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Temperatures
All temperature charts are sorted with lowest load temperatures at the top.
Thermal performance is slightly disappointing. With our CPU at stock-clocks, the similarly-sized Cryorig R1 Ultimate is able to beat the Maker 8 by 4.9 degrees Celsius. Things do look better once we apply an overclock to the CPU, but even then, the cheaper Cryorig R1 Ultimate still performs 3.8 degrees better.
We're talking just a few degrees here and there, and these figures are still very good for an air cooler, but these are the margins of difference between the top coolers on the market. Even so, the delta temperatures above represent a CPU did not exceed 76 degrees (while overclocked) and that is still a very good result.
Acoustics
Raw performance figures do not tell the whole story, though, as good acoustics is a big part of what makes a successful cooler. In my experience, the Maker 8 is an incredibly quiet cooling solution – with our test system idling, the cooler is dead silent, and the fans look like they are barely spinning.
Even when the load ramps up, the two fans work together very well and emit the quietest of hums. Compared to the R1 Ultimate, which we shall be reviewing soon, the difference is night and day.
Would have been interesting to see this against the Noctua Nh15D – that’s the natural competitor to this unit.
Or my Thermalright Macho X2 which cost me £45 off amazon and Matches the Noctua blow for blow. I ditched AIO coolers about two years ago I just don’t see the benefits, my air cooler allows me to run 4.5ghz or more 24/7 and it’s totally silent, like mouse-fart silent, no noisy pump or ramped up fan noise. Custom loops that include graphics etc are different but I love my big menacing Air cooler : )
At that price point, this cooler is pointless
it doesn’t have any sharp points, true 🙂
but it looks so much gorgeous