Tweakmonster Dual 80mm Fan Bracket - Conclusion
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Through my testing, I did not find the Tweakmonster fan bracket to help improve overclocking. My before and after maximum overclock was the same: 9600 Pro @ 479.25/398.25. Did it improve "all around stability"? Well my definition of stability is no crashing, and no artifacts. So no, it didn't really "improve" stability, if that is even possible. It was interesting to see however, that with the fan bracket installed, the frequency of artifacts appearing when overclocking the video card too high was less than without the bracket. That means the fans are doing something, but I wouldn't consider it much.
There were a couple discrepancies I noticed with the fan bracket. In the Cooler Master WaveMaster case that I installed it in, there was less than a centimeter between the fan and the side panel. This severely restricted air flow by the dual 80mm fans. And what air was blown over the AGP/PCI area was merely warm air. Now, warm air flow is better than no air flow for sure, but the Tweakmaster fan bracket did not improve the overclocking potential of the 9600 Pro I tested it on, and these two reasons account for why. Granted, this fan bracket was designed for fans to be mounted over the AGP/PCI region without having to cut blowholes into the side of the case which would be much louder, but if its not helping overclocking, what's the point?
One more note. The Tweakmonster fan bracket is designed to be used with Tweakmonster ramsinks. I'd been using generic ramsinks on the video card I used to test with, so my lack of increased memory overclocking potential may be limited to the ramsinks used and not necessarily the fan bracket's fault. But my personal opinion of that statement being true is slim to none..
On the bright side, the Tweakmonster Dual 80mm Fan Bracket is very simple and quick to install. Made out of steel, the bracket works flawlessly. It doesn't bend under the weight of the fans, nor make any vibration a fan mounted on a case might otherwise. And because the entire left side the bracket is one large slot, it can be installed anywhere over the AGP/PCI slot area by means of the mount screws and screws.
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