OCZ Tempest CPU Cooler

Rob Williams · 09-13-2006, 09:18 PM

OCZ has released many products over the past few months, one being a new CPU cooler. It may not be much to look at, but the design promises great heat dissipation. If you are looking for a low profile air cooler that glows, read on...

Read the review and discuss it! Got it?

xDarkeRainex · 04-28-2007, 04:38 PM

Hi there,
My name is AJ. I have the Asus M2N32 SLi Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition Motherboard. Also, I have the AMD 64 X2 AM2 6000+ 3.0GHz. I had my eye on the OCZ Tempest Cooler. I see you have installed it on the same board I have, EXACT layout and all. I noticed something I was hoping wouldn't be an issue, but could an issue with time. In one of your pictures you've posted with the installation process of the OCZ Tempest on the M2N32 board the heat transfer pipes are touching on the OCZ heatsink and the M2N32 Northbridge/Chipset heat transfer pipes.

With these heat transferring pipes touching eachother, do they dissipate heat from one another? Does it effect the cooling for the northbridge/chipset, or the CPU itself? Basically, I just want to know if the heat will cross-transfer from the CPU to the northbridge/chipset or vice versa.

My e-mail:
darke.raine@gmail.com

Thank you for your time,
AJ

Rob Williams · 04-28-2007, 05:10 PM

I don't believe that the pipes were actually touching each other, it just appeared that way thanks to the angle. I don't recall them touching each other at all.

As for the Tempest, I am not sure it's still on sale, although I haven't checked. I know it's been discontinued for a few months now.

09-13-2006, 09:18 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	OCZ Tempest CPU Cooler OCZ has released many products over the past few months, one being a new CPU cooler. It may not be much to look at, but the design promises great heat dissipation. If you are looking for a low profile air cooler that glows, read on... Read the review and discuss it! Got it? __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

04-28-2007, 04:38 PM	#2
xDarkeRainex Obliviot Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1	OCZ Tempest on Asus M2N32 MoBo Hi there, My name is AJ. I have the Asus M2N32 SLi Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition Motherboard. Also, I have the AMD 64 X2 AM2 6000+ 3.0GHz. I had my eye on the OCZ Tempest Cooler. I see you have installed it on the same board I have, EXACT layout and all. I noticed something I was hoping wouldn't be an issue, but could an issue with time. In one of your pictures you've posted with the installation process of the OCZ Tempest on the M2N32 board the heat transfer pipes are touching on the OCZ heatsink and the M2N32 Northbridge/Chipset heat transfer pipes. With these heat transferring pipes touching eachother, do they dissipate heat from one another? Does it effect the cooling for the northbridge/chipset, or the CPU itself? Basically, I just want to know if the heat will cross-transfer from the CPU to the northbridge/chipset or vice versa. My e-mail: darke.raine@gmail.com Thank you for your time, AJ

04-28-2007, 05:10 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	I don't believe that the pipes were actually touching each other, it just appeared that way thanks to the angle. I don't recall them touching each other at all. As for the Tempest, I am not sure it's still on sale, although I haven't checked. I know it's been discontinued for a few months now. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

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