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 The idle results are quite impressive, with the Prolimatech Armageddon keeping the overclocked Core i7 at a very cool 25 degrees at idle with a single 140mm fan. Adding a second fan improved the idle temperature by a degree, dropping the temperature to 24 degrees, which is on par with the best idle results we have been able to record when using high-end air-coolers and is just a few degrees above the ambient room temperature.
 When under full load temperatures do rise considerably, and we found that the Prolimatech Armageddon struggled with a single 140mm fan, producing a disappointing load temp of 71 degrees. The Megahalems with a single 120mm fan was 6 degrees cooler. Although the 120mm fan did make considerably more noise when compared to the 140mm fan, this is still a disappointing result. However, when we added a second 140mm fan the load temperature dropped by 10 degrees, which was most unexpected. The Megahalems on the other hand only dropped 6 degrees when adding a second 120mm fan. This meant that when comparing the dual fan configurations the Megahalems was just 2 degrees cooler. It is also worth noting that the Armageddon was able to match the Venomous-X when comparing dual fan results. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 03/30/2010 12:21 PM
Nice in-depth review and you are probably right the Megahalems is a better buy for most. |
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Razor |
Posted on: 03/30/2010 12:30 PM
Thats an awesome looking setup and I do like the idea of quiet 14cm fans. |
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djnox |
Posted on: 03/30/2010 12:43 PM
Boo!!! I would buy one of these Prolimatech coolers but screw paying $10 or so more just so I can use it on my Phenom II X4 system  Where is the AMD version? |
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rick |
Posted on: 03/31/2010 02:26 AM
looks very cool. I wouldnt mind picking one of these up. when do they go on sale? |
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Dubs |
Posted on: 04/01/2010 08:32 PM
very nice I really like this product and have been keeping my eye out for reviews. loved the photos thanks keep up the goood work!!! |
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Jeff Posts: 1 Joined: 2010-04-03 |
Posted on: 04/04/2010 01:59 AM
Great article...as usual. Interesting to see it beat the Megahalems with a single fan. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 04/04/2010 11:24 AM
That was only at idle Jeff which I dont think is that important since the CPU is not really throwing any heat out. Those temps are just above room temp so its the load results that are important and with a single fan it was not great there, though it was a low speed fan. |
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Mescalamba |
Posted on: 04/04/2010 04:25 PM
Obviously it needs lot of air pressure and CFM to achieve nice results. It can be very interesting with 2000 RPM 140mm fans.. |
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sniper444 |
Posted on: 04/04/2010 10:22 PM
Umm it did achieve nice results and christ have you heard what a 2000 RPM fan sounds like? let alone a 140mm one!! Anyway nice review thanks. |
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Steve Posts: 74 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 04/04/2010 10:44 PM
Posted by Mescalamba on 04/04/2010 05:25 PM
Prolimatech were very picky about which fans we used and supplied us with the Xigmatek XLF-F1453 for testing as noted in the review. Thanks for all the feedback so far guys. |
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Protazz |
Posted on: 04/08/2010 10:15 PM
Thanks for the review I am going to try and pick one of these up and fit it with 1500 RPM fans. |