SilverStone AR01 V3 CPU Air Cooler Review

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Stock Clock Testing

For our stock clock testing, we have configured our CPU to run at factory settings for speed, voltage. This yields an approximate power at the wall of 185w under load (a 127w differential from idle, which pulls about 58w). This results in the CPU running at 3.7GHz on all cores during the looping rounds of Cinebench R20.

Max Fan

SilverStone AR01-V3 Stock Clock Performance at Max RPM Fans

We started our testing today by turning the fans up all the way to 11. This brought the SilverStone AR01-V3 to 59 degrees Celsius. This is just 0.25 degrees Celsius behind the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. We noted that the max fan speed on the AR01-V3 was 2150 RPM while the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO topped out at 2050 RPM.

1500 RPM Fan

SilverStone AR01-V3 Stock Clock Performance at 1500 RPM Fans

Dropping the fans slightly to 1,500 RPM brought the units a little more separation but in the opposite order. The SilverStone AR01-V3 came in at 61 degrees Celsius compared to the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO at 61.5 degrees Celsius.

1000 RPM Fan

SilverStone AR01-V3 Stock Clock Performance at 1000 RPM Fans

Lowering the fans RPM further to 1,000 RPM sees the AR01-V3 stay ahead of the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO at 67 degrees Celsius versus 67.5 degrees Celsius.

600 RPM Fan

SilverStone AR01-V3 Stock Clock Performance at 600 RPM Fans

Finally, down at 600 RPM, the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO has the lead at 82.25 degrees Celsius followed by the SilverStone AR01-V3 at 83.5 degrees Celsius.

Let’s move on now to look at some overclocking results with our coolers.

David Schroth
David is a computer hardware enthusiast that has been tinkering with computer hardware for the past 25 years and writing reviews for more than ten years. He's the Founder and Editor in Chief of The FPS Review.

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