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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AMD S754 (2005-08) - Open Testbed

AMD S754 (2005-08) - Open Testbed


Piotke's Test Setup
CPUAMD Athlon 64 3000+ "Winchester"
Cooling
  • Asetek Vapochill Micro
  • Thermalright XP-90C
  • Scythe SGOGUN
  • MainboardAsus A8N SLI
    VGAAsus Geforce 6600 GT
    Memory2*512 Mb A-Data Vitesta DDR600
    PSUAntec TrueControl 550 Watt



  • all results were taken with room temperature at ~26°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 the test was restarted.
  • Setup was installed in a case less environment
  • Noise level of each fan was recorded with SmartSensor SL4001A, the sensor was placed ~65cm away from the HSF. The lowest dBA reading in the test room was 30 dBA. The Papst 120mm fan gave <30dba readings so it’s very quiet!
  • System was stressed by running K7 CPU Burn for 30min (after Thermal Compound’s burn-in); this application pushes the temperature higher then any other application or game we’ve yet encountered. Speedfan was used to log maximum obtained temperatures.
  • 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!

    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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