Koolance CPU-LN2 vs K|ngp|n F1EE LN2 Container
@ 2009/07/08With a thinner base and greater internal volume the CPU-LN2 is the clear winner here for dry ice cooling. With the tall acetal extension the CPU-LN2 is quite easy to bench with dry ice, simply keep it at least half-way full and the temps are quite stable. Towards the end I was getting lazy and tossing large chunks into the tube and I noticed only a marginal difference in performance versus powder and pellets. The performance on Core i7 was quite impressive, I personally thought the CPU-LN2 would cave when faced with a greater load.
FOR LN2 though.... How best to put this.. the CPU-LN2 is not an adequate liquid nitrogen pot. I started my testing on AMD's Phenom II X4 955 and even with the pot full of nitrogen I was still seeing massive(20C+) swings in base temperature through the relatively short 3D06. For example I can run 3DMark 2006 at 5900MHz on my F1EE but I had to drop down to 5650MHz with the CPU-LN2 due to the processor getting too warm through the CPU test and crashing. wPrime 1024M crashed at 5800MHz typically between 65 and 80 seconds.
FOR LN2 though.... How best to put this.. the CPU-LN2 is not an adequate liquid nitrogen pot. I started my testing on AMD's Phenom II X4 955 and even with the pot full of nitrogen I was still seeing massive(20C+) swings in base temperature through the relatively short 3D06. For example I can run 3DMark 2006 at 5900MHz on my F1EE but I had to drop down to 5650MHz with the CPU-LN2 due to the processor getting too warm through the CPU test and crashing. wPrime 1024M crashed at 5800MHz typically between 65 and 80 seconds.