| Testing The Arctic Alumina
After reading this
article on the Arctic Silver website, I used two identical
Thermaltake Volcano 6Cu+ coolers with different thermal compounds to
avoid any bias and to get the most accurate result possible. But it
was impossible for me to find three identical 750MHz Pentium III
processors.
Each thermal compound was tested for five days, to allow the
Arctic Alumina to settle into its third functional phase. That also
allows us to see if its performance will actually improve over time.
The temperatures were recorded using Motherboard Monitor 5.1 with
RC5 running in the background.
This is my test system specs :-
| Processor |
750MHz Intel
Pentium III o/c to 930MHz (1.70V) |
| Motherboard |
ABIT BX6-2
(modified to monitor CPU on-die sensor) |
| Slot Converter |
MSI MS6905
Master V2 slot converter |
| RAM |
256MB Apacer
PC133 CL2 SDRAM |
| Graphics Card |
Hercules
Prophet 4500 64MB (Kyro 2) |
| Cooler |
Thermaltake
Volcano 6Cu+ |
Test Results
| Arctic Alumina |
CPU Temperature |
Room Temperature |
Difference |
| Nov 13 |
43°C |
32-33°C |
10-11°C |
| Nov 14 |
43°C |
32°C |
10°C |
| Nov 16 |
42°C |
31°C |
10°C |
| Nov 17 |
40°C |
29°C |
11°C |
| Arctic Silver II |
CPU Temperature |
Room Temperature |
Difference |
| Nov 19 |
40-41°C |
31°C |
9-10°C |
| Nov 20 |
40-41°C |
31°C |
9-10°C |
| Nov 21 |
40-42°C |
31°C |
9-11°C |
| Nov 22 |
41-42°C |
31-32°C |
9-11°C |
| Nov 23 |
40°C |
30°C |
10°C |
CPU Temp represents the in-die diode reading of the processor. A thermal
probe was placed outside the case to monitor the Room Temp. |
