Coolermaster Geminii vs Scythe Infinity vs Zalman 9700 vs Noctua NH-U12F(pics)

[PcCI2iminal]

its the first round (the 2nd round will be finished soon),the heatsinks aren`t lapped and the room temp is 18C
The goal of this running was to see if they can handle the quad core @ 3573mhz for 10mins a 4 x prime and the Zalman failed on both config(pull/pull & 1 x 120mm) ,thats why i need to test again

enjoy


QX6700 @ 3573mhz vcore-> 1.39v (load)


CoolerMaster Geminii 120mm @ 104CFM x 2

full load 68C 66C 66C 68C


Scythe Infinity push/push config

full load 68C 66C 66C 68C


Scythe Infinity push/pull config

full load 69C 66C 66C 69C


Scythe Infinity 1 x 120mm

full load 70C 68C 68C 70C


Zalman 9700 push/push config

failed


Zalman 9700 1 x 120mm

failed


Noctua NH-U12F push/push config

full load 71C 69C 71C 69C


Noctua NH-U12F push/pull config

full load 71C 70C 70C 71C


Noctua NH-U12F 120mm x 1

failed


CPU->QX6700 @ 3573mhz (1.39v load)
FAN->Sanyo Denki 104CFM x 2
MB->DFI RD600
DDR2->XMS2 Pro
PSU->Giga-EZ 1000w
Room Temp->18C

[deeznuts]

Is that coolermaster the "fujin" that we've all been waiting for?

And are those normal temps for the QX6700? Godamn that's hot, I have a Tuniq Tower for mine I hope it's enough lol.

[eva2000]

nice good to see infinity still up with the best

[Scyth3]

I kinda had a feeling that hugh Cooler master was not gonna beat Tuniq or the Infinity. You should try that new Ultra-X, that looks good.

[enz660]

sadly, this is close to what I was expecting... did you pressure mount the scythe infinity? If not, It would be better than cooler monster.

edit: nvm, I see the infinity is NOT pressure mounted. IMO Infinity is better.

[IKIKUINTHENUTZ]

You should try the Ultra-X (good suggestion Scy) and maybe the butterfly thingy for the hell of it lol. Replace the Noc and Zalman for these 2.

[dinos22]

nice good to see infinity still up with the best

yeah agreed....good cooler

BUT you have to mod the mounting to get the right pressure

[FatHippo]

The Geminii is better than the Infinity imo simply because it cools the whole upper half of the mobo. Besides, its not fair to compare a modded infinity with a stock geminii, maybe a modded geminii will trump the modded infinity.

[enz660]

The Geminii is better than the Infinity imo simply because it cools the whole upper half of the mobo. Besides, its not fair to compare a modded infinity with a stock geminii, maybe a modded geminii will trump the modded infinity.

if the Geminii comes with the crappy plastic mounting pins, it too can be modded in the same way as the infinity. If it doesnt...I dont know what else you can really do to it sxcept for lapping and/or adding faster fans.

[Scyth3]

I do not think the GeminiII uses plastic pegs. If it did, I would be scared to stand my case up.

[BooStFeD]

Great heatsink testing from the air-cooling champ PcCI2iminal

Glad to see the Infinity on top.

[lawrywild]

Cool, however the Noctua is more designed for good temps at low rpm/silence.

try using a single 1000rpm 120mm and see which gets the best temps please

[Gam3Ra]

10x for the comparison
GeminII is not that good as all here write, but he cools CPU, motherboard chipset, VR's and Ram Memory
I have "tested" Infinity (with pressure mount) and Noctua and the NH-U12 cool the CPU by 2-3-4C better. But this with low rpm fan (I hate noise). Now my E6400 is running 3504Mhz 1.30V with ~45C load temp (~25C room).
PcCI2iminal - test the Tuniq, maybe he will bite GeminII (with 3 fans)

[Eclipse3EB]

Thanks for the report PcCI2iminal

Can you do a round of tests with Yate Loons running somewhere in between 1200 and 1600 rpm? It'd be nice to see how these guys do with 40-50cfm vs 104cfm.

Also, I can't seem to get near 71C at 1.38V (1.4775V in BIOS), 267x13 (3.47GHz) with my Zalman 9700 at full blast. On an open-air desk I get about 84C @ load with Orthos. Are you using any special mount for your Zalman?

[enz660]

10x for the comparison
GeminII is not that good as all here write, but he cools CPU, motherboard chipset, VR's and Ram Memory
I have "tested" Infinity (with pressure mount) and Noctua and the NH-U12 cool the CPU by 2-3-4C better. But this with low rpm fan (I hate noise). Now my E6400 is running 3504Mhz 1.30V with ~45C load temp (~25C room).
PcCI2iminal - test the Tuniq, maybe he will bite GeminII (with 3 fans)

odd, every single review ive seen tells that the noctua is beaten by both the infinity and the tuniq. When testing a modded tuniq & scythe infinity, the results were exactly the same, only when the tuniq fan was turned up all the way did it beat the scythe by 1c.

[PcCI2iminal]

thanks for all replys

i forgot to say in the first post

Artic Silver 5 for all
no special mounting clips for all
and Andy Samurai (2fans on top or 120mm x1 )failed bad on that tests

for the next i will use QX6700 @ 3.4ghz and i will keep the same bios setting
and i will run Infinity with plastic monting pins and i will mod to get the right pressure

[quicksilverXP]

Great Results. I think his tests show how much of an impact the Gemini (Fujin) can have on both PWM and NB temps. Waiting for this cooler.

[mr_knowitall15]

Nice report :thumbsup: Temps are CRAZY for that quad core though! Looks like ill be going back to water if i upgrade to a kents soon...

[Kasparz]

try using a single 1000rpm 120mm and see which gets the best temps please

Im in xtremesystems?
220cfm deltas for 24/7 is only way to go

[PanteraGSTK]

I have my infinity in a push/pull and it works great, but from the results i can see that a push/push gets 1*c less. I wonder what a push/push/pull/pull would do? I may have to try that tonight.

[lawrywild]

Im in xtremesystems?
220cfm deltas for 24/7 is only way to go

There is such a thing as xtreme silence

[SMa]

There is such a thing as xtreme silence

haha

[NormanABates]

PcCI2iminal,
cant wait for the second round...................thanks in advance

[L'enFer]

PcCI2iminal, great tests! if you test it again try Scythe Infinity with two 80 mm (or others) fans both pushing and attached like this:

[dinos22]

Im in xtremesystems?
220cfm deltas for 24/7 is only way to go

LOL you crazy Latvian you LOL hahah

oh for those who've never experienced the loudness of these fans they are TWICE as loud as the entire rotary based single stage phase cooler.......ing loud as hell i'm telling ya'll