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To thermal test the coolers we mounted them into our new Core i7 test machine, equipped with an Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 overclocked to 3.6GHz – the absolute limit of the stock cooler’s abilities.
Both the idle and stress tests are run for 20mins and then the lowest/maximum values are recorded. Prime95 is used to place all four cores under 100% load for the 20 minute period. The room's ambient ...