SFF Roundup, Part I: Socket 478 and 754 Systems

Temperature Benchmarks

Our temperature benchmarks were taken during the stress test portion of the noise tests and should represent the highest temperatures that you should see from the systems. A laser temperature gauge was used to record the temperature of the CPU heat sink, RAM, HDD, and GPU heat sink. Remember to look at both the noise and the temperature levels reported, as most of the units are well below the critical temperature for the devices. Lower noise levels will often bring higher temperatures and vice versa. Obviously, the use of different components would also affect the noise levels.