Mild OC Testing
For our Mild OC testing, we have configured our CPU to run 4300MHz on all cores, set the voltage to 1.15V, and configured memory to XMP mode. This yields an approximate power at the wall of 450w under load (a 350w differential from idle, which pulls about 100w). This results in the CPU running at 4.3GHz on all cores during the looping rounds of Cinebench R20. You can read more about this in our introduction article here.
Max Fans – 100% Pump Speed
Running our AIO at full tilt on fans and pumps lead to the SilverStone PF360-ARGB posting a temperature of just 71 degrees Celsius. The PF240-ARGB, however, was completely on the other end of the spectrum at 76 degrees Celsius. The max fan speed on the LIQTECH II 360/AQUAFUSION 240 was 2250 RPM, the PF360-ARGB/PF240-ARGB was 2000 RPM, and the H115i was 1800 RPM.
1500 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed
Bringing the fans down to 1500 RPM boosted the SilverStone PF240-ARGB temperatures by 7 degrees to 83 degrees Celsius, but the Corsair H115i only gave up one degree with a temperature of 74 degrees Celsius reported. This was also a full 5 degrees Celsius warmer than the Enermax AQUAFUSION 240.
1000 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed
With the fans set to 1000 RPM, the SilverStone PF240-ARGB was unable to sustain a temperature below the point where thermal throttling kicks in on our processor. That is a full 8 degrees (or more) hotter than the Enermax AQUAFUSION 240 which was at 90 degrees Celsius and is the most comparable cooler we have seen to this cooler to date.
600 RPM Fans – 50% and 100% Pump Speed
At the 600 RPM fan speed at both 50% and 100% pump speeds, all of the units let the temperature get out of control and thermal throttling kicked in as the CPU temperature reached above 98 degrees Celsius.