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Gigabyte 3DCooler-Ultra PCU31-VH Heatsink Review
Gigabyte 3DCooler-Ultra PCU31-VH Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Weighing in at 780 grams, the Gigabyte PCU31-VH 3DCooler-Ultra certainly lives up to its name, performing in the top percentile...

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Gigabyte   Cooling / Heatsinks   Mar 26, 2004   Max Page  

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Synthetic Temperature Test Results: *Ranked according to 100W interface die test results.

Initial FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg. Model Ambient Temp. 27mm large copper block 27mm large copper block Thermal pad No. Fans Fan Noise Clip force
50W 100W
Thermalright (high) SLK-900U 20.0 31.6 40.5 none 1 very loud easy
Cooljag (high) CJC66IC-A 23.0 53.4 44.3 none 1 loud easy
Gigabyte (high) PCU31-VH 22.8 35.3 45.1 none 1 very loud easy
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu 21.4 33.8 46.3 none 1 low easy
Thermal Integration TI-RV104N 21.0 35.4 46.4 none 1 loud easy
JMC 401100 19.5 35.1 47.4 grey 1 med easy
Zalman CNPS7000-Cu 21.0 35.1 48.7 none 1 low easy
Gigabyte (high) 3DCooler-pro 22.6 38.2 49.2 none 1 very loud easy
Taisol CCP445172 20.2 37.7 50.9 none 1 med easy
AVC 117140 22.6 37.8 50.4 none 1 med med
Coolermaster IHC-H71 23.0 37.0 51.1 none 1 loud stiff
Thermal Integration TI-RV108N 19.5 35.4 51.2 none 1 med easy
Arkua 8568 22.4 37.8 51.7 none 1 med med
Jetart JAP416A 23.1 34.9 52.2 none 1 loud easy
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu 25.9 39.2 52.5 none 1 low easy
Thermal Integration TI-A8736N 23.5 35.9 52.6 none 1 loud easy
Thermal Integration (high) TI-V7035TN 20.2 38.3 52.9 none 1 very loud easy
Dynatron DC1206BMY 19.5 38.1 53.1 none 1 med easy
Dynatron DC1207BMX 20.9 38.1 53.3 none 1 med easy
Taisol CEP447181 24.8 39.4 53.5 white 1 med easy
Jetart JAP407A 23.7 37.5 53.9 none 1 loud easy
Alpha PAL8942 27.9 42.6 54.0 none 1 med med
Intel Stock 3.06GHz 24.9 39.9 55.0 none 1 med easy
Arkua Q85X-7J 24.6 41.3 56.5 none 1 med easy
CoolJag JVC661A 23.2 40.5 56.7 none 1 med easy
Spire SP411C5 25.2 42.5 56.9 white 1 loud easy
Zalman CNPS6500-AlCu 23.1 40.3 57.4 none 1 low easy
TS Heatronics (6" fan dist) NCU-1000 23.9 39.5 57.5 none 0 N/A med
Taisol CEP426151A 24.3 43.7 59.7 none 1 med easy
Intel Socket 478 22.4 41.8 59.8 carbon 1 low med
Arkua 838T-7G 23.3 42.0 60.0 none 1 med easy
Gigabyte (low) PCU31-VH 21.6 40.7 60.3 none 1 low easy
Titan CW9TB/SC 22.5 41.4 60.8 none 1 loud easy
Dynatron DC1207BMW 23.2 42.7 61.1 none 1 med easy
Arkua 8456X-8T 25.1 43.7 61.4 none 1 low easy
Spire SP420B8 25.3 42.7 61.5 none 1 low easy
Dynatron DC1206BM-S 22.4 43.2 62.0 none 1 med med
AVC 117160 22.4 42.7 62.2 white pad 1 med med
Evercool NW9F715CA 23.8 42.9 62.3 none 1 med easy
Aopen ACP4LC 24.1 42.0 62.9 grey pad 1 med easy
Scythe Kamakaze 26.1 44.0 63.0 none 1 med hard
Evercool CUW8-715 23.0 44.8 63.8 none 1 med easy
Gigabyte (low) 3DCooler-pro 22.6 44.4 64.1 none 1 low easy
Zalman CNPS5700D-Cu 25.7 44.6 64.0 none 1 med easy
Globalwin VA476 28.7 49.5 68.0 grey 1 med easy
Arctic Cooling SuperSilent4 Pro 25.1 46.8 68.1 none 1 low stiff
Dynatron DC1206BMV 23.1 45.1 68.2 none 1 low easy
Vantec GSN-7015 22.4 47.5 69.0 none 1 loud stiff
Verax P16 21.8 49.2 75.8 none 1 none med
Arkua 848X-6B 27.2 54.5 80.4 none 1 low med
Dynatron DC1U-B02 20.9 53.8 88.3 none 1 loud stiff
50W 100W

These are the initial results before taking into account the ambient temperature. The Gigabyte 3Dcooler-ultra PCU31-VH appears to perform a little better on the socket 478 Pentium 4 platform than the k7 test platform which is interesting. This is no doubt due to the increased surface area in contact with the copper base for the Pentium 4.

Before we get to the final rise above ambient test results for the Pentium 4 platform we're next going to see how the 3DCooler-ultra performed on the synthetic AthlonXP temperature test platform. The preliminary results for that set of tests are not shown above.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Gigabyte 3DCooler-Ultra PCU31-VH Heatsink Review
 2:  Closer Examination of the Heatsink
 3:  Heatsink Thermal/Acoustic Test Parameters
 4:  Surface Roughness Comparison
 5: — Temperature Test Results
 6:  Final AthlonXP and Pentium4 Test Results

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