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 (2005) - Open Testbed

Intel S478 (2005) - Open Testbed

My trusty P4 2.4 "C" was dusted off (again) and ready for hours of torture testing:

Madshrimps (c)


JMke's Test Setup
CPU Intel P4 2.4 "C" @ 3 Ghz - 1.60v vcore
Mainboard Asus P4C800
Memory 1 * 256Mb PC3700 OCZ
Other
  • ATI R9000 Passive Cooling
  • Sharkoon SilentStorm 480W PSU
  • IBM 40GB IDE HDD


  • all results were taken with room temperature at ~25°C, but temp fluctuations, different mounting and user error can account up to 1-2°C of inaccuracy in the obtained results. Please keep this in mind when looking at the results. Each heatsink was tested repeatedly; if I got questionable results I restarted the test.
  • Setup was installed in a case less environment, the location is different from the last time however, making a direct comparison with the results obtained in PART 1 of the P4 roundup impossible, that's why I've re-included some of the previously tested heatsinks
  • Noise level of each fan was recorded with SmartSensor SL4001A, the sensor was placed ~70cm away from the HSF. The lowest dBA reading in the test room was 35.8 dBA.

  • System was stressed by running two instances of K7 CPU Burn for 30min (after Thermal Compound’s burn-in); this application pushes the temperature higher then any other application or game I’ve yet encountered. Speedfan was used to log maximum obtained temperatures.
  • A stock Intel aluminum P4 default heatsink was included for reference, it features a medium loud 70mm.
  • Arctic Silver kindly send us their “Lumière” thermal testing compound which has the same colour as Ceramique, but only a break in time of 30min!
  • Arctic Silver’s ArctiClean was used to clean off thermal paste of the CPU and heatsink between tests


    Fans used

    Most of these heatsink support 80mm fans and some support both 80 and 92mm, one or two were able to fit a massive 120mm fan. Here are the official specs of each fan; the rated noise-level was measured by the manufacturer at an undefined distance.

  • Delta 80mm AFB0812SH: 4000RPM / 40dBA
  • Delta 92mm NFB0912L: 1400RPM / 18.5dBA
  • Panaflo 92mm FBA09A12H: 2850RPM / 35dBA
  • Papst 120mm 4412 F/2GLL: 1250RPM / 18dBA

    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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