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| Thermaltake Polo 735 3-in-1 Heatsink |
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| Written by Mikhail Ivanenkov | |
| Sunday, 01 July 2007 | |
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It's amazing how much companies change over the years. Looking back at 2000, Thermaltake was virtually unheard-of. Then came along the Golden Orb, a well performing, attractive Socket 370 cooler which was also mistaken for a Socket A cooler. Notoriously known as Tbird core cracker, Thermaltake started off on the wrong foot. It came as no surprise that the subsequent release a of Socket A-friendly Super Orb was met with little success, but somehow the company managed to turn things around, particularly with their Xaser series of cases.
Fan speed adjustment using these knobs is a bit misleading. When turned to the far left the fan will run at its lowest setting (around 2000 RPM). Conversely, turned to the far right the fan will run at its highest setting (around 5500 RPM). Here's where it gets tricky: you only have a 90 degree range of actual speed adjustments from the top middle (designated by the area without the red border on the 3.5" rheostat and between the top 3 tick marks on the expansion card rheostat). Left of that range is equivalent to the lowest setting regardless of where the knob is. Likewise, right of that range is equivalent to the highest setting regardless of knob position. While this doesn't affect performance much, it doesn't allow for as much flexibility as should be provided if the rheostats actually functioned in their entirety.
Personally I prefer the manual rheostat. The final option is to leave the fan disconnected from everything except the power. Without a rheostat or thermal probe attached, it'll run at full blast continuously. Although there's only a slight whine (due to the fan's larger dimensions), it's anything but quiet. Most high-speed Deltas are still louder, though not by much. At the lowest setting it's drowned out by other case fans. At medium speed it adds only a pinch of discernable noise to a typical computer with a couple medium output fans. |
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