Testing
We installed the Scythe Grand Kama Cross 3 CPU Cooler in our newly built air cooling test system. It is made up of the following components.
Processor: Intel Core i3-7350K
Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770
Memory: 16 GB Mushkin DDR4
Power: Corsair RM650x
Storage: Crucial BX300 240GB
Cooling: Scythe Grand Kama Cross 3
For comparison we will be testing the Grand Kama Cross 3 against LEPA NEOllusion RGB. Unfortunately since this is a new build we only had one other cooler on hand for comparison testing. We will be adding more coolers to our results as they become available to us.
For testing we will first be taking our idle temperatures from the Windows 10 desktop after having the system on in an idle state for one hour.
Next we will be putting 100% load on the CPU using Prime95. We will run it and take a temperature reading at the 1 hour mark.
As you can see both coolers are about the same during idle, but when we jump into our load test the Grand Kama Cross 3 clearly pulls ahead.
