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#792 - SilverStone Nitrogen NT05 Cooler |
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Written by Zach Jeffers
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
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Page 8 of 9
Results:
For installation and testing of the SilverStone Nitrogen NT05 heat sink and fan, we used the following hardware:
Enclosure: Ultra
Aluminus
Power Supply: Ultra
X-Connect X2 550watt
Processor: AMD 3800+ X2 (Socket AM2)
Motherboard: ECS
KA3 MVP
Memory: Crucial
Ballistix 2gig (2 x 1gig) DDR2 PC2-6400
Video: 2 x x1600Pro 256mb DDR2 in Crossfire
Storage: Seagate 7200.10 320 GB SATA2
Optical: Plextor PX-740UF PATA
One thing to note is that the NT05 can run at any RPM that you designate with the provided rheostat. At the lowest setting the fan is almost silent. It isn't until you hit 50% when you start to hear the whine of the 70mm fan. At 100%, the fan is unbearable and almost matches my Vantec Tornado 80mm fan! This is fine if you are using this in a server application but definitely not on a desktop situation. I would have liked to have seen a four pin motherboard header for this fan as to allow RPM control from the motherboard and CPU.
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