|
CPU COOLER TEST : NOTEBOOK COOLER PAD. Cpu Cooler Test
Bench Testing my gPC motherboard This motherboard was an "open box" purchase. Only $39 from NewEgg.com ... I received it today, and the board smelled burned, like something bad had happened to it. I was worried it was dead, or damaged.... But when I got home, I cautiously tested it and everything seems fine. I let it run for hours, crunching prime numbers and calculating Pi to the 8 millionth place. No problems. Why did I buy this motherboard? It's going in my server. The server uses about 93 watts of electricity. It is an old power hungry but slow AMD Athlon 1000. I hope to get the power usage down to 33 watts with this VIA C7 1.5Ghz motherboard. It should be possible. Notice the tiny little cooler for the CPU? It's so small -- and when running, it's just room temperature! So this thing sips power. I will post results soon. If I achieve my power savings, the electricity I will save will offset the cost of this motherboard in only a few months! Not bad, huh? Plus less pollution from wasted power. Test Fit
Just made it! By the way, the fan is mounted 'backwards' in this photo just for a quick clearance test. I think I didn't bring the bezel downstairs with me for the fitting. I recently had to trim off 1/8 on an inch from all 4 screw mounts so that this fan doesn't sit so deep into the case. I bought a Zalman 9900 Max CPU Cooler and a few test fittings revealed that the top of the cooler was in contact with the fan when the side panel was closed. Now the fan is still seated far enough away from the dust filter in front and the CPU cooler behind it. Most current setup 10-3-11: Antec SLK3700 BQE Case Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 CPU (2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) MSI X48C Platinum Mobo Crucial DDR3-1066 RAM 2GB x4 Ultra 750w PSU Zalman 9900 MAX CPU FAN WD VelociRaptor 300GB HDD WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD x2 XFX Radeon HD 5770 GPU ASUS 24 inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit (5.9 WEI) Similar posts: rolling wine cooler cooler food tray wine cooler beverage stainless coolers the cooler review cooler master cosmos 100 portable cooler plug in cooler for car |