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Alpha cooler vs. GORB
This is a story about a guy who has been less than informed.
In Denmark ambient temperatures aren't normally the problem. Maybe 2 months a year where we'll have to open our windows to keep it below 25 C.
I bought myself a CUSL2 and a cB0 P3.
Overclocking has become second nature, so I hit 7.5*124 (PCI holding me back) and CPU was above 50 C (full load) and I had to use 1.75v.
This is where I contemplated buying a better cooler and the GORB was getting rave reviews.
I dreamt about hitting 1 gig (drool).
The GORB was good, my temp fell below 50 C and I bumped it to 7.5*134, temperature was above 50 C again and I had to use 1.85v.
This was semi stable. I could run Seti, but any leaning on the G400 would lock on equal weeks.
Well, suffice it to say, that I bought an ALPHA Socket370 FC-PAL6030MU and now my temps are 39 C at 7.5*140 (1050 MHz) 1.85v.
Noise is the same as the GORB, but this one is PULLING air. I had hoped for a 5 C improvement, but 15 C, that IS impressive.
Conclusion:
GORB is fancy design and that's it.
I'm happy
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In Denmark ambient temperatures aren't normally the problem. Maybe 2 months a year where we'll have to open our windows to keep it below 25 C.
I bought myself a CUSL2 and a cB0 P3.
Overclocking has become second nature, so I hit 7.5*124 (PCI holding me back) and CPU was above 50 C (full load) and I had to use 1.75v.
This is where I contemplated buying a better cooler and the GORB was getting rave reviews.
I dreamt about hitting 1 gig (drool).
The GORB was good, my temp fell below 50 C and I bumped it to 7.5*134, temperature was above 50 C again and I had to use 1.85v.
This was semi stable. I could run Seti, but any leaning on the G400 would lock on equal weeks.
Well, suffice it to say, that I bought an ALPHA Socket370 FC-PAL6030MU and now my temps are 39 C at 7.5*140 (1050 MHz) 1.85v.
Noise is the same as the GORB, but this one is PULLING air. I had hoped for a 5 C improvement, but 15 C, that IS impressive.
Conclusion:
GORB is fancy design and that's it.
I'm happy
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Join the MURC SETI team!
View the exciting stats
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