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Review: Corsair Nautilus500 liquid cooling system

by Tarinder Sandhu on 22 February 2006, 16:18

Tags: Corsair

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System setup and notes

Hardware and Software

Test Platforms

System Intel Pentium 4 System Athlon 64 System
Processor Pentium 4 670 - 3.8GHz Athlon 64 X2 4800+ - 2.4GHz
Mainboards ASUS P5WD2-E ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 nForce4 Ultra
Memory 4x Crucial BL2KIT6464AA1005 PC8000 (2GByte total) 2x 512MB Corsair Xpert XL DDR-400 (1GByte total)
Timings 3-4-4-8 @ 800MHz 2-2-2-5 @ 400MHz
BIOS Version 0302 20
Graphics Card ATI Radeon X1800 XT Master Card + X1800 XT 512MB in CrossFire mode ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB
Operating System Windows XP Professional, SP2
PSU FSP Epsilon 600W OCZ PowerStream 520W
Air coolers Akasa AK-961 heatpipe-based cooler AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 PIB cooler
Additional fans 2x Akasa AK174BK-B 120mm fans 2x Akasa 80mm fans


Software

Prime95 Torture Test

Notes

Just to summarise what you get in the package, here's the complete list.

Nautilus500 watercooling unit
COOL Block with a total of 8 feet of cabling
AMD Athlon 64 retention system
Intel LGA775 retention system
Intel S478 retention system
Foam pad and metal plate
Syringe with thermal paste
PCI passthrough bracket with internal 4-pin power connector
Power extension cable
2x self-sealing connectors
2x tube clamps
Bottle of Corsair COOL coolant
Operating manual

Usage notes

The Corsair Nautilus500 system was installed and benchmarked on both Intel LGA775 and AMD Athlon 64 platforms. The pre-supplied Corsair thermal grease was used in both instances, as well as for the two comparison air coolers from Akasa and AMD, respectively. A lack of testing time precluded the testing of other liquid-based cooling setups. We'll endeavour to add a set of results in the near future.

Ambient temperature was around 20C in all cases.

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