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Originally Posted by bobkoure
Like the Zen Heatlane?
Interesting device - but it does require airflow over it (typically pulled over it by a power supply fan) and clearly states that it is just for running office apps and browsing the web.
IMHO, if you're going to limit what you're doing to that, why not build a system with a low-wattage CPU, like the Via C3? I've built at least a couple systems with 1G C3s that had heatsinks only (no fan) and were plenty fast enough for just office apps and browsing the web. As an added bonus, you're fine with a 150W power supply, so less heat being generated there as well. I vaguely remember that the C3s used around 8W. If you used an 800MHz processor, you could use a completely fanless setup (power supply was two parts - a "brick" and a DC-to-DC converter inside the case. I think these may have actually come without a heatsink on the CPU (not sure - never built one of these).
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Hummnn, haven't really checked that it was only for office apps and browsing the web. Kinda useless then.
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Originally Posted by spinky
robotech please prove the reserator cools better than stock so GF can stfu and stop trolling the thread  kthxbye |
No need for the harsh behavior.
Assuming that reserator cools better then the stock cooling (wich i believe that is what happens), even in this case it is not that what the users buing reserator are looking for.
They are looking for a system wich can cool just enouf to run their cpu without having problems, both of them do that.
What this users will not find on stock cooling is silence. IMO, they aren't even silent, they are 'normal' AFAIK.
I have never tried also an Zalman CSPS 7000 CU, so i cant say for sure if it is completely silent on low settings.
But remember this: a system is never completely silent. You cant eliminate the noise from harddisks or FETs. So i think that searching for 0 DB on a cooling system is trowing away money, when you can get a 120 mm low-noise fan @ 5 volts (trust me, even silent if its where you sleep), and get better performance then with the zalman reserator, and still, you will not hear that.
What i mean is, the only great objective of getting reserator above other silent cooling solutions, is to say "I have Zero fans". It is not rational.
I am waiting also for the new Thermalright XP-120. If it is able to handle a modern CPU with a low-noise 120mm fan @ 5V, what else would you want?