I received my EVGA Superclock and decided to compare it to my Coolermaster V6.
Afew things to keep in mind before the review: the V6 that I have is one from the initial beta testing; it had quite a few flaws that were all fixed in the retail editions of the V6 and the V6GT meaning they will perform slightly better than the one I am using. I also could not find a V6 for sale; only the V6GT, which was in the price range of the EVGA Superclock. Both of these were free to me; therefore, I have no bias towards either one.
 
On to the review.
 
Unboxing: The EVGA Superclock was nicely packaged, and the instructions were easy to understand. Both the V6 and the Superclock support a wide range of different sockets and were both easy to install. A slight concern that I noticed with the Superclock is that it wasn't designed to hold a second fan at all.  Although I don't believe it matters , the Superclock can only be installed in one orientation due to its rectangular mounting brackets. The V6 has a square mounting bracket, which allows it to be installed in any orientation, but it has minor clearance issues on my 680i board.

 
The CM V6 is slightly taller than the EVGA Superclock. Mid tower cases might want to be careful if they choose the V6 as it might be a tight fit.

 

 
The V6 is also a good bit wider with two fans on. With just one fan, they are nearly the same width.

 
I'm not sure if it affected performance in any way, but the spaces between the heatpipes is a little concerning.

 
For testing, I loaded up Prime 95 and ran it until the temperatures were stable (at least an hour). Both of these coolers make my old Zalman 9500 look like a stock Intel heatsink with its temperatures hovering around 80C.
 
First up, the EVGA Superclock.  (View images to enlarge)

 
The CM V6.

 
Although the CM V6 produced slightly lower temperatures, it was running two fans vs the Superclock's one. However, I would consider this more of an oversight on EVGA's part since this was meant to be an enthusiasts' heatsink. The V6 has also been in my computer for almost a year and the AS Ceramique I use has had plenty of time to cure. I will continue testing the EVGA Superclock throughout the week and update my results if it begins to produce lower temperatures.
 
Overall, I think the EVGA Superclock is a good heatsink that can hang with my Coolermaster V6 even though it lacks a second fan. The cooler itself looks good and is easy to install (this could be due to my HAF X making it easy though ). For the best performance, I would give a slight edge to the CM V6GT which is the same price as the Superclock. However, the Superclock is shorter and not as wide since it cannot house a second fan making it a great choice for mid tower cases. Thanks for reading guys.
 

 

 

 
 Very nice review there! Thanks for your time, and effort, giving us that info and pics.           

Well written, unbiased, and even has correct spelling! Excellent review, you get a gold star and two thumbs up from this old school guy. Well done, thanks for the review, looking forward to your update in a week or so.

excellent! :).. the Evga Superclock cooler lacks a bit behind the V6 :P.. 

but not much! :) and u save some bucks! :).. excellent performing cooler! :).. like the red light from the fan too! :) 

Nicely done.  Put one of the V6 fans on the EVGA Superclock cooler (in push) and you've got a true winner.

Just finished testing, and I have some very, very interesting results. I'm rerunning the tests to make sure what I'm seeing is correct. Results will be up in a bit. I also figured out how to debrand the cooler.

boredgunner

That doesn't sound good.  I have a question - can you install the cooler facing the opposite way so that you can use a single fan in a pull position?  The answer should be yes but I'm just making sure.  I can't use a push fan in my case, my GPU VRM heat sink blocks this.

Yes, you can install it with the EVGA logo upside down. However, the rectangular mounting brackets prevent it from being installed with the logo sideways.

Second post has the results.
http://forums.evga.com/fb.ashx?m=1082285

kody7839

Nice review.

Was the pull fan running at the same RPM? If the push is running faster than the pull, it can mess with temps. 

The pull fan was moving the same or more air as the stock fan when I tested them off the cooler. I neglected to test the case exhaust fan, so I will test it later.

jmaertens

stephen92

During my initial review, I was curious as to why EVGA/Swiftech neglected to provide a way to easily mount a second fan. I think I know why; with my setup, adding a second fan made the core temperatures 4C hotter. The second fan is very close to my case exhaust fan leading me to wonder if that has any impact at all on the temperatures.

Heaven knows I'm not an expert in thermodynamics, but if I had to guess, the second fan probably pulled the air flow away from the heat pipes. The cooler looks like it was built in such a way to funnel the air flow in a specific way. Adding the other fan likely changed how the air flowed through the fins, not to mention, probably did some interesting things with the air pressure and speed inside the cooler. Might be interesting to see what varying the fan speed or static pressure does.

Then again, that could be total crap.

The stock fan that EVGA provides seems to be lacking in the airflow department. I have two fans of the exact model so I'll be testing it with just one and both to see what the results look like.

I ran some tests to determine what impact the case exhaust fan had on temperatures. The first test was to have two fans on the EVGA Superclock and leave the case fan on. The second test was to remove the case fan. The third was to leave the case fan off and to remove the second fan on the Superclock. The fourth test was to reinstall the case fan. The results showed that the case exhaust fan had little to no impact on the temperatures when only one fan was installed on the Superclock. However, using two fans on the Superclock without the case exhaust showed an increase in overall temperatures. Although the differences in temperature were minimal, this test revealed that two fans cooled better than one. Bottom line, keep your case exhaust fan on if you plan on using two fans on this cooler.
 
Two fans with case exhaust:

 
Two fans without:

 
One fan with:

 
One fan without:

 
 
 
 
 

boredgunner

Normally I'd say this indicates that the case exhaust fan is more powerful than the ones on your CPU cooler, but if your case exhaust fan is the stock HAF-X 140mm fan then this isn't true unless the fans on the cooler stay at a low RPM thanks to the PWM function.  Interesting and surprising results nonetheless...

I was using some Antec Tri-Cool fans maxed out for these tests; they were pushing out way more air than than the stock 140mm fan ever could.  Although it seems as if it would restrict airflow when using better fans, a case exhaust fan does help vs not having one at all.
 
You should run some similar tests when you get your cooler; it would be interesting to see if we get corresponding results.