Test Setup
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| CPU AMD I | AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 (65 nm; 2100 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) with retail boxed cooler |
| CPU AMD II | AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (90 nm; 3000 MHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) with retail boxed cooler |
| CPU Intel I | Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 (65 nm; 1800 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) with retail boxed cooler |
| CPU Intel II | Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (65 nm; 3000 MHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) with retail boxed cooler |
| Motherboard AMD | Asus Crosshair, Socket AM2 (Rev. 1.02)
Nvidia nForce 590 SLI Chipset, BIOS 0702 |
| Motherboard Intel | MSI P35 Neo, Socket 775 (Rev. 1.04)
Intel P35 Chipset, BIOS 1.3 |
| RAM | Corsair CM2X-8888C4D
2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4-4-4-12 2T) |
| Hard Disk Drive I | Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD
150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150 |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-S183 |
| Graphics Card | Gigabyte Geforce 8600 GTS GV-NX86S256H
GPU: Geforce 8600 GTS (675 MHz) RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (2000 MHz) |
| Sound Card | Integrated |
| Power Supply | Enermax EG565P-VE
ATX 2.01, 510 Watt |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers Intel | Version 8.3.1013 |
| Platform Drivers Nvidia | Version 9.35 |
| Graphics Drivers Nvidia | Forceware 162.18 |
The platform based on the Asus Crosshair motherboard provides plenty of features for the enthusiast and the overclocker, but the board is one of the most expensive choices.
Our Intel solution is based on MSI’s P35 Neo motherboard.
Benchmarks And Settings
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| Bapco Sysmark | Version: 2007 Preview
Official Run |
| Synthetics | |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version: 1.2.0
CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| 3DMark06 | Version: 1.10
Graphic and CPU Tests 1280x1024 |
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Potential fan failure is a good reason to use a push/pull fan set up on a tower CPU cooler.
I've yet to have a CPU fan fail as I've always bought quality fans with ball bearings, but if you use sleeve bearing fans, or have a problem with dust then the fans is a lot more likely to fail.
This is very interesting. I am suprised that the Athlon BE series does not run cooler than the Pentium DC.
All of this begs the question - If I want to build a system with decent performance (read: modern dual core CPU), but I want it completely silent, which CPU, and which heatsink would I have to buy?
I am presuming that a 3rd party heatsink might provide enough cooling to enable some of these CPUs to run without a fan without throttling.