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Reeven Brontes CPU Cooler Review: Reaching New Heights in Low-Profile Design
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Test System and Benchmark Results of the Reeven Brontes
Test System and Benchmark Results of the Reeven Brontes
- Ambient temperature monitored at case intake and temperature Delta was used.
- All case and heat sink fans were benchmarked with fan control settings disabled and running at 100% unless otherwise specified.
- Intel integrated video is utilized to eliminate additional ambient heat source from discrete graphics cards.
- Temperatures are averaged (last minute) from individual core temperature results monitored by AIDA64 after 15 minutes.
- Stock settings have all power saving features enabled in the motherboard with Vcore set static to 1.1V and set to “Balanced” in the OS.
- All tests were taken at least three times to get the final result.
- Note that performance results on this setup are not directly comparable with any benchmarks from previous reviews as the UEFI BIOS on the motherboard has been updated and now has a much tighter control on the Vcore voltage.
- Since it is an ASUS motherboard, it engages all cores when it turbos so temperature will be higher compared to other Z87 motherboards that do not by default.
- An American Recording Technologies SPL-8810 was used for noise level measurement in dBA, 20CM away from the center fan intake.
| Processor | Intel Core i7-4770K (Retail) |
| Motherboard | ASUS Maximus VI Gene Z87 Motherboard (1603 BIOS) |
| Memory | Mushkin Stealth 1600MHz DDR3 |
| Drive | OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD |
| Video Card | Intel Integrated Graphics |
| Thermal Compound | Noctua NT-H1 |
| Case | DimasTech Mini v1 |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX850W |
| Operating System | Windows 7 x64 Pro |
Comparison Heatsinks:
Benchmarks:
Sound Profile (Fan RPM vs Noise Level) – Room ambient noise is 34.8dBA:
| Fan Speed | 1x 100mm Slim Brontes fan |
| RPM | dBA |
| 2200 | 39.9 |
| 2100 | 39.5 |
| 2000 | 38.8 |
| 1900 | 38 |
| 1800 | 37.5 |
| 1700 | 37.2 |
| 1600 | 36.8 |
| 1500 | 35 |
You should have done a comparison with Gelid’s Slimhero, also at 59mm high
and with a very similar design, as it would be the only direct competitor for this cooler.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will look into it, maybe do a low-profile roundup when I catch up with my work load and see what’s the best bang-for-buck. I know ID-Cooling has a 5-heatpipe direct contact in the under 60mm height range as well that looks very capable.