Would it be possible to correlate thermal performance with acoustic performance? When I'm looking for a CPU cooler, I don't care which is the absolute quietest, nor which gives the absolute best thermals, I'm looking for good thermals and good acoustics at the same time.
For example, you could enforce a specific noise level using a fan controller, and measure load temperature at whatever fan speed is required to reach that threshold,
Alternatively, You could plot a graph of noise vs temperature at a specific load, which would let you compare coolers that can't overlap in noise level or temperature, and also allow you to compare the different fan settings for a single cooler at a glance.
This would be ideal. Trying to read the separate noise and temperature charts and seeing which give the best balance is quite difficult; it's surprising that AT hasn't combined all those into simple combined noise/temp charts.
Dustin please review the new Silverstone TD02 and TD03 AIO coolers. Reviews are coming back and show performance on par or better than an H110/Kraken X60.
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Sivar - Monday, July 29, 2013 - link
Looks broken.I choose "CPU Cooler Benchmarks" --> "Load Temperatures" --> "View Benchmark Results" button and it shows me "Sysmark2007 - Overall"
xinthius - Monday, July 29, 2013 - link
Likewise with "Idle Temperatures".Soulwager - Monday, July 29, 2013 - link
Would it be possible to correlate thermal performance with acoustic performance? When I'm looking for a CPU cooler, I don't care which is the absolute quietest, nor which gives the absolute best thermals, I'm looking for good thermals and good acoustics at the same time.For example, you could enforce a specific noise level using a fan controller, and measure load temperature at whatever fan speed is required to reach that threshold,
Alternatively, You could plot a graph of noise vs temperature at a specific load, which would let you compare coolers that can't overlap in noise level or temperature, and also allow you to compare the different fan settings for a single cooler at a glance.
rpg1966 - Monday, July 29, 2013 - link
"You could plot a graph of noise vs temperature"This would be ideal. Trying to read the separate noise and temperature charts and seeing which give the best balance is quite difficult; it's surprising that AT hasn't combined all those into simple combined noise/temp charts.
bobbozzo - Monday, July 29, 2013 - link
Hi,Under "Browse Cases Benchmarks", choosing ITX cases does not seem to filter correctly; the cases listed appear to be uATX and ATX.
Thanks
tnerb - Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - link
Also why is there no uATX category (for cases that only fit uATX motherboards or smaller)?pattycake0147 - Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - link
Would it be possible state the noise floor on the appropriate charts?creed3020 - Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - link
Dustin please review the new Silverstone TD02 and TD03 AIO coolers. Reviews are coming back and show performance on par or better than an H110/Kraken X60.