Intel Platform

The second processor in this review is still a new product and is interesting to overclockers with its high overclockability in the first place. For example, the best of four samples of Celeron D 352 and 356 processors on the new Cedar Mill core we had received for tests remained stable under the S&M utility when the FSB was overclocked to 200MHz:

We’ll publish a review of these processors, too, but now let’s get back to the coolers.

The boxed cooler included with the Celeron D has a copper base and is quite efficient, but its noise is perfectly audible at night in an adjacent room behind a closed door. So, you can use it when you are overclocking processors, but not at home. It’s just too noisy.

The Hyper 7 looks good, leaving the silent Scythe Mine behind by 3°C and being just a little worse than the Thermaltake Big Typhoon under S&M. Again, it’s up to you to decide what you need more, silence or cooling efficiency. Do not forget that the price of the Hyper 7 is not yet certain, so perhaps we should instead compare it with products from some other price category (I wish it were a lower category).

Talking about the noise level of this cooler, its 4-pin fan connector allows using a PWM-based automatic adjustment of the fan speed depending on the CPU temperature. Well, a majority of modern mainboards for AMD processors allow setting up (in the BIOS Setup) a speed range within which the CPU cooler’s speed must remain. It means that the noise from the cooler may be reduced when the CPU is under low loads.