Cooler Master Hyper 103 Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging & Bundle3. Installation4. Testing Methodology5. Thermal Dynamics6. Acoustics Performance7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

We are using an Intel Core i7 3770k running at stock speeds and overclocked to 4.3GHz with voltage set at 1.3v.

Test System:
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770k
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI
Memory: 8GB G.Skill Ares Blue
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD 7790 2GB GDDR5 OC
Power Supply: Seasonic G-Series 650W
Chassis: Aerocool Dead Silence Gaming Cube
Monitor: Acer X243HQ
Boot Drive: Intel SSD 510
Storage Drive: 2TB Seagate Barracuda

 Software:
CPUID HW Monitor 1.23
CPUID CPU-Z 1.65
Prime95 v27.1

We are testing the Cooler Master Hyper 103's performance as follows:

• Ambient temperatures are kept at 22° throughout our tests.
• The CPU Fan is set to 100% to eliminate inconsistencies as a result of PWM control.
• Idle temperatures are obtained after booting the PC and idling on the desktop for 30 minutes.
• Load temperatures are obtained after running Prime95′s Small FTTs test for 15 minutes.
• To measure noise levels we disable the case fans and manually disconnect the GPU fan.
• We remove the CPU fan to test passive cooling performance with our Core i7 3770k running at stock speeds.

CPU-Z Validation is available here.

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