 7 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions