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Da Dego · 4th Sep 2007, 04:25

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...3d_rocket_ii/1

It's the best Gigabyte cooler you can currently buy, but will the blue heatsink Rocket II shoot for the stars or fall to earth with a pop and a whistle?

Tulatin · 4th Sep 2007, 04:54

The original 3D Rocket had decent performance for it's time due to one big difference: Rather than having two fans blowing air past fins, hoping that the pressure difference would suck the air inward, it actually had a pretty beefy squirrel cage fan in the middle, forcibly sucking air through them. It may have been louder, but it worked.

Sparrowhawk · 4th Sep 2007, 05:48

Hm. Personally the graphics on the front mounting look startlingly like the ones on my dishwasher.

outlawaol · 4th Sep 2007, 06:41

Do both fans pull air and fight each other through the fins? If that was the case, I would bet better cooling. If they where not, and just "blowing on the mobo" it would suck.

I may have missed that in the article.

zoom314 · 4th Sep 2007, 06:42

So will this new Rocket be a Dud or a Stud? I guess time will tell.

naokaji · 4th Sep 2007, 08:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by outlawaol

Do both fans pull air and fight each other through the fins? If that was the case, I would bet better cooling. If they where not, and just "blowing on the mobo" it would suck.

I may have missed that in the article.

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There are two fans working in tandem, with a smaller one complementing the top one and both together suck air in from outside to inside, hence the hollow centre. The bottom fan pushes air over the small heatsink in the base and out over the PWM area, cooling them as well. Eight aluminium heatpipes protrude from the base and rise up to the top of the fins.

Delphium · 4th Sep 2007, 10:10

Ahhh a review of the gigabyte coolers, I was curious to how they stacked up against others.

I used to use the Rocket 1 pro which used copper fins and heatpipes unlike the Rocket 2 which uses aluminium!

I think Gigabyte would have done a lot better if they had continued from the Rocket pro version, and continue to use copper

DXR_13KE · 4th Sep 2007, 12:31

i was the other day about to buy a G-power cooler from these guys.... it is very nice and had very good reviews for its time.

this rocket cooler could have been better.... it needs to be redesigned.

and the Volar looks interesting but somewhat familiar.... like a 775 stock cooler but inclined... http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ductName=Volar

kosch · 4th Sep 2007, 12:53

hmm how rough does the base look. I guess you could hand lap it and get a few extra degree's shaved off.

ComputerKing · 4th Sep 2007, 18:53

I have this FAN, IT have Sexy looking (Rofl the NASA Part).... IT's Like jet Air-Plane! So loud, And Cools very well. But After like 4 mouths the blue fan got blowed up... and I was going to burn my cpu because of that.

It's good not too bad but the sound of it sux!

oblivinated · 4th Sep 2007, 19:40

Why did it only get a 5/10 for performance? The tests show that it cooled the CPU 3 degrees lower compared to the other coolers. This baffles me =\

Tsen · 4th Sep 2007, 20:31

Only on it's highest fan setting. So it's probably trading off noise for cooling, and not actually being efficient.

ComputerKing · 4th Sep 2007, 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsen

Only on it's highest fan setting. So it's probably trading off noise for cooling, and not actually being efficient.

Yup I can sure that,

I own it. THis is the jet noise is as hell you can see the vid on my threads about my noise :

Bindibadgi · 4th Sep 2007, 21:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by oblivinated

Why did it only get a 5/10 for performance? The tests show that it cooled the CPU 3 degrees lower compared to the other coolers. This baffles me =\

Welcome to bit!

Unless you enjoy sitting next to a jet engine (high fan) I'd buy the Max Orb on low or the Arctic Cooler for a fraction of the cost. The 3D Rocket II on low is second from bottom in performance.

The graph is based on Delta-T, which is a difference between recorded CPU temp and ambient air temp. If the air temp is lower the CPU temp will be lower, so you have to go by the difference to keep everything fair

4th Sep 2007, 04:25	#1
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Sparrowhawk Wetsander Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 545	Hm. Personally the graphics on the front mounting look startlingly like the ones on my dishwasher.

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zoom314 Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Yermo, CA, USA Posts: 174	So will this new Rocket be a Dud or a Stud? I guess time will tell.

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4th Sep 2007, 19:40	#11
oblivinated What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	Why did it only get a 5/10 for performance? The tests show that it cooled the CPU 3 degrees lower compared to the other coolers. This baffles me =\

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Tsen Steeped In Romance Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clinton, UT Posts: 175	Only on it's highest fan setting. So it's probably trading off noise for cooling, and not actually being efficient. __________________ Gigabyte P35-DS3R, Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 4x1GB A-Data 800 Mhz, MSI 8800 GT 512, WD 1 TB HDD