Kingston HyperX Fan Review
Test Results
The results were very conclusive and even a bit surprising. The impact that the HyperX Fan has on the temperatures is unquestionable. Logic and reasoning will tell you that this would happen but I was very pleased to see how very different the temperatures were.
It is clear as day how well this cooler performs but let us break it down a bit.
First without the cooler. The memory idled 6°C above the ambient temperature. When put under synthetic testing it rose from 34°C to 42°C and then to 44°C under the real world test. 44°C was also the maximum when overclocked. This was just 1°C higher than the synthetic benchmark. The shock was that the idle temperature was a very warm 41°C!
Now for a good surprise. With the HyperX Fan installed, at no time did the temperature reach that level. The maximum was 38°C overclocked. The synthetic test peaked at 36°C; just 1°C above where it idled. Back to the stock 800MHz, the cooler allowed the RAM to idle at 33°C, just 5°C above ambient. Very nice.
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As for the maximum overclock, the previous best was 1040MHz but the cooler reduced the temperatures enough to allow me more headroom. A maximum stable overclock of 1080MHz was achieved. In addition, the temperature didn’t even budge from 38°C, even with 2.25V coursing through the memory!
Although it’s cheap I still think that RAM cooling is mostly useless. One could get a good-cooled PC and he would be still fine…most of the times.
If you’re gonna push the system for all you can get out of it, heat in inescapable. Cooling your components is also a great way to lengthen the life of your hardware.