Performance
Test setup and Testing Methodology
The system used for testing is listed in the table below. Ambient temperatures were kept at 24 degrees Celsius +/- 1 degree. The thermal paste used was Cooler Master thermal fusion (for testing consistency). For the overclocked results I upped the voltage to 1.30v and attained a clock speed of 4.2GHz. The cool and quite mode was disabled to prevent the CPU idling at lower voltages to attain accurate temperatures at idle. The fan speed was set to auto. The idle temperatures were recorded after 10 minutes of idle and max temperatures were recorded after a 5 minute torture test using Prime95. The software used to monitor temperatures was HWMonitor courtesy of CPUID.
Now that we covered the testing methodology, let us get to the results in the tables below!
T-M.A.P.S. (Three-dimensional Multiple Airflow Pass-through Structure)
The huge appearing heatsink with increased fin spacing to 2.6 mm of the Mugen MAX offers reduced windage and optimized performance in the lower speed range of the supplied 140mm PWM fan.
The noise a cooler produces can be important factor to a purchaser. To help, dBs are recorded using a meter that records sound pressure levels not actual acoustic levels. With that being said the Mugen Max SCMGD-1000 has a reasonable maximum dBs reading of 37.
There we have it! The Mugen Max SCMGD-1000 brought to us by Scythe! Let us cover a few final thoughts and conclusion of our review.
