Thermaltake TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 240 AIO CPU Cooler Review

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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

Thermaltake TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 240 Mild Overclock Max RPM fan thermal testing

Back at maximum fan speeds (as described in the stock clock testing section), the Thermaltake TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 240 tied with the rest of the pack at 76 degrees Celsius, assuming you ignore the Enermax Aquafusion 240 that’s three degrees cooler.

1500 RPM Fans – 100% Pump Speed

Thermaltake TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 240 Mild Overclock 1500 RPM fan thermal testing

At 1500 RPM, we saw the field separate a bit more with the Thermaltake TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 240 taking its place at the back of the pack at 85 degrees Celsius.

Going any lower than 1500 RPM on our mild overclock with 240mm radiators would show that they simply can’t handle across the board, thus, we’re writing this sentence instead of making a graph with a fail written all over it.

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 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

Much like the slower speeds for our mild overclock, running our test bench at its maximum speed simply isn’t fair to 240mm radiators (as not even all 360mm radiator AIOs that we test can pass this scenario).

Now that we have seen how all of our units cool, let’s see if we can still hear!

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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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