Reserator Cooling Performance - Surprising.
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Reserator Cooling Performance - Surprising.
I had heard that from initial reviews, the Reserator wasn't that great at cooling CPUs. However I find it sort of surprising that after running F@H my CPU only went up 3-5 degrees after 6 hours - Idle: 45-47 C, load: 50 C. Hmmm if it is this good, I wonder how the EXOS Al I got arriving will perform... *smirk*
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Well this Reserator is really pissing me off. Evidently it is a problem among many Reserator owners, something gets loose, and they are greeted with a BANGING noise rather than complete silence. I've tried to take off the back plate so I can fix whatever's wrong, but I wasn't able to gain anything, but i did lose some skin off my hands!
I'm going to be putting the EXOS Al in and see how that goes, I'm fan swapping with M1As.
I'm going to be putting the EXOS Al in and see how that goes, I'm fan swapping with M1As.
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I was impressed by the reserator, I've used one to cool an Athlon 64 3800+ CPU and X800Pro GPU.
With an ambient temperature of 25 degrees I generally get an idle CPU temperature of 32 (using cool & quiet), an idle of 38 (cool & quiet off), and peaking at 50 for long (4 hours+) gaming sessions (CPU & GPU intensive).
After going from intensive to idle CPU temperatures will usually drop 10 degrees in 30 seconds, then slowly slide back down to 32 (taking a couple of hours).
This is with a stock reserator (with Zalmans GPU cooler), the only mod being the removal of the flow indicator. The damn thing leaked like a sieve out of the box so I chucked it out.
Very impressive, silence may cost a penny or two, but it is golden.
With an ambient temperature of 25 degrees I generally get an idle CPU temperature of 32 (using cool & quiet), an idle of 38 (cool & quiet off), and peaking at 50 for long (4 hours+) gaming sessions (CPU & GPU intensive).
After going from intensive to idle CPU temperatures will usually drop 10 degrees in 30 seconds, then slowly slide back down to 32 (taking a couple of hours).
This is with a stock reserator (with Zalmans GPU cooler), the only mod being the removal of the flow indicator. The damn thing leaked like a sieve out of the box so I chucked it out.
Very impressive, silence may cost a penny or two, but it is golden.
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They are recalling Flow Indicators starting today, the new ones use metal fittings. Those temps are pretty cool, especially with the X800. An athlon 64 is too far away in my future, mainly because they are WAY too expensive now ($900 for a FX-53 939 pin!!!). Bartons don't run as hot as T-birds though.
In any event, I have an EXOS Al that has already arrived. The Reserator will probably be put somewhere else, maybe for my other computer (parents) until I get my Athlon 64. In the meantime, I am very tempted in ordering a 6800 Ultra OC w/Waterblock from BFGTech. The lifetime warranty is definitely a plus. While the X800XT excels in frames per second, the 6800 excels in quality, and I'd rather have quality, although I don't know how my Nexus and Seasonic PSUs are gunna handle the high power load...which makes me want to get the X800XT . . .
Future upgrades, in order:
1. EXOS Al w/M1As (pending to be done after week-long vacation), stays in packaging until 2.
2. Lian Li V1100 case, then install EXOS Al
3. BFGTech GF FX 6800 Ultra OC w/Waterblock, or X800XT w/Koolance Waterblock
4. Athlon 64 FX-53 939 pin (in the VERY FAR FUTURE! )
In any event, I have an EXOS Al that has already arrived. The Reserator will probably be put somewhere else, maybe for my other computer (parents) until I get my Athlon 64. In the meantime, I am very tempted in ordering a 6800 Ultra OC w/Waterblock from BFGTech. The lifetime warranty is definitely a plus. While the X800XT excels in frames per second, the 6800 excels in quality, and I'd rather have quality, although I don't know how my Nexus and Seasonic PSUs are gunna handle the high power load...which makes me want to get the X800XT . . .
Future upgrades, in order:
1. EXOS Al w/M1As (pending to be done after week-long vacation), stays in packaging until 2.
2. Lian Li V1100 case, then install EXOS Al
3. BFGTech GF FX 6800 Ultra OC w/Waterblock, or X800XT w/Koolance Waterblock
4. Athlon 64 FX-53 939 pin (in the VERY FAR FUTURE! )
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Re: Reserator Cooling Performance - Surprising.
I think that delta is more a sign of your Barton's high idle power than the Reserator's abilities. What's your ambient and how many RPM did your Zalman 7000 run at 55C?acaurora wrote:However I find it sort of surprising that after running F@H my CPU only went up 3-5 degrees after 6 hours - Idle: 45-47 C, load: 50 C.
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I don't have a room thermometer, but normally i have the AC set to kick in if the temp goes over 75 F, so that'd be 24 C. As for RPM, I don't remember, but I had the fan @ next to the lowest voltage via fan mate. I chose next to lowest because I noticed i could increase the speed a little bit before any additional noise started.
TheDarkHacker - You have a point. With 2 WCers... why not just use both? Although I still need to figure out how to get rid of this BANGING noise from my Reserator. Anyone have this problem too?
TheDarkHacker - You have a point. With 2 WCers... why not just use both? Although I still need to figure out how to get rid of this BANGING noise from my Reserator. Anyone have this problem too?