Cooling Testing
I tested the cooling capabilities of the Ikonik Ra X10. To monitor CPU temperatures, I used Gigabyte’s ET6, their overclocking/monitoring utility that came with the motherboard. For testing load temperatures, I used Sandra’s Burn-In utility, using only Processor Arithmetic. Idle temps were taken after the system sat idle for 30 minutes. Load temperatures were taken after Sandra Burn-In ran for 30 minutes. Ambient room temperature was approximately 72F.
To see the Ra X10’s cooling properties compared to air cooling, I took CPU temperatures from two of the top LGA 1366 air coolers, the Noctua NH-U12P, and the Zalman CNPS 9900LED. At $80 and $75 respectively, they are the two most expensive air coolers on the market, at least at my favorite online retailer.
Next, I overclocked my i7 920 from 2.66gHz to 4.0gHz. This is a fairly major overclock, most lesser coolers would see 80C-90C or higher load temperatures.
Finally, just to see how the Ra X10’s liquid cooling performs with everything cranked up, I set the pump and radiator fans to Performance Mode in SIM. I performed another overclock load temp test, running the pump and radiator fans at 12v only saw a 1C drop in temps.
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Although it comes with a lot of features, to me it's still quite expensive. Definately a product for computer enthusiasts who have lots of cash to spend
Although it comes with a lot of features, to me it's still quite expensive. Definately a product for computer enthusiasts who have lots of cash to spend
Although it comes with a lot of features, to me it's still quite expensive. Definately a product for computer enthusiasts who have lots of cash to spend
Way too expensive.
Way too expensive.
you're getting what you pay for, an integrated water cooling system
you're getting what you pay for, an integrated water cooling system
Way too expensive.
you're getting what you pay for, an integrated water cooling system