Today for review I have an interesting little product from our friends at Evercool, it is a system cooler and a VGA cooler as well. It includes a special PCI slot brackets to be able to install the Rocket either vertically or horizontally in your system, depending which you want to cool the most. So continue on to learn more about the Evercool Rocket!
Evercool Rocket V System Cooler
Reviewed by: Kristofer Brozio AkA Dracos
Sponsor: Evercool
Tech Specs,Features or the Basic Info:
Evercool Rocket V System Cooler
Features:
-Unique 2 in 1 function, it can adjust the position as user’s demand. No matter for VGA or system heat
dispersion, it get excellent application.
-Provide with adjustable fan speed, it gets excellence of high speed/ Overclocking or low speed/ Silent
environment.
-By using dual 8cm high air flow fan with excellent heat dispersion.
-Spaceship design and fan colorful comparison make it characteristic.
-Compatible for PCI Slot, easy to install.
Specs:
Overall Dimension: 200 x 140 x 24 mm
Fan Dimension: 80 x 80 x 10 mm
Bearing Type : Ever Lubricate bearing (Long life bearing)
Speed : 1800~2600 10% RPM
Max Air flow : 40CFM
Rated Voltage : 12 V.DC
Weight : 125 g
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A Better Look at Things
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As with any review we look at the packaging first off, the package for the Evercool Rocket is very bright and attractive, it looks like a plastic clamshell but really isn’t. The front in plastic and a cardboard insert sets into tabs on the front. We can plainly see the Rocket and up in the top corner of the package is a brief description of its uses.
On the back we find all the features and specs listed along with the installation instructions.
The Evercool Rocket comes assembled ready to be installed as a VGA cooler, included is a special PCI slot bracket that will enable the Rocket to be installed vertically to blow air onto your motherboard. You can see the Rocket is equipped with a pass though Molex connection for power and Evercool included some additional screws for installation as well.
The Rocket, well, resembles a Rocket… The fins on the Rocket actually for installation as well and not just aesthetic, they slip into a free PCI slot for extra support.
The fans are 80mm style with somewhat of a fan grill built into the top, with nothing on the bottom. You can see the entire Evercool rocket is made of plastic, with the exception of the PCI bracket of course, it is semi-transparent, and one would expect it to have LEDs in it, but it doesn’t…
Looking at the PCI slot side we find a fan speed switch with ‘high’ and ‘low’ speeds selectable.
The extra included bracket is a bit odd-shaped and it took me a moment to figure out just how it was going to work.
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Installation, Testing and Comparison
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Installation of the Evercool Rocket is very easy when it is in ‘VGA Cooling Mode’, it’s just like installing any other PCI card.
Being that it is lightweight it works fine with tool-less cases like my Coolermaster Centurion.
The Evercool Rocket is not really that big, especially if we compare it to the video card out there today, so there should be no space issues with the installation of it. In the following picture the Evercool Rocket is installed beneath my Connect3d X1800GTO video card and you can see the size difference.
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For testing I ran 3dMark06 to get my video cards GPU heated up. I found that when the Rocket is set to low speed it is very quiet, but when on high speed it is a bit loud, at least I can hear it over my other case fans. Using the Evercool Rocket with my card I got a 3 three degree drop in temperature while the fan was on low and a five degree drop while the fan was on high, nothing drastic, but it does as advertised.
Moving on to the system cooler mode of the Evercool Rocket, the first thing we need to do is switch the PCI slot mounting bracket to the other one, this is done very easily by removing two screws, sticking the bracket in place and putting the screws back in.
One thing to note is that the Rocket installs on the bottom, or screws into your PCI slot in your case at the bottom of the Rockets installation bracket itself. I found that unless you really tighten the screw, the Rocket is loose and will fall over, or down to the bottom of your case and sit at an angle. Not the greatest mounting setup…
Depending on the type of case you have, this setup might not work for you, what I mean is that if you have vents on the side of your case then you’ll be set, but if there are no vents then it pulls are from everywhere else in your case, and basically recycles it around… I ran 3dMark06 again, and only found a one degree drop in temperature on my video card, and nothing on the chipset, that was when the fan was set to low speed, setting it to high netted me a three degree drop on my video card, and two degree drop on my chipset.
This could be because of my case also, it is a smaller type case, and has a small set of vents on the side panel only. There is, however air coming into my system from a 120mm fan located in the front, bottom of the case, so that should have pulled air from there. From my experience with my setup, my case has adequate airflow, so I think the Evercool Rocket just doesn’t quite cool all that well really…
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Summary:
In summary the Evercool Rocket V System Cooler does what it is advertised to do, just not that well honestly. It is loud when set to high speed, but nice and quiet when on low. It is aesthetically pleasing, and if you have a case with a window it would look great in there, but it would really look better had Evercool threw a couple LEDs in it. The installation when set to cool a video card is very easy, but when switched to vertical style it can be a bit difficult to install…
DragonSteelMods gives the Evercool Rocket V System Cooler a 3 out of 5 score.
Pros:
-Works as advertised
-Multiple uses
-Quiet, when on silent mode
Cons:
-Loud when set to high
-Loose a PCI slot on VGA cooler configuration
-System cooling mode mounting system is not the greatest
I would like to thank Evercool for the chance to review the Rocket V System Cooler and for their continued support of DSM.