Silent system with passive VGA cooling on 2 x 9800GTX+
Compact, Silent, Cool
Introduction
Most of the review and gaming website are focus on the enthusiast market, focusing on the high-end graphics card and computer system. In fact, the actual sales volume of the graphics card market tell us that those mid-range graphics card like NV GeForce 9600GT and ATI Radeon HD4850 contribute the largest proportion of market share. Most of the users are look for a reasonable gaming system, but not a monster.
In the past years, ARCTIC COOLING launches some famous cooling solutions- the well-known Freezer Pro series and passive VGA cooler Accelero S1. AC also develop a chasis with special air flow designed - Silentium T ECO 80 series for the mass market. It quipped with AC latest highly efficient Fusion 550 power supply which save your power consumption whilst able to provide enough power for quad core CPUs.
Let see how the Silentium T ECO 80 can be used for the popular gaming system and its performance.
Configuration
CPU Intel Pentium E6600 Core 2 Duo Processor
@2.40 GHz overclocked to 3.30 GHz
VGA Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLi
@738 MHz overclocked to 800 MHz
Coolers
CPU AC Freezer 7 Pro
VGA AC Accelero S1 Rev.2 x 2
Ram AC ARCTIC RC
The Silentium T ECO 80 is compact in size, it’s amazing that this case can install all the components inside. The Power Supply is installed in the front of the chasis instead of the back. It allows more space for the installation.
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The design for this chasis is tooless, no extra screw is needed during installation.
The VGA cards can be easily clipped on the PCI channels.
With the rails provided, the optical drive and harddisk drive are slide into the case without any effort.
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Heat dissipation is mainly rely on the air flow bring the heat away from the case. AC stresses the air flow design inside the case. It optimized the air flow by divided into 2 parts.
The upper part of the case, air circulated from the back and draw out by the two rear case fans.
The lower part of the case, air circulated from the lower back and draw out by the PSU at the bottom-front.
CPU temperature
The CPU is cooled by the famous Freezer 7 Pro. It is already in the market quite a long time but still a very popular solution for endusers.
We used Intel Pentium E6600 Core 2 Duo [email protected] and overclocked to 3.30 GHz
After run the 3DMark06 and put the system in full load for 2 hours, the temperature of the CPU cores are 44°C and 41°C.
VGA temperature
The system is running in two nVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+ with SLi. Both cards are overclocked from 738 MHz to 800 MHz and then put on full load. Both cards are cooled passively by Accelero S1 Rev.2.
After 2 hours test, the temperature of the graphics card are 56°C and 44°C respectively.
With the efficient air flow design in the case, the passive cooling works perfectly in the system. It is maintenance-free and zero noise solution. The temperature is even better than some of the active VGA cooling.
Noise level
The moving parts of the case are two 8cm rear case fan, Freezer 7 Pro and the fan of PSU.
All of them are using ARCTIC COOLING patented rubber screws to reduce the vibration between the fan and the casing.
Conclusion
For those who are looking for a silent gaming system, the combination of Silentium T ECO 80 and the Accelero S1 Rev.2 would be your choice. It offers an excellent cooling performance by utilizing the air flow inside the case and maximize the performance of the passive cooling. This system is more than enough for you to enjoy the gaming experience bring from the GeForce 9800GTX+ or ATI HD4850 graphics card.