CPU: e6600
RAM: 4gb Geil PC6400 C4 DDR2
Motherboard: Gigabyte G33 Micro ATX
HDD: 250gb WD 7200rpm SATA HDD
Optical drive: LG Bluray/HDDVD Multidrive
PSU: Hiper Type-R 580w
Case: Lian Li V350

Additional testing on Intels new i5 hardware using the following equipment:

CPU: Core i5-750
RAM: 4gb Kingston HyperX DDR3
Motherboard: Asus Maximus III Gene

Only done to see how well the TX3 cooled a new ‘performance’ chip type. No other coolers were used with this since i had no other compatible coolers available.

Coolers

Intel stock cooler
Akasa AK-956SF
Akasa AK-965
Cooler Master Hyper TX3

Testing

OCCT was used in all instances to test the temperature performance of all coolers here.

The ambient temperature was a fairly constant 20c. I tested idle and load temperatures across all cores (2 for the e6600 and 4 in the case of the i5 750) after the temperatures had stabilised at a constant value.

On the Core i5 rig i also included dual fan temperatures for the Hyper TX3 with an additional 92mm Coolink SWiF2 model running at 1500rpm.