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
Back to the maximum fan speed and at a modest level of overclocking, the DeepCool Castle 360EX trailed the rest of the pack at 76 degrees Celsius.
1500 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed
As fan speeds dropped and synchronized at 1500 RPM, the DeepCool Castle 360EX slipped ahead of the Enermax entry at 77 degrees Celsius.
1000 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed
Moving down to 1000 RPM, the DeepCool Castle 360EX landed at the median temperature of 83 degrees Celsius.
Max OC Testing
For our Max OC testing, we have configured our CPU to run 4700MHz on all cores, set the voltage to 1.25V, and configured memory to XMP mode. This yields an approximate power at the wall of 600w under load (a 500w differential from idle, which pulls about 100w). This results in the CPU running at 4.7GHz on all cores during the looping rounds of Cinebench R20. The only test that was completed without throttling was the Max Fans and 100% pump speed test. You can read more about this in our introduction article here.
Max Fans – 100% Pump Speed
As with most of the competition, the DeepCool Castle 360EX failed to keep our fully overclocked test bench cool enough to prevent it from going nuclear.
Now that we have seen how all of our units cool, let’s see if we can still hear!