Silver Arrow: Great Temps!

[tw33k]

Just ran 1/2 hour of Everest CPU stress to test out my new Silver Arrow. Temps are down ~15c compared to my Zalman 9700. Awesome!


Zalman 9700 ~58c


Silver Arrow 43.9c

 

[Zen00]

Looks good, wish my Corsair H60 gave me that good of results, I'm generally at 55C or 60C.

 

[vierasniper]

does it have to be that cold?

 

[smarteyeball]

The sliver arrow is a great cooler.

does it have to be that cold?

When overclocking - it certainly helps. It also allows for a much higher OC

 

[Zen00]

Yeah, as I want to hit 5.0Ghz, I'd love it to be that cold.

 

[tw33k]

does it have to be that cold?

The colder the better

 

[A Guy]

Just ran 1/2 hour of Everest CPU stress to test out my new Silver Arrow. Temps are down ~15c compared to my Zalman 9700. Awesome!

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Zalman 9700 ~58c

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Silver Arrow 43.9c

Great upgrade. Supposed to be pretty quiet too, did you notice an increase/decrease in noise? A Guy

 

[tw33k]

I can't hear the TY-140s at all.

 

[Zen00]

By the way, what's the ambient temperature in your computer room?

 

[GeneO]

Looks good. Didn't like my Zalman much either as far as cooling capacity,

You didn't say what your overclocking is. Or is that base no overclock? Looks like overclock at 1.31V. Is your RAM REALLY at 1.9V?

I am not sure the colder the better to some level. You have wider temperature swings. Like hard drives - a google study found a higher failure rate at colder temps (in the 35C range) than in the 45 degree range for instance.

Cheers

 

[tw33k]

Zen: It was about 28-29c that day

GeneO: All I've done as far OC the CPU is raise the FSB slightly. It's @ 3.225GHZ (stock 3.0). My RAM is what I focused on. Yeah, it's 1.9v running at 573MHz (6,6,6,18). It's funny coz CPUZ only shows 266MHz and 400MHz
CPU-Z Validator 3.1

 

[GeneO]

Zen: It was about 28-29c that day

GeneO: All I've done as far OC the CPU is raise the FSB slightly. It's @ 3.225GHZ (stock 3.0). My RAM is what I focused on. Yeah, it's 1.9v running at 573MHz (6,6,6,18). It's funny coz CPUZ only shows 266MHz and 400MHz
CPU-Z Validator 3.1

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The reason I asked is I thought you had an I7 which can be damaged at above 1.65V on the memory. Don't know about the AMD.

Cheers

Gene

 

[smarteyeball]

The i7 can go as high as 1.85v DRAM volts without damage to the CPU as long as it's within the QPI related variance.


*(NB, generally for extreme benchers though - not everyday usage )

 

[tw33k]

UPDATE: I removed the Antec Big Boy 200mm from the side panel and added 4x Silverstone 120mm Air Penetrator Fan AP121 I'm stoked with the temps

Before (Ambient 21c)


After (Ambient 21c)


Can't ask for lower temps on air.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

tw33k,
Your making excellent headway. Great cooling on air with a little more tweeking I think you'll see 3.4-3.6 with ease!

 

[tw33k]

Ran Prime95 for 30 minutes. Average temp ~37c. Ambient 17c. Awesome cooler!

 

[Darkelk]

They are really good temps Tw33k, keep it up!