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 AIOs at full tilt on fans and pumps lead to the Corsair H115i Platinum to post a temperature of 73 degrees Celsius. The only unit to do better was 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 brought the Corsair back to the front of the pack at 74 degrees Celsius. This was also a full 4 degrees Celsius cooler than the Enermax AQUAFUSION 240. The SilverStone PF240-ARGB was bested by the H115i Platinum by 9 degrees Celsius.
1000 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed
With the fans set to 1000 RPM, the Corsair H115i Platinum slipped back behind the SilverStone PF360-RGB by 2 degrees Celsius. That still put it ahead of the Enermax AQUAFUSION 240 which was at 90 degrees Celsius and SilverStone PF240-ARGB that was unable to sustain a temperature below the point where thermal throttling kicks in on our processor.
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.
Let’s move on now to look at some Max Overclocking results with our coolers.