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Thermaltake Tsunami: A Complete Visual Overhaul

 by Purav Sanghani on September 10, 2004 12:00 PM EST
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Benchmarking - Thermal

When benchmarking the Tsunami Dream, we test the temperatures of key components including the actual CPU temperature, the actual temperature inside the heatsink, the temperatures of the DDR, Northbridge, Southbridge, HDD, PSU, and the ambient temperature inside the case, all during normal operation. During our testing, the PSU and CPU heatsink fans remain on to measure temperatures during normal system operations.

Chaintech VNF3-250
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
OCZ PC3200 DDR x 2
Zalman CNPS7000 Copper
Seagate Barracuda 120GB SATA
ATI 9800XT AGP8x
OCZ 520W PowerStream

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Since we have updated our test bed motherboard from a VIA chipset board to an nForce chipset board, the Northbridge results should be read as temperatures of the single nForce chip. Southbridge results are not associated with nForce boards and are therefore not applicable.


The thermal readings for the key components and points on the motherboard during operation were as follows:

Thermal Benchmarks - CPU

Thermal Benchmarks - Heat sink

Thermal Benchmarks - HDD

Thermal Benchmarks - DDR

Thermal Benchmarks - Northbridge(VIA)/nForce Chip(nForce)

Thermal Benchmarks - Southbridge(VIA Chipset Only)

Thermal Benchmarks - Power Supply

Thermal Benchmarks - System Ambient

The dual 120mm fans with the single side mounted 90mm fan performed well in the Tsunami as they kept temperatures of all components and the ambient system temperature down and lower than any of the other cases in the chart. The power of these fans did come with a price, however, in sound...

Installation Benchmarking - Sound
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  • DonB - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    Front panel needs a whackin' big ol' spider emblem, if you want it to look REALLY nice!

  • themelon - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    the harddrive cage on my 2 slk3700's is in an identicle position to the pictures in this review.

  • JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    No, just what happens when I don't look closely. I wish they had a way to delete messages on this thing....

  • cobalt - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    Hello WaveMaster #2. :)

  • ciwell - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    "Never mind, it was for a different case... "

    That was rich. :-D

  • JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    Never mind, it was for a different case...

  • JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    Sorry for the blank posts...

  • JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

    "With a price tag of around $100"

    Yeah, where? I clicked on the "AnandTech Deals" thing at the top of the page and saw nothing below $150....

  • JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

  • JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link

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