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The chassis fans are disabled, all case panels are on, and the sound meter is placed 12 inches from the side of the Fractal chassis’ glass side panel – roughly where a desk user will be sat. Cougar’s 240mm cooler does particularly well by beating out the package power tolerated and CPU clocks achieved versus the Silverstone 240mm. That’s right, except for the retention parts and extension wires, everything is tailor made to be white on this kit. Plus, I also think it’s reasonable to re-emphasise that this thermosiphon cooler is designed for significantly higher heat loads than the sub-250W figure that we are throwing at it.
Worse still is the inability to mount the front fan at a different height level like we see on competing coolers. But one cooler may run at slightly higher temperatures than another, albeit with higher clock speeds, so look out for that. SKILL opts for a metal washer, spring, and screw design rather than a straightforward spring-loaded screw. In addition to the two 140mm front-mounted fans, and single 140mm rear exhaust, we added a be quiet! The company's focus on the PC enthusiast DIY market means they offer a plethora of cases, power supplies, heatsinks, fans, and all-in-one liquid coolers.
Next in the hierarchy is our first air cooler – the IceGiant ProSiphon Elite – which ties with the 240mm Cougar AIO. Plus, the ability of the copper blocks in the AIOs to deal with the concentrated heat load produced by the Ryzen chip’s localised CCXs is beneficial.
The sample we have is the AS500 PLUS WH which is the white version of the regular model with no special characteristic. In this segment we see the behavior of temperature as affected by the type of work the CPU is doing. The extension cables for the fans and RGB cable come in black though while the actual heatsink cable and fan cables are done in white. G.SKILL’s 360mm unit is a few degrees behind, but this is slightly disappointing given its higher noise output at 100% fan speed. This implies that the more sensible heat load applied by the PBO mode does not stress the air coolers as hard as our manual overclock does.The cooler is compatible with the Intel LGA1200/115x/20xx and AMD AM4/AM3+/AM3+AM2+/AM2/FM2+/FM2/FM1 sockets.
For testing, we use a 30-minute looped run of Cinebench R23 and record the steady-state CPU temperature at the end of the test. The Phanteks Glacier One 360 MP is a 360mm AIO system using the Asetek 7 th Gen pump design technology and a conventional 27mm-thick aluminium radiator.
The horizontal radiator pipes are spaced approximately 6mm apart which is denser than the competing AIO coolers we are looking at in this test. The aim here was to keep consistency with the airflow path of the liquid coolers which are always roof mounted. Once inside the chassis, the temperatures are expected to rise and would largely depend upon the optimal airflow inside the chassis. When you take that into consideration, it's no wonder Deepcool has become a popular manufacturer in the DIY PC market. The company continues to stand out in these cutthroat markets, where they not only simply exist but continue to gain prominence with solid designs and awards for compelling products.
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