Corsair Nautilus 500 Water Cooler Review

Intel Performance Numbers

The Corsair Nautilus 500 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Pentium Processor 955	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS P5WD2 Premium	Click Here
Video Card	BFG Tech 7800GTX	Click Here
Hard Drive	Seagate Barracuda 7200.7	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair Nautilus 500	Click Here
Power Supply	OCZ 600W Powerstream	Click Here
Operating System	Windows XP Professional	Click Here

Testing Procedure:

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows XP Professional build 2600 with Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop using ASUS Probe while the system was running Folding @ Home, Sandra Burn-In, and Super Pi. Room temperature was kept at 20C during all testing.

First up is the idle temperatures!

The Nautilus 500 was able to beat our the HydroCool 200EX by 1C when set to high and they performed the same on low speed. Will the same be true at load? let’s find out.

Under full load we see the Nautilus 500 come in 2C lower than the HydroCool 200EX, which is a good thing. On low it also performs 1C better than the HydroCool 200EX.