Playing with Air

[dj5]

Just picked up an Thermalright SLK-800 / Vantec Tornado 80mm 84.1CFM / Vantec Nexus MultiPanel (CPU Fan Rheobus)

I needed a cooling system for Lan Parties... and just wanted to see what was out there...

Specs:
2100+ Tbred B @ 12x200fsb = 2400MHz
Asus A78NX Deluxe R. 2.0
Vcore 1.825
1 80mm Intake Fan 31CFM
1 80mm Exhaust Fan 31CFM
Enermax PSU with 2 Fans

Fan Speeds:
3200RPM - Idle 37C Load 45C
4000RPM - Idle 36C Load 42C
5798RPM - Idle 35C Load 39C
Ambient Room Temperature 21C
100% Load Folding@Home

The noise is bearable at it's lowest setting
I have to blast the volume while playing games if I want the fan Full Blast.

The MultiPanel is more of a toy and esthetics gizmo then a proper rheobus considering it can only control CPU Fan. Though it does bring 2 USB and 1 Firewire connection to the front panel, and displays temperatures for CPU/CASE/HDD temp sensors. Painless to install.

Being that there are tons of reviews on all these products already, I figure I'd just list points that stuck in my head.

Thermalright SLK-800
* Awesome looking heatsink
* Perfectly flat and smooth at base
* Flimsy Fan Clips, They should include extra Clips
* Socket Mechanism is not optimal, should have bigger screwdriver guard/cage for better leverage

Vantec Tornado 80mm
* Loud
* Displaces ALOT of air
* Needs fancontrol to be liveable if in a public area in home

Vantec Nexus
* Nice Frontpanel arrangement
* Includes everything in regards to cables / allen key / adapters
* Had to modify Tornado molex to 3 pin head to use with panel as there is only adapters for 3pin
* Looks spiffy

Will this setup replace my watercooling? Nope... not for home use anyways, as it is still alot louder than watercooling at it's lowest settings but for Lan Parties or fooling around, I feel comfortable with it's cooling power to keep me stable and in the game.

Just my thoughts... your mileage may vary.

[4.6POWER]

post up some temps when you get a chance :)

[dj5]

sorry I may not have been clear on previous post..
Fan Speeds:
3200RPM - Idle 37C Load 45C
4000RPM - Idle 36C Load 42C
5798RPM - Idle 35C Load 39C
Ambient Room Temperature 21C
100% Load Folding@Home

those are the temps at different Fan Speeds.

:)

[4.6POWER]

woa.. totally missed that! sorry m8, those temps look really good ;)

[EspElement]

can the SLK800 U hold a 92x92m fan?

[Ruantic]

can the SLK800 U hold a 92x92m fan?

not without custom mounting or an adapter which would most likely just restrict airflow, SLK900U is the one for 92mm, but I think the 80mm tornado does a more then sufficient job, and temps aren't alot better on the 900, over the 800, few degrees at best..

[EspElement]

so your saying a SLK 800U with a tornado 80x80mm is better then a SLK 900U with a tornado 92x92mm? or the other way around?

[Ruantic]

Originally posted by EspElement
so your saying a SLK 800U with a tornado 80x80mm is better then a SLK 900U with a tornado 92x92mm? or the other way around?

No, what I'm saying is the SLK900U DOES perform better then the 800U, but not by much. What I did say is that I doubt you would see much gain by replacing a 80mm Tornado on an 800U, with a 92mm Tornado, mostly due to the fact that any custom mounting solution you come up with would more then likely restrict air flow...

[EspElement]

But... if you had a 92x92 tornado on a SLK900U you think that will be alot better then a SLK 800U with a 80x80 tornado....
92 hits 120cfm
80 hits 85cfm

[Ruantic]

But... if you had a 92x92 tornado on a SLK900U you think that will be alot better then a SLK 800U with a 80x80 tornado....


well I guess it depends on your definition of alot, most everyone I see claim about 2-5 C difference....

[EspElement]

hmm i think i will be hooking yup with a SLK 800 , i got a volcano 9 i will use the fan off it hits 75cfm which is fine... :)

[Ruantic]

Yeah that would be a pretty decent setup.....