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CoolerMaster V8 vs Prolimatech Mega Shadow Benchmarks
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CoolerMaster V8 vs Prolimatech Mega Shadow Benchmarks
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CoolerMaster V8  Prolimatech Mega Shadow Deluxe  Testing Setup: AMD Phenom II X4 940be @3.8ghz 200x19, 1.52v Foxconn A7DA 790gx+sb750 Team Xtreem Dark 2x2gb DDR2 1066mhz Inno3d 9600gt Armor Samsung Spinpoint HD321KJ 320gb Raid-0 Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Tuniq TX-3 Delta WFB1212HH 120x25mm, 95.35cfm, 54.9Pa, 42.5dBA Sanyo-Denki San Ace 109R1212H101 120x38mm, 99cfm, 70.4Pa, 39dBA Testing Method: 15mins Prime-95 In-Place Large FFTs for stressing Speedfan 4.39 for temp measurement Aircon+Dehumidifier for ambient temp control Results:  The Delta fan used is stronger than the stock V8 fan so don't be surprised if the difference is not big (gives me 2c difference if I remember). The V8 is a pretty good heatsink anyway. While the rest of the set-up had 27C ambient, I tried my best to get the room when testing the Mega Shadow with the San Ace to 27c, but as the test ended, I looked at the sensor, and it was 28c so I placed it as it is. Conclusion: I must say that I'm very impressed with the Mega Shadow. Not only it got the looks, but also has a beast of a performance. If not, the best performance on air. While the V8 offers a good performance against a stock AMD heatsink, it simply doesn't stand a chance against the newer and more expensive Mega Shadow since both heatsinks look cool and sexy anyway  As for the 25mm vs 38mm fan, it's very obvious that heatsinks, especially the Mega Shadow, loves more static pressure, and it makes a big difference.
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MegaShadow is the megahalem painted black, of course it will come out on top. I could have said that without testing though
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Thanks for testing! Did you find installing on an AMD platform as trouble free and wonderful as I did on my Intel platform?
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well it was a pain to install the heatsink since the amd retention mount has this 4 elevated screwholes. And the 2 screwholes for the 90deg allignment seem to block the heatpipes making it hard screws for the lock to reach them. So i removed the extra screwholes and viola.
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Nice! Thanks for posting the comparison between the two and that's why I switched from a V8 to Megahalems. Big different for me. lol
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NICE! Thx!
Like I have told others who have the V8, if you want a improved performance, get a better fan. Question, the fan clips used on the Megashadow are from Prolimatech? If they are, are they also holding the fan grill t00?  I am just wondering how a fan grill gets put on while the clips are holding the fan.
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well i did used a plastic push-lock type(i don't know how you exactly call it) as a screw to hold the fan-grill.
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ok put another 38 mm fan on the side of the v8 and do it AGAIN NAO
the megatron got an extra fan its not fair Q_Q. it makes a huge difference well over 5C for me
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