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Aero 7+ vs. Jet 7 (Coolermaster)
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Does anyone have any reviews which compare these two HSFs, particularly in performance and noise. Thansk all |
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 23:35:03 +0800, Nil Einne
wrote: Hey, Does anyone have any reviews which compare these two HSFs, particularly in performance and noise. Just to clarify, I know that the Jet 7 and Aero 7+ have the same fan speed variation. However, the Jet 7 is louder I believe, at least at the high setting. So one interesting thing would be how does the Jet 7 compare (in terms of performance) at a certain noise level with the Aero 7+ at the same noise level. Thansk all Should have been thanks all of course........... |
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:09:31 -0000, "tHatDudeUK"
wrote: "Nil Einne" wrote in message .. . Just to clarify, I know that the Jet 7 and Aero 7+ have the same fan speed variation. However, the Jet 7 is louder I believe, at least at the high setting. So one interesting thing would be how does the Jet 7 compare (in terms of performance) at a certain noise level with the Aero 7+ at the same noise level. Reviews suggest the Aero 7 lite is better performing than the 7+ and as it's cheaper I went for one of those. 7+ is an over priced POS! |
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"Nil Einne" wrote in message ... Just to clarify, I know that the Jet 7 and Aero 7+ have the same fan speed variation. However, the Jet 7 is louder I believe, at least at the high setting. So one interesting thing would be how does the Jet 7 compare (in terms of performance) at a certain noise level with the Aero 7+ at the same noise level. Reviews suggest the Aero 7 lite is better performing than the 7+ and as it's cheaper I went for one of those. |
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:09:31 -0000, "tHatDudeUK"
wrote: "Nil Einne" wrote in message .. . Just to clarify, I know that the Jet 7 and Aero 7+ have the same fan speed variation. However, the Jet 7 is louder I believe, at least at the high setting. So one interesting thing would be how does the Jet 7 compare (in terms of performance) at a certain noise level with the Aero 7+ at the same noise level. Reviews suggest the Aero 7 lite is better performing than the 7+ and as it's cheaper I went for one of those. Could you post some links to these reviews please. While I am highly suspicous of the Jet7 (which is why I asked for reviews) since it mainly seems to be designed to look cool rather then to be effective, I don't really see why the Aero 7+ should be less effective then the Aero 7 Lite as the only difference is that the Aero 7+ is all copper whereas the lite is aluminium with copper base. And although I do wonder if it really helps that much to have an all copper hs and whether it is worth it, I had always thought that at the very least, a copper heatsink is as good as, even perhaps if not that much better then a aluminium heat sink. |
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 02:03:30 +0800, Nil Einne
wrote: Could you post some links to these reviews please. While I am highly suspicous of the Jet7 (which is why I asked for reviews) since it mainly seems to be designed to look cool rather then to be effective, I don't really see why the Aero 7+ should be less effective then the Aero 7 Lite as the only difference is that the Aero 7+ is all copper whereas the lite is aluminium with copper base. And although I do wonder if it really helps that much to have an all copper hs and whether it is worth it, I had always thought that at the very least, a copper heatsink is as good as, even perhaps if not that much better then a aluminium heat sink. I should add that at least one review I have found claims the lite is bigger then the +. To the best of my knowledge, this is not true. The Aero 7 was indeed smaller then the + but the 7+ is not. If you look at the offical specs on the CM website, the sizes are clearly the same. However, the Aero 7 only has a 70x70x70 fan. It appears that the reviewer on this page: http://www.datafuse.net/aerolite.php has sadly assumed the Aero 7 is the same as the Aero 7+ which is not true. The HSFs I have seen are the Aero 7+ and Aero 7 lite, (and also Jet 7), therefore reviews comparing the Aero 7 with the Aero 7 lite are not really useful. (any review which suggests they are a different size will fit into this category). |
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"Nil Einne" wrote in message ... Could you post some links to these reviews please. While I am highly suspicous of the Jet7 (which is why I asked for reviews) since it mainly seems to be designed to look cool rather then to be effective, I don't really see why the Aero 7+ should be less effective then the Aero 7 Lite as the only difference is that the Aero 7+ is all copper whereas the lite is aluminium with copper base. And although I do wonder if it really helps that much to have an all copper hs and whether it is worth it, I had always thought that at the very least, a copper heatsink is as good as, even perhaps if not that much better then a aluminium heat sink. "Both units performed similarly under idle conditions, but the Aero 7 Lite outperformed his all-copper brother while under load. However, there's one thing that doesn't show up on the chart: The Aero 7 Lite took noticeably longer (2-4 minutes, depending on fan speed) to return to idle temperatures, compared to the all-copper Aero 7+. This is the one situation where copper is clearly superior to an aluminum/copper heatsink. Also, the CPU locked up (only once) while using the Aero 7 Lite, when the fan was set to the lowest speed setting and the system was under heavy use (during the load tests). This was while using the included thermal pad; under all other situations, the Aero 7 Lite performed flawlessly." from - http://tinyurl.co.uk/6t9l Also there are http://tinyurl.co.uk/tivp http://tinyurl.co.uk/83ne Just a few reviews. Be a bit wary of methodological differences in reviews, i.e. CPU's used (some give off more heat) and thermal interface used. Reviews can be found via www.google.com searching for aero 7 lite review Hope this helps and merry christmas! |
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"Nil Einne" wrote in message ... I should add that at least one review I have found claims the lite is bigger then the +. To the best of my knowledge, this is not true. The Aero 7 was indeed smaller then the + but the 7+ is not. If you look at the offical specs on the CM website, the sizes are clearly the same. However, the Aero 7 only has a 70x70x70 fan. It appears that the reviewer on this page: http://www.datafuse.net/aerolite.php I'd assume the fan size is the same. Certainley if the 7 lite was 1cm bigger it would touch the side of my ample sized coolermaster case. |
