whats the cooler master cm sphere like
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CustomPC mag did a big test of coolers before christmas and it sucked big time.
looks dam cool tho
any1 have a link for this cooler ?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821 and find a 120mm fan that suits your pcs theme
Two things:
a) browsing of my new spec PC now with a Zalman CNPS9700, looks mint and im an oh so dangerous 28C at the moment with the fan running SILENTLY at ~50%, dunno why people **** this cooler off. (Edit: Whole thing installed last night so that temp will drop around 5C once bedded in)
b) I bought the Sphere for my dad HAHA, in the same order as my parts for two reasons: Dying to see what it looks like and also it's jsut for a 3.4ghz Prescott, couldn't give a monkies because it runs real hot anyway.
Well firstly, it's around the same size as the Zalman, which is kinda big, for football fans out there; think of a size 2 football. Also there are very few reviews for it, it's kinda new, but the one i saw it got 92% and on the comparison tables it was mid-high up there,running quieter than the zalman, but few degrees off cooling. So i wouldn't say its rubbish, just not overclocking material. Looks awesome though. Also take a look at Asus Arctic Tower, though again performanc eis questionable...but would look amazing on an Asus board
a) browsing of my new spec PC now with a Zalman CNPS9700, looks mint and im an oh so dangerous 28C at the moment with the fan running SILENTLY at ~50%, dunno why people **** this cooler off. (Edit: Whole thing installed last night so that temp will drop around 5C once bedded in)
b) I bought the Sphere for my dad HAHA, in the same order as my parts for two reasons: Dying to see what it looks like and also it's jsut for a 3.4ghz Prescott, couldn't give a monkies because it runs real hot anyway.
Well firstly, it's around the same size as the Zalman, which is kinda big, for football fans out there; think of a size 2 football. Also there are very few reviews for it, it's kinda new, but the one i saw it got 92% and on the comparison tables it was mid-high up there,running quieter than the zalman, but few degrees off cooling. So i wouldn't say its rubbish, just not overclocking material. Looks awesome though. Also take a look at Asus Arctic Tower, though again performanc eis questionable...but would look amazing on an Asus board
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=57&subcat=821
can you just attach a fan of your choice to it?
can you just attach a fan of your choice to it?
Two things:
a) browsing of my new spec PC now with a Zalman CNPS9700, looks mint and im an oh so dangerous 28C at the moment with the fan running SILENTLY at ~50%, dunno why people **** this cooler off. (Edit: Whole thing installed last night so that temp will drop around 5C once bedded in)
b) I bought the Sphere for my dad HAHA, in the same order as my parts for two reasons: Dying to see what it looks like and also it's jsut for a 3.4ghz Prescott, couldn't give a monkies because it runs real hot anyway.
Well firstly, it's around the same size as the Zalman, which is kinda big, for football fans out there; think of a size 2 football. Also there are very few reviews for it, it's kinda new, but the one i saw it got 92% and on the comparison tables it was mid-high up there,running quieter than the zalman, but few degrees off cooling. So i wouldn't say its rubbish, just not overclocking material. Looks awesome though. Also take a look at Asus Arctic Tower, though again performanc eis questionable...but would look amazing on an Asus board
What are you measuring your temps with and is that under load?
Asus Probe (BIOS confirms it), and that's in both general desktop activites/browsing. In Crysis, it sits at 28C which is very interesting. Crysis seems to use <5% of my CPU lol!
The air from my case is ice cold, it's like having air-con in my room, i had to close my windows.
Though i'm not going to jump the gun here, because turning the fan up an extra 500 RPM has zero effect, as does turning it down 500RPM. My last P4 prescott measured temps at around 80C at startup, god knows what under load. Is it just the thermal gauge in Asus boards are....crap?
The air from my case is ice cold, it's like having air-con in my room, i had to close my windows.
Though i'm not going to jump the gun here, because turning the fan up an extra 500 RPM has zero effect, as does turning it down 500RPM. My last P4 prescott measured temps at around 80C at startup, god knows what under load. Is it just the thermal gauge in Asus boards are....crap?
