Test setup and results …
The test system should be known to our regular readers from previous water cooling tests. To freshen up, we briefly summarized the specs again:
Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.8 GHz with 1.38V
Asus ROG Maximus VIII Extreme Motherboard
Asus ROG GTX 1080ti Strix OC
2x 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400
In the Mayhems Aurora test we achieved the following values after one hour Prime95 with the fan set silent:
Of course, we were curious to see how the Phanteks Glacier C350i beats the NZXT Kraken with the help of the more powerful Aquastream XT pump. Again, we tested the Intel Core i7-6700K, which was overclocked to 4.8 GHz at 1.38V, for an hour with Prime 95 and then recorded the temperatures. The room temperature was 22°C and the fans on the 140 and 280 radiators ran with the silent setting.
The temperatures are surprisingly slightly worse:
Phanteks Glacier C350i optics …