CPUCoolerTester - CPU Cooler Test System, Full Parts Kit For Sale
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CPUCoolerTester - CPU Cooler Test System, Full Parts Kit:
$149.99
A Complete System to Measure CPU Cooler PerformanceCPUCoolerTester allows you to measure the performance of a CPU cooler, easily and accurately. The board has a heater and a temperature sensor attached to a copper plate at center of the board. By combining them, it can be used to obtain temperature increase of base plate of the CPU cooler at given point of power dissipation, ranging from 0 watts to 300 watts.
The board has mounting holes for LGA115x and Socket AM4 coolers. The board also has a fan connector and can control PWM fan.
The board has an AVR microcontroller with dedicated firmware, and it can be connected to a Windows PC via a USB port, which enables automated measurement of the temperature increase vs. the power dissipation curve.
Windows Application that Covers All Function of the Board
CPUCoolerTesterGUI, a Windows application used to control the USB-connected board, is provided. It performs automated measurements and plots the CPU cooler performance.
The measured data can be saved into a CSV file. The application can load saved data and plot the performance comparison of multiple coolers.
Plotting and Comparing Characteristics of Multiple CPU Coolers
With CPUCoolerTester, you can measure the temperature increase vs. the power dissipation curve of CPU cooler. The measurement can be iterated for different coolers, fan PWM settings, air-flow condition and/or board orientations. The data can be plotted and compared in the application.
This figure is an example of a plot of multiple measurement data. The figure shows that heatpipe coolers have non-linear characteristics.
Full Kit for Electronics Enthusiasts
CPUCoolerTester is available as a full-parts kit. To build it, soldering the surface-mount parts is required.
The kit package contains the PCB, electronics parts, printed manuals, USB-UART cable and software CD-ROM.
The kit package doesn\'t contain CPU cooler, ATX power supply and PC for running measurement software and controlling the board.
Important Notices
- Use this kit at your own risk.
- This kit is designed for electronics enthusiasts. Soldering of surface mount parts is required.
- This test system can apply excessive stress to CPU coolers, power supplies and the test board itself. Do not leave the powered-on test board unattended.
- The heater copper plate is non-isolated, and a strong 12 V appears on it. Do not short circuit with 0 V of the power supply metal case. Note that when testing water coolers in PC case, they can be shorted via coolant water, which can cause electrolysis of the coolant water and bursting of the water cooler after a period of time. (See figure with balloon description text.)
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