Cooler Master X6 Elite CPU Cooler Review

Testing
The following system was used in testing:

Case:  Raidmax Seiran
Motherboard: ASRock 890FX Deluxe5
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz
Memory: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600
Video Card: Sapphire HD 5830 Xtreme 1GB
CPU cooling:

Tests were conducted under idle and load states. The computer was left to sit after 30 minutes after being turned on to check the idle temperature. The load temperature was found by running the latest version of Prime95 which supports multi-core CPUs by default. Temperatures were obtained through SpeedFan.

CPU Cooler

Idle (°C)

Load (°C)

Thermaltake Frio OCK – High

35°C

52°C

Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro

35°C

52°C

Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM

29°C

54°C

Cooler Master GeminII S524

33°C

54°C

NZXT Havik 140

35°C

54°C

Thermaltake Frio OCK – Low

37°C

55°C

Cooler Master X6 Elite

36°C

59°C

As you can see from the results, the cooling isn’t that great and the worst we’ve tested with this system, 36°C on Idle and 59°C under load. I was truly expecting to see some significant cooling from this considering the angular design and honeycomb fins, but to my surprise this was not the case.