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AKASA AK-965 (Intel) Heatsink Fan Cooler Review

Test System Set-up and Notes

To complete a short review of this magnitude in its best surrounds we ran with one of our current in house test systems. Therefore we had to make a concessive decision what would be the best way forward that you all could quickly grasp. We feel that the test results shown today overleaf from this in house system will give you the reader a very good indication of what to expect when you next take on your evaluation upgrade systems and there is the inclusion of the Akasa AK965 heatsink fan.

Test System Used

1 X Akasa Mirage 62 Chassis
1 X Akasa AK965 Heatsink Fan utilising the pre-applied Thermal Compound
1 X Intel E6700 CPU
1 X MSI 965 Platinum Edition – Modified Version
4 X 1GB PC2 8500 Corsair XMS2 Memory Modules
1 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 (Driver Release 91.85 WHQL)
1 X Akasa Amber 120mm Intake Fan
1 X Akasa Amber 120mm Exhaust Fan
2 X Western Digital Caviar® SE16 250GB SATA Hard Drives configured to Raid 0

The mainboards bios settings were left at default automatically finding the CPU and 800FSB memory with the mainboard automatically adjusting the clock speed settings and voltages to facilitate these parts to maintain the higher functionality which it has to offer.

Hardware Suppliers for the Review

MSI for the supply of the Mainboards shown, Corsair, for the supply of their Dominator memory, Western Digital for the SATA Hard Discs, Man and Machine for the supply of the PNY Quadro FX 3500, and finally but by no means least; Akasa for the major peripherals required for this review . Our thanks to all involved in making this an interesting but exciting review. The CPU - our thanks to the donor of this superb chip, and before anyone says it, no it did not come from Intel.

Corsair’s new memory really has hit home, it maybe expensive in some areas for some, but the performance and stability that we encountered over these last few months has been magnificent. Ranting on once more stability in the high-end is of a paramont. For those so inclined and feel the need for speed, we can say that this memory on these mainboards and memory can be well adjusted to keep the overclocker well happy for many a day.

Systems Integrators, OEM’s and VAR’s should contact all companies directly for pricing and availability of all components.

Diskeeper can be purchased from most leading Distributors and software retail outlets. Or those of you wishing a try before buy, a 30 day trial version maybe downloaded direct from Diskeeper Europe. We highly recommend the use of this software as performance increase can be quite considerable in many places; especially when Raid 0 arrays start to creep into 300GB in size.

Benchmarks and Software Used (32 Bit Mode)

The plethora of benchmarks available in this arena; one could spend all day in producing results if the time permitted, paralysis by analysis! Sadly the clock ticked hard and fast against us therefore we did only have a very short time in which to complete this basic but factual review.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
Diskeeper 2007 Professional Premium Edition
PCMark 2005 Advanced with build 1.2.0
Sandra 2007 SP1
HD Tach 3.0.1.0 - Journalists Edition
Autodesk® 3ds Max® 9
Cinebench 9.5
SPECviewperf® 9.0.3

To complete all of the tests on the systems has taken some considerable time to complete. A test/render has been completed many times over different periods of the system uptime. Maintaining the fair play rules of SPECviewperf® we did not manipulate any of this mainboards functionality and left it at its default settings in which it was supplied. All tests have been conducted at 1280 X 1024 @ 60Hz in 32 bit colour. Results that have been shown on this review are from the application/benchmarks first run in accordance with the SPECviewperf® fair play rules.

With these facts complete we move onwards to the results gained. As a point of interest the test room environment was maintained at a steady 24.2C

Page 1 - Introduction and Set-up
Page 2 - AK965 in the flesh
Page 3 - AK965 Mainboard Assembly
Page 4 - Test System Set-up and Notes
Page 5 - Results and Conclusions

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