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Asetek WaterChill: CPU, Chipset, and VGA Water Cooling Kit

Company: Asetek
Product: WaterChill CPU/VGA/Chipset Kit
Street Price: $269 USD
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2003
Reviewed By: Joey Chao

 

Test Setup & Benchmarks Used:

Test Systems

Motherboards:

ABIT IC7 MAX 3 (875P)

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz "C" (800 MHz FSB)
Memory:

2 x 256MB OCZ PC4000 EL

Video Card:

ATi 9700 Pro

Power Supply: PC Power and Cooling 475W ATX
Hard Drive: Maxtor D740X 40GB
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP1
Drivers:

Intel INF Update v5.00.1012
ATI Catalyst 3.7 Driver Suite

 

Benchmarks

SiSoft Sandra MAX3
PCMark 2002
Aquamark 3
3DMarks 2001 SE Build 330
3DMarks 2003 Build 330

The temperatures that we took were used with the Hardware Monitor software provided with the ABIT IC7 MAX3. The problem was that it only shows CPU temperatures. To get the temperatures off of the Radeon 9700 Pro and the North Bridge, we used a CompuNurse. This should give us an accurate depiction of how well the WaterChill cools of these components. One of the probes was placed on the back of the video card, directly behind the GPU. The second probe was placed to where it was touching the side of the 875P chip. We even trimmed off some of the protective covering on the probe to get it that much closer to the core.

We define the idle temperatures as running Windows with no other applications for 30 minutes. CPU and North Bridge load temperatures were taken after having the system run Prime 95 for 30 minutes. GPU temperatures were taken after running 3DMarks 2003 for 30 minutes in loops.

The ambient temperatures were kept as close to 25C as possible. Sorry that we did not have other coolers to compare to but we are working on some other ones and other comparisons can be made.

 





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