OC3D Review Noctua vs Thermalright - The Big Fight!

[Leibritz]

Hey Tom,

I enjoy your articles. Were you testing with H/T on? I cannot believe SA would not be able to pass,

since there are people on several forums, who had no problem with this cooler on given clock and voltages... Just wondering, peace

 

[thestepster]

dont think ht being on would make 'that much' of a difference as its the volts that make the temps

 

[Leibritz]

Okay, even more puzzled then.

 

[thestepster]

maybe its cause tom ran it in a closed system and not a test bench

 

[Leibritz]

Super-puzzled then. As far as I know, you get better temps with closed system, since there is airflow. Unless you have a real crappy case of course, which Fenix is not. Hmm...

 

[tinytomlogan]

Yeah I never turn HT off when benching. And I have had these results on another unit aswell in both closed and open systems.

TBH even if they scored the same Id tell people to buy the Noctua as its a far superior product.

 

[Diablo]

A case is always going to be warmer than an open air test bed, as with open air, the temperature surrounding the heatsink is ambient, whereas in a case, no matter how well air cooled, the air is going to be slightly warmer.

Oh and Tom uses the hottest core as the temperature rather than the coolest.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Oh and Tom uses the hottest core as the temperature rather than the coolest.

Tom actually noted all 4 core temps and took an average to make it fair

 

[Leibritz]

A case is always going to be warmer than an open air test bed, as with open air, the temperature surrounding the heatsink is ambient, whereas in a case, no matter how well air cooled, the air is going to be slightly warmer.

Oh and Tom uses the hottest core as the temperature rather than the coolest.

Uh oh, makes sense

Let's leave it at that.