LOUQE AB Warfvinges väg Stockholm Sweden HEATSINK TEST GHOST S1

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1 HEATSINK TEST GHOST S1

2 Setup The Ghost S1 was tested with an Intel Core i7-8700k Coffee lake- 12 threads / 3.7GHz (4.7Ghz Turbo), GIGABYTE Z370N WIFI - ITX / Z370, 16 GB Corsair Vengeance, Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (front mounted), ASUS GTX 1070, Corsair SF600 and bottom mounted 120 x 25 mm fan from Noctua, NF-F12 PWM set at a constant 800 RPM All heatsinks were mounted with heat pipes as vertical as possible. Method In order to create generate more comparable results, the BIOS CPU fan settings were set to Normal for all test runs and heatsinks. Fan settings as follows: 0 ⁰C 0% 19 ⁰C 27% 29 ⁰C 40% 39 ⁰C 54% 50 ⁰C 68% 64 ⁰C 100% Fan curve for all heatsinks: % of fan power SUMMARY Fan settings This is by no means optimal for any one heatsink in terms of balance between noise to heat dissipation but it creates an even playing field for comparison of both temperature build up and noise levels. In theory the temperatures should stay pretty close to each other among heatsinks that are able to dissipate enough heat. Test With every heatsink the CPU and GPU was loaded synthetically using 3Dmark FireStrike Extreme including demo. Tests take approx. 9 minutes, HWinfo was used to log sensors every 2.11 seconds, after the load was removed, another 2 minutes of cool down was logged. Noise has been measured 30 cm away from the CPU-side of the case. ⁰C

3 THE LINEUP Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B + NF-A12x15 PWM BeQuiet ShadowRock LP + NF-A12x15 PWM Cryorig C7 Noctua NH-L12 (bottom fan only) Noctua NH-L9x65 ZALMAN CNPS8900 Quiet

4 CONFIG Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B + NF-A12x15 PWM 61 mm Fan distance from side wall: 7 mm 39 mm RPM: 450 ~ 1850 RPM ±10 % BeQuiet ShadowRock LP + NF-A12x15 PWM 65 mm Fan distance from side wall: 3 mm 32 mm RPM: 450 ~ 1850 RPM ±10 % Cryorig C7 47 mm Fan distance from side wall: 21 mm 39 mm RPM: 600 ~ 2500 RPM ±10 % Noctua NH-L12 (bottom fan only) 66 mm Fan distance from side wall: 25 mm 43 mm RPM: 300 ~ 1600 RPM ±10 % Noctua NH-L9x65 61 mm Fan distance from side wall: 7 mm 39 mm RPM: 600 ~ 2500 RPM ±10 % ZALMAN CNPS8900 Quiet 60 mm Fan distance from side wall: 8 mm 35 mm RPM: 1000 ~ 1500 RPM ±10 %

5 RESULTS Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B + NF-A12x15 PWM BeQuiet ShadowRock LP + NF-A12x15 PWM Cryorig C7 Noctua NH-L12 (bottom fan only) Noctua NH-L9x65 ZALMAN CNPS8900 Quiet

6 RESULTS Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B + NF-A12x15 PWM Average CPU temp 41.0 ⁰C MAX CPU temp* 64.8 ⁰C Peak fan power 75% Average noise ** 25,7 db Powerful combo Efficient and quiet, barely audible, good quality BeQuiet ShadowRock LP + NF-A12x15 PWM Average CPU temp 39.9 ⁰C MAX CPU temp* 56.0 ⁰C Peak fan power 67% Average noise ** 27,9 db Harder installation Messy installation with poor quality, poor RAM clearance and noisy Cryorig C7 Average CPU temp 43.9 ⁰C MAX CPU temp* 64.7 ⁰C Peak fan power 82% Average noise ** 28,2 db Noisy The noisiest cooler in the test with nervous and annoying RPM fluctuations Noctua NH-L12 (bottom fan only) Average CPU temp 43.8 ⁰C MAX CPU temp* 60.7 ⁰C Peak fan power 79% Average noise ** 21,9 db Noctua NH-L9x65 Average CPU temp 41.3 ⁰C MAX CPU temp* 58.5 ⁰C Peak fan power 74% Average noise ** 26,1 db ZALMAN CNPS8900 Quiet Average CPU temp 41.4 ⁰C MAX CPU temp* 63.2 ⁰C Peak fan power 71% Average noise ** 25,8 db Favorite Superior layout for the Ghost with a 25mm thick fan far away from the side wall, dead quiet. Good quality Pass Does a good job cooling but less room for over clocking and creates some turbulence noise. Good quality Stable & quite The most temperature and noise stable cooler in the test, low noise fluctuations * Peak fan power reached during test ** Measured 30 cm (1 ft.) from CPU side of case

7 ⁰C 65 DETAILS CPU average core temperature (6 cores) minutes RPM CPU fan speed [RPM] minutes Big Shuriken Cryorig C7 NH-L12 NH-L9x65 ShadowRock LP ZALMAN

8 ⁰C 65 DETAILS GPU temperature minutes RPM CPU fan speed [RPM] minutes Big Shuriken Cryorig C7 NH-L12 NH-L9x65 ShadowRock LP ZALMAN