Cooler Master Hyper 103 Review

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.

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