Test Setup:

CPU: Intel i7-13700K @ Stock

CPU Cooler: Currently tested AIO

Motherboard: EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED LGA1700

RAM: Sabrent Rocket 2x16GB DDR5 4800

Video: XFX Radeon RX 5700XT Ultra THICC III

Power Supply: Corsair RM850

SSD: Silicon Power US70 1TB PCIe 4.0

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

We have performed the IDLE-Full Load temperature test with the help of the AIDA64 Stress Test module, while recording the temperatures in detail via HWINFO64 utility. The ambient temperature during testing was kept at a steady 25.3 degrees Celsius and the performance profile in our Windows 11 Pro 22H2 installation was set at default (Balanced).

The second part of the test included the HWBOT X265 4K Encoding workload, which is more stressful via AIDA64 one, which we did run two times and recorded the maximum temperature.

Here are the detailed Noise / Fan RPM results of the whole assembly; our fan header from the EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED was set with the SMART profile, due to no dedicated controller for the fans as in CORSAIR AIO tests. The test results will vary depending on the fan curve set on a specific motherboard. During the tests, the ambient noise was 30.4 dBA, while the sound meter was placed one meter away from the test system; the side panel was removed in this test stage.