Hi everyone Nick here from TV Box Stop and welcome to today’s review.
Something I seldom speak about is the issue of overheating, and I decided to do this video
because I’ve been receiving lots of questions about TV boxes that carry certain CPUs that
are known for overheating, such as the previous Rockchip RK3399 and the recent Allwinner H6
and H616 CPUs.
I stopped reviewing boxes running on these CPUs because they all followed the same trend
of overheating, and featured lower clock speeds than usual, which were applied to curtail
this issue, and this resulted in low benchmarks and poor performance due to throttling caused
by the excessive heat.
Addressing this issue is all in the design of the box.
With adequate heatsinks installed on the mainboard, and a housing with adequate ventilation, one
can easily solve this issue.
Which brings me to today’s video.
Even in some of the best ventilated boxes there is still going to be a level of heat
increase depending on the activity you are doing on the box.
For example, gaming is the main activity that increases heat levels.
Some boxes can maintain a stable temperature under these conditions while others tend to
hit the threshold and even cross it at times.
Now TV boxes were not originally designed to be gaming consoles, but due to the versatility
of these boxes, and the entertainment options they provide, it has now become quite common
to play games on these boxes as they allow you to enjoy them on the big screen.
So to protect and to extend the life of your TV box I always recommend that you use some
form of active cooling.
This simply means you apply some sort of mini cooling fan below the box.
But finding a cooling fan that is effective, convenient, and quiet can be a challenge.
So in today’s video I would like to present to you what I deem to be the best active cooling
fan that can be used on TV boxes, mini PCs and even your router.
Presenting the Dr Cool Multifunction cooling fan by Evercool.
In this video I will do a short unboxing and demonstration on how to use this cooling fan
on your TV box and show the results you can achieve with this device.
So stay tuned you have that right after this.
Welcome back.
So this is the Dr. cool multifunction cooling fan and it’s well-designed to cool mini
devices such as TV boxes, mini PCs, and routers.
It is so well-designed it can expand its arms to accommodate wider devices, and its arms
are fastened with Springs to allow it to grip the device from both the top and the bottom.
On the inner surface of the arms and on the legs, you have memory foam like padding to
absorb and prevent any noise from occurring between the device that is being cooled and
the fan while in operation.
The fan is positioned to the center, and it is a 10 mm fan with a speed of 2500 ± 15%
RPM powered by a 5 V USB cable.
And that is it for its design and features and it is time to demonstrate how it cools.
So, I’m back with the TV box are started with.
And this TV box is the Tanix TX 6S which have recorded the highest overheating temperatures
on my channel for 2020.
This is all due to the design of the housing.
First of all, the bottom panel which houses the heatsink lacks any ventilation holes whatsoever.
The sides of the housing as lots of holes, but the top and the bottom are completely
sealed off so there is no airflow.
Secondly the heatsink they have installed is too small to adequately absorb and disperse
the heat generated by the CPU.
Normal operating temperature for a TV box while gaming ranges between 55 and 70°C.
Any higher than and that you are heading into overheating and throttling.
This TV box runs hot well into the 90s almost to one hundred which is very dangerous for
this box.
So, for a proper demonstration I will modify the bottom panel by drilling some holes around
the heatsink to allow the Dr. cool cooling fan to blow air into the box from the bottom
and out to the sides.
So here I have connected the TV box to my gamepad and am running the same game that
clocked over 90°C during gameplay Without the Dr. cool cooling fan and with
the ventilation holes I have drilled at the bottom, I am now getting a slight temperature
reduction, but this is still unacceptable, and I will now apply the Dr. cool cooling
fan.
With the Dr. cool cooling fan now in use I am getting a reduction from over 90° down
to 60° during gaming.
That is a 33% reduction and it is also in the range of the safe gaming temperature zone.
When not gaming, the temperature drops even lower to 40°.
So, this demonstration proves the effectiveness this cooling fan has and the benefit you get
when used to cool your TV box, mini PC or router.
And at the same time, it also proves my claim that manufacturers of these chipsets are not
applying the right amount of heatsinks and ventilation to their housing designs.
So if you would like to get your hands on the patented Dr. cool multifunction cooling
fan see the link in the description below this video where you can get it at the lowest
price.
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