Lighting & Testing
When you power on your system the RGB LEDs on the fan will light up, giving your system some bling. Since we connected the fan to our motherboard we can control the effects with our motherboard’s RGB software.
Our CPU cooler test system is made up of the follow components…
CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K
Cooling: Iceberg Thermal IceSLEET G4 Midnight
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Ultra
Graphics Card: MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming X
Memory: HyperX Predator RGB DDR4-2933 16GB
Storage: Samsung SSD 980
Power: be quiet! Dark Power 12
For testing we will be using AIDA64’s “CPU Package” reading for temperatures and we will also be using a RisePro sound level meter to record sound levels. Sound levels are recorded 3 inches above the top mesh of the case.
We will be comparing the IceSLEET G4 Midnight to the following CPU coolers…
– be quiet! Dark Rock TF 2
– Cooler Master MasterAir MA624 Stealth
– DeepCool AK620
– Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
Idle readings are taken on the Windows 10 desktop an hour after the system has been turned on. “Load 1” readings are taken using AIDA64’s system stability test with just the “CPU” selected. “Load 2” readings are taken using AIDA64’s system stability testing with both the “CPU” and “FPU” selected. Here are the results.
Temperatures
Noise Levels
