Cooler Master Hyper Z600 Review

Testing:  

To properly test the Cooler Master Z600, I will need to record temperatures during both idle time (little to no CPU usage), as well as during full load (100% CPU usage). I will be using SpeedFan 4.33 to gather the temperatures of the CPU cores. I will be using OCCT:PK to simulate the full load testing and running it for thirty minutes. I will let the computer sit and cool down for thirty minutes before gathering the idle temperatures. I will be testing the processor at both stock speeds with stock voltage settings, as well as overclocked speeds of 3.6GHz with the voltage increased to 1.46 volts. All of the temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius.  

Testing Setup:

• Processor: Intel E6600 (stock & 3.6GHz)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6
• Memory: Mushkin PC2-6400 (4GB)
• Video Card: Sapphite HD3850
• Power Supply: OCZ 700W GameXStream
• Hard Drive: Western Digital 320GB 16MB Cache SATA
• Optical Drive(s): Lite-on DVD-RW
• Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 1000
• O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate
• Ambient Temperature: 22.6 degrees Celsius

Comparison Heatsinks:

• Heatsink: Thermolab Micro Silencer
• Heatsink: Thermolab Nano Silencer
• Heatsink: Cooler Master TX2
• Heatsink: CoolJag Falcon 92-Cu
• Heatsink: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
• Heatsink: Stock Intel C2D 65nm HSF

As you can see, this cooler was outperformed by some of the other heatsinks. However, all of those heatsinks had a fan installed, whereas this heatsink was tested as a passively cooled cooler.