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Our Test Rig and Methodology
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Cooling Test Bench |
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Processor |
Intel Core i5-2500 |
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Motherboard |
Asus Sabertooth P67 |
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Storage |
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB |
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RAM |
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz 8GB |
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Video Card |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 |
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Case |
Cooler Master xB |
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OS |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
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Thermal Paste |
Noctua NT-H1 |
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Cooling Tests Ran |
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Peak Test |
Prime95 for a total of 30 minutes at 100% fan speed |
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Real World Test |
3DMark 11 Combined Test for a total of 30 minutes at 100% fan speed |
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Noise Testing |
Noise level measurements taken with a digital sound level meter every 10 minutes throughout the test to be averaged into an overall comparison score |
