Testing:
To test the idle and load temperatures of the Chipforce JTS-0006, I installed the following equipment:
» AMD Opteron 148 processor @2200MHz (stock voltage)
» DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (default settings)
» 2GB OCZ DDR PC-3200 / 400MHz / Special Ops Edition DDR
» 2x 80GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA-II hard drive in RAID 0
» 1x 120GB Seagate 7200.9 SATA 3Gbps hard drive
» Memorex DVD/CDRW
» 10-n-1 Media Card reader
» eVGA 7900GT KO Superclock PCIe card
» Fans: 2x120mm LED
The idle condition was established by powering the base system at default speeds and voltages with no applications running for a period of at least 30 minutes. The load condition was established by loading the system up with Folding@Home and SiSoft Sandra 2005's Burn-in Wizard running for a period of at least 60 minutes.
This chart compares the load temperatures readings to the default DFI Expert cooler and the
Jing Ting Chipforce JTS-0005. As compared to the stock cooler, the JTS-005 provided a 6C decrease in idle temperatures, and an a 8C decrease during in load temperatures. The JTS-0006 improved upon these figures by providing a 7C and 9C decrease in temperatures, respectively.
The final consideration is purely subjective... the noise level. At full power, the DFI Expert default cooler is fairly loud. It is easily noticeable when it kicks into full speed, and drowns the other noise from my system out. The JTS-0006 is quiet, even on full speed. Allowing the motherboard to regulate the fan speed, the DFI cooler would kick into full speed the moment I would start up a game (Everquest 2, Quake 4, Battlefield 2). The JTS-0006 has superior cooling, and never kicked in at full speed.
