All Heatsink Tests Done By Madshrimps In One Place

Cooling/HSFDB by jmke @ 2009-12-07

Over the past years we have tested a few hundred kilos worth of heatsinks; in order to give you quick access to the massive amount of data we have entered all the test results (more than 400) into a database, grouped by test setup. Enjoy!

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Intel S478 (2002) - Open TestBed

CPU Heatsink Results Database

Over the past years we have tested a few hundred kilos worth of heatsinks; in order to give you quick access to the massive amount of data we have entered all the test results (more than 400) into a database, grouped by test setup.

We’ll start with the oldest test setups and move our way on the next pages up the latest tests. If you want to jump straight away to the latest Intel S775 and AMD S754 results use the menu below:

1 - Intel S478 (2002) - Open TestBed (this page)
2 - AMD S462 (2003) - Open Testbed
3 - AMD S462 (2004) - Open Testbed
4 - AMD S462 (2004-08) - Open Testbed
5 - AMD S462 (2004-12) - Open Testbed
6 - Intel S478 (2004) - Open Testbed
7 - Intel S478 (2005) - Open Testbed
8 - AMD S754 (2005-08) - Open Testbed
9 - AMD S754 (2005~2007) - Antec Sonata 2
10 - Intel S775 (2006~2009) - Antec Sonata 2


Intel S478 (2002) - Open TestBed

- P4 1.8A
- An Asus P4B533-E RAID
- Apacer PC2700 512Mb
- Radeon 8500LE
- 3Com 10/100
- Quantum HDD

The HD got a clean install of Windows 98SE powered with the latest Asus PCProbe utility. Each contestant will be faced with the same CPU being clocked at 2 different speed , being:


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The CPU will be heated up by running a little program called Prime95. Both the time to get to the hotest point as the time it takes to return to the idle temp are recorded.

The system was not installed in a case so the displayed temps in the results might be lower then the ones you might get. We are comparing 2 heatsinks so the difference in temperature is what we are looking for! Each heatsink is equipped with it´s default fan it is delivered with, to give you an idea of how the "out of the box" product performs.

Performance Results

Select the heatsink you want to compare and hit “select”. Click the name of the heatsink to be taken straight to the original review, with pictures, installation tips and more.


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Comment from piotke @ 2009/01/28
Nicely done, but once you selected one or 2 coolers, and clicked next to see the graph, there is apparently no way to return to the selection menu ? (besides refreshing the page).
Comment from Massman @ 2009/01/28
Your life's work?
Comment from jmke @ 2009/01/28
Quote:
Originally Posted by piotke View Post
Nicely done, but once you selected one or 2 coolers, and clicked next to see the graph, there is apparently no way to return to the selection menu ? (besides refreshing the page).
good point, will look into it

@Massman: trying to setup similar for fans & cases, than my work is complete
Comment from jmke @ 2009/01/29
return link added!
Comment from Rutar @ 2009/01/29
excellent work
Comment from geoffrey @ 2009/01/29
if you don't select anything, and choose select, then you get a nothing select error but no link back to the selection screen

Flash btw?
Comment from jmke @ 2009/01/29
no flash involved, Php image generation; you can directly link to generated charts from Madshrimps.be domain. Today so far 916 charts were generated latest one:

http://www.madshrimps.be/images/rend...26,363,366.png

if you try to directly link from a site outside madshrimps domain you get this image:



Quote:
if you don't select anything, and choose select, then you get a nothing select error but no link back to the selection screen
fixed, thanks for testing
Comment from jmke @ 2009/01/29
added links to the Heatsink names, they now link to the original review, with pictures, installation tips and more.
Comment from geoffrey @ 2009/01/29
you're brilliant
Comment from jmke @ 2009/01/29
coolest would be now if you mouse-over the name, you see a small thumbnail of the heatsink? would that be useful ?
Comment from jmke @ 2009/02/01
latest chart generated can now be found: http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=stats
will need a better place for it though

 

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