Thermal Performance

AMD Athlon 64 Platform

I used the Athlon 64 3200+ processor (running at 2GHz default speed) with the removed heat-spreader that was overclocked to 2.7GHz with the Vcore set at 1.575V:

Here are the obtained results:

VapoChill Micro from Asetek it proved pretty efficient on the AMD platform even in the quiet operation mode, i.e. at ~1970 RPM fan rotation speed. Moreover, if we increase the fan rotation speed, it becomes even more efficient on the overclocked AMD platform, although in this case you have to sacrifice the audio comfort: the cooler get’s very loud.

Intel Core 2 Duo Platform

The dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 processor with B2 core stepping and 1866MHz nominal speed was overclocked to 3400MHz (+82.2%) with Vcore set to 1.45V:

Here are the obtained results:

The situation is pretty similar to what we have already seen in the previous case. However as we can see, Asetek solution cannot boast extreme cooling efficiency sufficient for seriously overclocked Intel Core 2 Duo processor.