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Thermal Performance Testing
As with every case we review, thermal performance is important, therefore, we shall measure this by running a series of tests to record CPU and GPU temperatures under load.
To fully stress test the system, we will run AIDA64 for 15 minutes stressing CPU, FPU, Cache and GPU with the case in various configurations. With this data, we can compare how each scenario affects thermal performance.
We will compare the system’s thermal capabilities with a liquid-cooled solution for both CPUs, using NZXT Kraken Z63 and Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 280mm AIOs.
During thermal testing, only stock case fans will be used unless otherwise specified. All fans and pumps (where applicable) will be set to their standard fan curve profile as controlled by the motherboard.
All temperature measurements are presented as Deltas – the ambient temperature has been deducted from the CPU/GPU temperature giving us a Delta.
The following configurations will be used to test the effect they have on thermal and acoustic performance:
- Single system load
- Dual system load
Dual System Spec
- Chassis: Phanteks Enthoo Pro II Full Tower
- Power Supply: Phanteks Revolt X 1200W dual system power supply
Primary System
- CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
- Motherboard: Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Master
- Memory: 32 GB (4 x 8 GB modules) G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3200
- Graphics Card: Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT
- CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken Z63 280mm AIO
- Storage: Corsair MP600 500GB NVMe PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD
Secondary System
- CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K
- Motherboard: ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3
- Memory: 16 GB (2 x 8 GB modules) Aorus RGB DDR4-3600
- Graphics Card: Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC
- CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Celsius+ S28 Prisma 280mm AIO
- Storage: Plextor PX-512M9PeY M.2 SSD
