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Coolermaster Aquagate Mini R120...

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Eventually, I'd like to get some sort of aftermarket cooling for my Athlon64 3000+. I watched this video review and found it to be pretty cool. I was just wondering if you guys think it's any good. Should I get it (would it be worth it) over something like the CoolerMaster Hyper 48 ??

Thanks for reading.
 
The general consensus here is that prebuilt, lowcost kits are well... carp. You'll get similar or even better temps with good air cooling, for a fraction of the cost.
 
Little Grabbi said:
The general consensus here is that prebuilt, lowcost kits are well... carp. You'll get similar or even better temps with good air cooling, for a fraction of the cost.
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Like Thermalright's copper XP-90 or the XP-120, coupled with either a Panaflo L1 or H1 (even the U1 if so desired).
 
What does "Idle 44c, Load 56c" on a 4ghz Prescott translate into temperatures of a 2.7ghz Clawhammer?
 
Little Grabbi said:
The general consensus here is that prebuilt, lowcost kits are well... carp. You'll get similar or even better temps with good air cooling, for a fraction of the cost.
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What does this kit go for? I have a 3.2E @ 4 and can personally attest to this thing being HOT AS HELL. Those results are very very respectable. I guess it just depends on the cost differential between this and a XP-120 / 90

Of course the one thing i'm not crazy about is the pump/block combo. I'm not sure i would feel comfortable with a pump vibrating right on top of the CPU, even with the 2 cent rubber washers they include. But it's a cool product nonetheless.
 
robberbaron said:
What does "Idle 44c, Load 56c" on a 4ghz Prescott translate into temperatures of a 2.7ghz Clawhammer?
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couldn't tell you, but i would assume equal to or less. From what i've seen. the 3.2 prescott is one of the hottest chips on the market right now.
 
just caught the msrp is $89.

ehh, still a bit too high for what you're actually getting. But decent. I think the thermalrights would probably be the more cost effective choice though.
 
pigpen said:
just caught the msrp is $89.

ehh, still a bit too high for what you're actually getting. But decent. I think the thermalrights would probably be the more cost effective choice though.
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The 80mm one is $89 and the 120mm one is $99.
 
cool, thanks guys. I'm probably just gonna stick with air.
 
I ran one of the Mini 80 with good results on the system in my specs fan at low speed, totally silent and load temps around 40c.
 
Bio-Hazard said:
I ran one of the Mini 80 with good results on the system in my specs fan at low speed, totally silent and load temps around 40c.
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I did not think they were on the market yet.
 
Lothar5150 said:
I did not think they were on the market yet.
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From Coolermaster:

Dear Baron,



Sorry for the waiting. The Mini Aquagate will be in the US market in May.



Thank you for choosing our Products!

Bio-Hazard said:
They're not........................ :D Review sample................... :eek:
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Do you happen to have a 754 Clawhammer system you could test it on?
 
Bio-Hazard said:
They're not........................ :D Review sample................... :eek:
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Ok, I have now connected the dots ;)

From some of the review I have read. This seems to be a little better than a high end HS and not quite as good as a kit. Any thoughts.
 
I believe tom's hardware had a review of that but it was under the sunon name. They called it a stock cooler for the new prescotts or something like that.

Not bad for the price but for a little more you could build yourself a better performer.
 
DryFire said:
I believe tom's hardware had a review of that but it was under the sunon name. They called it a stock cooler for the new prescotts or something like that.

Not bad for the price but for a little more you could build yourself a better performer.
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I remember that review. It’s the same concept but think the one on Tom's had a micro pump in the radiator.
 
Testing the MR120 right now on a 4000+. At low voltages, there is virtually no difference between this cooler and a Zalman CNPS7700. However, once I kicked in 1.75v, this cooler is within 10 percent of a Swiftech Rev. 3 watercooling kit. It's definitely impressive, but to get the best performance you have to make the fan pretty loud.
 
quicksilverXP said:
Testing the MR120 right now on a 4000+. At low voltages, there is virtually no difference between this cooler and a Zalman CNPS7700. However, once I kicked in 1.75v, this cooler is within 10 percent of a Swiftech Rev. 3 watercooling kit. It's definitely impressive, but to get the best performance you have to make the fan pretty loud.
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Well... the 4000+ is kinda basically what I have, heh. What are the load temps with the 2800RPM?
 
quicksilverXP said:
Testing the MR120 right now on a 4000+. At low voltages, there is virtually no difference between this cooler and a Zalman CNPS7700. However, once I kicked in 1.75v, this cooler is within 10 percent of a Swiftech Rev. 3 watercooling kit. It's definitely impressive, but to get the best performance you have to make the fan pretty loud.
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That is kinda what I suspected. I'd like to see the data with both running the same fan at the same RPM. Are you going to post any head to head results?
 
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