| Performance:
This unit was tested on the following system:
- MSI 645 Ultra-C motherboard
- Intel Pentium 4 1.6a (Northwood)
- 768 MB Crucial PC 2100 DDR
- Radeon 8500DV
Tests were run at 100MHz and 133MHz front side bus. Voltage was 1.45v for 100 FSB, 1.55v for 133 FSB. Temperatures were taken with Sisoft Sandra and the internal MSI monitoring progam. Temperatures were taken after 30 minutes with no load, and after 30 minutes running Folding@Home 2.0 (load)(F@H 3.0 for the Arctic SS4). These results are compared to previous tests using the stock Intel heatsink and the Dr. Thermal TI-V8639L.
-There are no figures for the 150 fsb for the Arctic SS4 because the memory would not support that FSB in this configuration
Analysis and Conclusion:
The test results show that the Arctic SS4 is an excellent performer for the price range, and compares very favorably to the stock Intel unit. And it is very quiet - it makes less noise that the 80mm rear case fan in my system. However, as the voltage increased the cpu was throwing more heat and the SS4 started to fall behind the DR. Thermal unit - which has a 3500 rpm fan and a copper core. This is clearly a solid product and would be an outstanding choice in an office environment where noise was important and where all out cpu use was only occasional. It is rated by the manufacturer for Pentium 4 and Celerons up to 3.3 GHz, but I suspect that would be limited to use in situations where quiet takes precedence cooling performance. Thanks again to Arctic Cooling for the opportunity to review this fine product!
Editor's Note: wvjohn also included with this nice review a picture of his cat. Anyone interested can find the pic here. How do we overclock this one?
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