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| | (Post a comment) » Gigabyte 3D Cooler Pro (GH-PCU21-VG) Quick TakeGigabyte has made quite a name for themselves building feature-packed motherboards for the AMD and Pentium 4 platforms. Now Gigabyte is entering a new market: CPU cooling. The 3D Cooler Pro is Gigabyte's first cooling entry. This cooler supports the Pentium 4, Athlon XP, and Athlon 64 processors, features heat pipe cooling, dual fans with flexible speed control and blue LEDs. Gigabyte's unique design also cools the surrounding components within your system such as your RAM and graphics card. What's our take on this new cooler? You'll have to read the article to find out! |  Previous news article | Back to main news | Next news article  |
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SiR_SmAcKeTh at 12:07pm 03/30/2004
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It's the Metric system. Get used to it.
Anyways, I have had this heatsink for the past 4 weeks and I must
say I love it.
I have an Intel Pentium 4 2.4C overclocked to 3.3Ghz (highest OC is
3.5Ghz STABLE), ASUS P4C800E-Deluxe, XASER II case.
At idle, I'm running around 28C that's 80.4F for you Imperial people
(yes it's a British measurement.. American's just adopted it.)
At full CPU load, I'm running 34C or 91.2F. My ambient case temp is
usually around 15C (57F) since I use my PC in the basement and I've
got 6 fans (8 if you include the 2 in my True Blue Power Supply).
The mounting hardware for the Intel and AMD platforms are great
quality and once you've got it fastened, that heatsink isn't going
to go anywhere. I cart my PC around to my clan's weekly LAN parties
and I haven't had any problem with it snapping off the board.
My Thermaltake Volcano 7+ is about the same weight as the Gigabyte
3D Cooler. It's the height of it that makes it look like it should
be heavier.
I paid $50CDN+tax for it. Well worth the investment.
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Anonymous at 08:47pm 03/24/2004
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Are you a communist? We use Farenheit in America not Celsius. Take
down the article and repost it after you've fixed this highly
offensive assault on my liberty.
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GX-Brandon at 03:22am 03/23/2004
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MP3s have been added to page3. I should add that RADEON 8500 was
swapped out for an AIW 9600, which relies on passive cooling (and
while the AMD cooler sounds loud, it really didnt sound quite so
high to my ears). The Gigabyte at 4,000 RPM is putting out 40 db,
while 3,000 RPM equals 30 db.
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GX-Brandon at 09:13pm 03/22/2004
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I'd rather just post the MP3s and let you guys judge for yourselves,
because noise IMO is something that is (a) subjective (b) will
depend on your case/system configuration. Personally I didn't mind
the 3K setting, as I said earlier I'd probably run mine at
2,500-3,200 RPM assuming I didn't have a Thermaltake already. I do
think that the 4,000 RPM setting is too loud for my personal tastes
and preferences, but if I was in a noisy environment (I probably
wouldn't have cared a few years ago back when I was in the dorms),
had a nice, thick case, or flat out just didnt care obivously I'd
run with it at 4K. Also, the Gigabyte performed right up there with
the Thermaltake when it was set at 3K, just 400 RPMs above my
SilentBoost HSF.
I will post the MP3s shortly. Just gotta set everything up on the
testbed again, I was trying to get another article out for you guys
tonight though. :(
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Anonymous at 07:32pm 03/22/2004
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GX-Brandon,
Any comments on the noise issue? This cooler supposedy is variable
in speed from 2K-4K RPM and according to another review the db can
range from 20-40 db depending on speed. I was under the impression
that a db rating over 30 is getting somewhat "loud and
whiny" for a stock cpu fan. Since you gave it a glowing review
based, it seems, soley on the cooling performance, can you say if
this came with a high noise penalty? SilentK8 is within a degree or
so all the time but it is running at 2500RPM right? It would seem
difficult for the Gigabyte cooler to match the K8 performance at the
same speed, fine, but what about at the same noise level?
Not trying to harp, just seems weird for you not to mention the
noise of a CPU fan at 4000RPM which could be as high as 40db...and
then to give it such high praise anyway.
-epjzoom
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GX-Brandon at 04:14pm 03/22/2004
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#7: All coolers were tested as shown in the first picture, flat in
an open-air environment.
#10: The reason I didn't include MP3s like I did with the 865G
roundup is because my Thermaltake HSF tends to squeal. It isn't
annoyingly loud or anything, just an ever so slight squeal when
running under load. I don't know if that's the case for most
Thermaltake users or not (and if you have had that experience,
please post a user review in the products section) but that's what
happened to my personal cooler (it's about 4.5 months old, started
doing it about 2 months ago). I'll get some MP3s in there anyway so
you can let your ears decide. Personally I'd probably settle for
something between 2,500-3,200 RPM.
#11: Actually I really would like to see the all-copper Gigabyte
Ultra before coming to any purchasing decisions (as I stated at the
end of the article).
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Anonymous at 03:20pm 03/22/2004
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I agree.
It seems to me that when mounted in the horizontal position (as in a
tower case), the lower two "pipes" would be filled with
the coolest liquid and would not benefit in cooling the CPU at all.
The liquid surrounding the CPU would be at a higher temperature,
which defeats the purpose of this type of cooling solution.
Wouldn't it be better if the pipes were designed to always be
vertical when in the mounted position? This may neccessitate two
different designs (one for vertical mounting and one for
horizontal), but it seems like an overall better answer.
What do you guys think?
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Anonymous at 01:15pm 03/22/2004
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Well is it me or is there a key piece of information missing from
this review?
Namely, noise/db readings at the various RPM's. I mean gee, I'm
shocked that the Gigabyte runs cooler at what, 4000RPM? The stock
coolers cant be running that high (3600RPM as stated) and the
Thermaltake is within 2-3 degrees C but actually is running at
2500RPM which would seem to indicate a better or atleast equal
design. I dont know about you guys but when I buid a system and
select a HSF I carefully compare the performance along with the
noise created. If you pure real performance stick a Switech on it
with a Delta fan and go home but that will sound like a vacuum in
your case so where is the other half of the review where we see how
LOUD each unit is while it's giving us 33-42C at load/idle? The
balance between quiet/performance is a huge omision from this review
an so far it's unfinished. The Gigabyte comes out on top over the
SilentK8 but it's apparently running 1500RPM faster and wouldnt that
also be more noise? I'll wait for any kind of sound readings at FS
or read another review of this HSF elsewhere to get the full story.
I applaud more hardware reviews at FS but read a HSF review anywhere
else and they will always give you the performance in relation to
noise created as an important factor in reviewing the product. Just
my thoughts.
-Zoom
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Anonymous at 10:57am 03/22/2004
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Next time it would be nice if you could compare noise levels as
well. I mean running it at 4k rpm is great, if the noise is not
unbearable.
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Swaid at 09:38am 03/22/2004
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"gain enough weigth" ???? I think you mean gain enough
momentum.
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