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- Dec 14, 2010
In my case, not hardly.
I tried running it at 5V as a CPU heatsink fan and the CPU idles at 47-48°C, then at 12V the CPU idles at 45°C in a room with a 23°C ambient temperature. Not really an earth-shattering difference IMO.
Sure, it might be helpful if I were right on the edge of being unstable and those few degrees might make or break an overclock, but as tested in my socket A system I'm nowhere near unstable at these temperatures.
At 5V it's practically silent spinning at 2000-2300rpm, at 12V though it's like I've moved an enterprise-level server into my room and spins at 5200-5400rpm.
I thought about wiring up both of my Tornado fans for 12V, but I can't imagine being able to stand the noise, I can barely cope with one let alone two spinning at 5200-5400rpm each. I think I'll just rewire them to both run at 5V unless I see some major difference under load testing.
I tried running it at 5V as a CPU heatsink fan and the CPU idles at 47-48°C, then at 12V the CPU idles at 45°C in a room with a 23°C ambient temperature. Not really an earth-shattering difference IMO.
Sure, it might be helpful if I were right on the edge of being unstable and those few degrees might make or break an overclock, but as tested in my socket A system I'm nowhere near unstable at these temperatures.
At 5V it's practically silent spinning at 2000-2300rpm, at 12V though it's like I've moved an enterprise-level server into my room and spins at 5200-5400rpm.
I thought about wiring up both of my Tornado fans for 12V, but I can't imagine being able to stand the noise, I can barely cope with one let alone two spinning at 5200-5400rpm each. I think I'll just rewire them to both run at 5V unless I see some major difference under load testing.