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Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer

Performance

Today, we are going to compare the Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer with the Gigabyte G-Power Lite to give us some perspective on performance.  The G-Power Lite was a $40 cooler that performed significantly better than a stock cooler, on par with the Thermaltake Blue Orb II

To test the different products, the system was brought up, and allowed to idle for 10 minutes.  We brought the system under full load for 20 minute intervals using Stanford's Folding@Home client.  The load temperature was taken at the end of these intervals, and the system was allowed to idle for another 10 minutes.  The idle temperatures were taken at the end of that period.  This was done five times.  The high and low scores were discarded and the average was taken of the remaining three.  The ambient room temperature for these tests was approximately 25C (It's smokin' hot in here).

Test Bed

  • ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus

  • Intel Core 2 Duo 6750 @ ~2.66GHz

  • 2x1GB Mushkin Enhanced PC2-5400 DDR2

  • NVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB VGA

  • 1x WDD Caviar 250GB 7200RPM HDD

  • NZXT Zero Case

  • Windows XP Pro with all patches and Service Pack 2 installed

Results

 

As you can see from our results, the Sumbeam performed even better than the G-Power Lite, in my opinion, significantly better.  Although the idle temperatures are roughly the same between the two coolers, the Load Temperatures were typically five or six degrees cooler on the Sumbeam Core Contact Freezer while running at around 2,000 RPM.  Even at this speed, I could barely hear the cooler above my CPU fan, and only if I listened closely.  Even at the lower, 1,100 RPM speed, the Temperature was still even lower than the G-Power Lite and I couldn't hear the fan at all.  I'd say that's a win for Sunbeam.

Conclusion

The Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer has shown itself to be an able competitor in the Air Cooling market.  Not only did it out perform a cooler that I'd consider a very able competitor, it was also extremely easy to install, very well built, and pretty nice looking to boot.  If that isn't enough, the package contained plenty of a top-of-the-line thermal paste, and a very quiet fan to round out the cooler.

The one thing that I have to mention about this cooler is it's size.  I have a pretty large case and it barely fit in there.  Make sure that you've got the room to spare, and the clearance on your motherboard before considering this monster.  If you've got the space, however, I have no problem recommending the Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer.

Pros

  • Fits either AMD or Intel applications

  • Excellent cooling

  • Extremely easy installation

  • Awesome build quality

  • Four copper heatpipes sport a clean finish

  • Bent-fin technology to blow air on mainboard

Cons

  • Big

  • Short fan speed controller cord

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Pg 1 - Introduction
Pg 2 - The Cooler
Pg 3 - Installation
Pg 4 - Testing & Conclusion
 


 



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