The Test

In the test, we compare the Gigabyte 3D Rocket II to the G Power cooler. The G Power cooler is also one of the top performing heatsink from Gigabyte. In the temperature test, we use the Gigabyte board GA-965P-DQ6 paired up with the hottest CPU we can find, the Intel Extreme Edition 3.46GHz processor.

In our test, we used the EasyTune software to gauge the CPU temperature while it is idle and running SuperPI 32M + CPUBurn test concurrently.

The results are taken before and after 5 mins the two programs started. This will give us a more stable reading. Results are taken based on the RPM used for the heatsink.

Below are the results of the 3D Rocket II.

Using the same CPU and system configuration, we measure it using the G-Power

As both heatsinks min and max RPM is different, we can only compare it based on the results of its max and min range.

For the 3D Rocket II, at the minimum 1500RPM, the noise level is hardly audible. It is like a fanless heatsink. At such a lower speed, it idles at around 45 ºC. When it runs both Super PI+CPU BURN, it reached a high of 72 ºC. Compared to the G-Power, the results is a bit higher. If you take into the fan speed RPM, I think both would give you similar results.

At 2000RPM, the idle temp rises to 48 ºC while running SUPER PI + CPU BURN concurrently gives it a 64 ºC average reading. At this speed, the noise level is just a low humming noise.

At 3000RPM, it runs at 41 ºC and at 57 ºC when SUPER PI + CPU BURN were run concurrently. This is 1 ºC and 4 ºC lower than that of the G-Power which runs at 3200RPM, 200RPM faster than the 3D Rocket II.

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