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:37:41 -0000, "tHatDudeUK"
wrote: "Both units performed similarly under idle conditions, but the Aero 7 Lite outperformed his all-copper brother while under load. However, there's one thing that doesn't show up on the chart: The Aero 7 Lite took noticeably longer (2-4 minutes, depending on fan speed) to return to idle temperatures, compared to the all-copper Aero 7+. This is the one situation where copper is clearly superior to an aluminum/copper heatsink. Also, the CPU locked up (only once) while using the Aero 7 Lite, when the fan was set to the lowest speed setting and the system was under heavy use (during the load tests). This was while using the included thermal pad; under all other situations, the Aero 7 Lite performed flawlessly." from - http://tinyurl.co.uk/6t9l Also there are http://tinyurl.co.uk/tivp http://tinyurl.co.uk/83ne Just a few reviews. Be a bit wary of methodological differences in reviews, i.e. CPU's used (some give off more heat) and thermal interface used. Reviews can be found via www.google.com searching for aero 7 lite review Hope this helps and merry christmas! Thanks for your links. Ironically though, I came across all 3 by myself before I got them from you... I originally though I had been a bit hasty in my assumption DataFuse were using the 70mm fan with Aero 7. I knew that most Aero 7+ have 80 mm fans now and there used to be an 70 mm version with the Aero 7. However, it appears (from other sites) there was an 80 mm version as well. According to the review who I emailed (who got back to me very fast, well done) it was the smaller version. They quoted the official specs without even mentioning whether they were using a 70mm or 80mm version... So their comparison is not that useful since I am pretty sure the one I will be getting, if I get one will be the larger one. http://www.datafuse.net/aero.php Bjorn3D were using the 80 mm version I think (they did say the fan size was the same) and they also noticed size differences. This and the fact that they have found the specs to be a bit unreliable (the specs even claim the Lite has a tool free clip which does not seem to be true) made me realise perhaps I was being a bit hasty to assume that the Aero 7+ and Aero 7 Lite were the same size as the CM website claimed. However, even though they also found the Aero 7+ to be worse then the Lite there is still some doubt in their review as their Aero 7+ might be a bit defective. http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=297 http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=315 CTZ found similar results. They also found the Aero 7 Lite to be better. Although they did find the sizes to be different, there is no indication they were using the smaller Aero 7+ or that they had a defective version (of course, if two reviewers have defective versions, it does make me wonder how many defective versions there are out there). However, there is nothing to say they are not using a small one or a defective version either since I couldn't find an Aero 7+ review on their site. http://cooltechzone.com/reviews/cool..._7_lite_1.html I've looked for other reviews and although I've found a few more about the Aero 7 Lite, some of which are on sites that have also review the 7+, I have not yet found any comparison. This is a bit odd to me since it would seem logical to compare the two given that they are from the same company, and one is a copper while the other a copper+aluminium. One thing I do wonder is if some of the reviewers did in fact review both but after getting results which they did not expect, abandonded the plan. I'm a bit disappointed at the DataFuse reviewer for the silly way he failed to make it clear what size HSF he was using but at least he responds to e-mails fast. I've emailed also e-mailed the CTZ person to check up further, hopefully he will get back to me soon but given it's the holiday season, I suspect I might be out of luck. Things are not as clear as I would like them to be and the fact that the Aero 7+ does have a very different price tag (about 25% but it's not really that much) make me uncertain of what to do. The 7+ does lose heat faster when left to go idle (as indicated by Bjorn3D) but this doesn't seem to make a difference in how well it is able to keep the processor cool after long use. But I would have to agree, in the absence of more information, it does look like the Aero 7 Lite is a better performer. And it does weight less which is good given certain experiences I have had in the pass... Regardless, another good thing is I did confirm hat the Jet 7 is a piece of crap that looks good but does nothing else right. For those of you wanting to look, see he CTZ and TTL clearly found the Jet 7 to be a POS http://cooltechzone.com/reviews/cooling/jet7_11.php http://www.thetechlounge.com/review....r_master_jet_7 Datafuse weren't so sure but as they weren't comparing the HSFs at the same room temp, their readings are a bit unreliable. Furthemore, they, for some reason, compared the Jet 7 to the Aero 7 (they said + but we have already established their is a non-plus not a +), not the Aero 7 Lite even though they had already found their Aero 7 to be worse then the Lite. http://www.datafuse.net/jet7.php |
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"tHatDudeUK" wrote in message ... "Nil Einne" wrote in message ... I should add that at least one review I have found claims the lite is bigger then the +. To the best of my knowledge, this is not true. The Aero 7 was indeed smaller then the + but the 7+ is not. If you look at the offical specs on the CM website, the sizes are clearly the same. However, the Aero 7 only has a 70x70x70 fan. It appears that the reviewer on this page: http://www.datafuse.net/aerolite.php I'd assume the fan size is the same. Certainley if the 7 lite was 1cm bigger it would touch the side of my ample sized coolermaster case. Aero 7 -vs- Aero 7+ the 7 has a 70x70 fan base the 7+ has an 80x80 fan base. The fan motor and turbine are exactly the same. you may find the fan unreliable. I have a 7+.My fan failed. I called coolermaster directly and they sent me a 70x70 fan (wrong one) and now they are sending me ANOTHER 80x80. In hindsight, I should have bought an slk-800 KAS |
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