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NOTICE:
Before you start thinking about getting this, you must get or have a
Thermaltake Volcano 7,8,9, or 11 heatsink. |
What is it?
The Thermaltake Ducting Mod is a clear plastic tube that goes between your heatsink
and CPU fan. The way it is designed is to place cooler air down onto the CPU
heatsink. The cooler the air on the heatsink, the more performance you can get
out of your CPU. It fits a standard CPU fan(80mm). It kind of acts like cold
air intake that you would put on your car. You should angle the fan towards
a place that isn’t cluttered and stays somewhat cooler. This is to get
the most out of the product.
The Test Machine:
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Benchmarking Tools
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Soyo's Smart Guardian software - This came with the mobo drivers it seems to be extremely accurate. I compared it to a hand infrared temperature gage.
Installing:
This seemed to be very easy to do since there is no major stress on the CPU die, which means you don’t need to take off the heatsink to put this on. The package comes with all the hardware you need to install it, which means no running around ACE hardware looking for the right screws to fit!
Putting it to the Test:
Five minutes later, I had my system
back together. When I was ready to boot up, I turned my system on and waited
for windows to boot. About 8 sec. after I booted up, my system made this loud
beeping noise meaning that my CPU was over heating and turned off.
I sat there and thought about why it was doing this. After moving some things
around inside I noticed my power cable, which goes from my power supply to my
motherboard, was pushing down on the heatsink. This means my heatsink was being
pushed off the CPU die and wasn’t making a good, solid contact with the
CPU die. After moving the thick cable, my system booted up just fine.
First reactions:
One of the major things I did notice from the beginning was that my CPU fan sounded a lot quieter. Which is a major plus, since my system sits like 3 feet from my bed.
The Numbers:
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*This is with it being 72° F in the room during testing
The bits and pieces:
As you can tell from the numbers atop, it does
make quite a bit of a difference in how cool your CPU stays. The major thing
that I really like was that it made the fan a lot quieter.
In the end:
If you own a Volcano 7, 8, 9, or 11 heatsink I highly recommend on getting this for it. Not only does it do a good job lowering the temperature, but it also looks really cool in the case!
