Practical testing …
Temperature and volume
A quiet mid-range PC system was used as the test environment. The system is almost inaudible in idle.
Kolink Stronghold with tempered glass side window
Enermax T.B. Silent 12cm front case fan
Be quiet! PurePower 11 650W
MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with reference cooler
16GB G-Skill DDR4-2666 8GB
Zotac GeForce GTX970
The system and CPU temperatures were read out in parallel using two different tools, GPU-Z and the MSI Control Center.
The system was tested once without the Enermax RGB fans, once with all three Enermax RGB fans on level 4 and a third time with all three RGB fans on highest level. The T.B. Silence fan was installed in all configurations as SysFan 1 with fixed 900rpm.
The following scenarios were played through in all configurations:
1. open case, idle
2. open case, stress test CPU & graphics card with Prime95 and 3DMark TimeSpy
3. closed case, idle
4. closed case, stress test CPU & graphics card with Prime95 and 3DMark TimeSpy
| Test scenario | without RGB fan | RGB Fan level 4 | RGB Fan level 7 |
| Case open, idle | CPU Temp: 34°C CPU fan: 740rpm System Temp: 34°C System Fan: 900rpm noise: 6-7 dB |
CPU Temp: 34°C CPU fan: 740rpm System Temp: 34°C System Fan: 900rpm Noise: 13 dB |
CPU Temp: 34°C CPU fan: 740rpm System Temp: 34°C System Fan: 900rpm noise: 22 dB |
| Case open, Load (Prime95 & 3D Mark TimeSpy) for 30min |
CPU Temp: 78°C CPU fan: 1890rpm System Temp: 39°C System Fan: 910rpm Noise: 19 dB |
CPU Temp: 79°C CPU fan: 1900rpm System Temp: 39°C System Fan: 920rpm Noise: 19 dB |
CPU Temp: 77°C CPU fan: 1890rpm System Temp: 38°C System Fan R: 900rpm noise: 24 dB |
| Case closed, idle | CPU Temp: 38°C CPU fan: 1100rpm System Temp: 34°C System Fan: 900rpm noise: 6-7 dB |
CPU Temp: 37°C CPU fan: 1060rpm System Temp: 33°C System Fan: 900rpm Noise: 13 dB |
CPU Temp: 37°C CPU fan: 1070rpm System Temp: 33°C System Fan: 900rpm noise: 22 dB |
| Case closed, Load (Prime95 & 3D Mark TimeSpy) for 30min |
CPU Temp: 86°C CPU fan: 1890rpm System Temp: 39°C System Fan: 910rpm Noise: 18 dB |
CPU Temp: 79°C CPU fan: 1910rpm System Temp: 37°C System Fan: 920rpm Noise: 19 dB |
CPU Temp: 77°C CPU fan: 1890rpm System Temp: 36°C System Fan R: 900rpm noise: 25 dB |
Like the T.B. Silence fans, the RGB fans from Enermax are comparatively quiet. Only at level 4 they become clearly audible. Below it the processor fan overlays them under load. But even at 100% they remain in the barely disturbing range, even in a triple pack. However, the cooling performance was already sufficient in level 4 to keep the test system in acceptable temperature ranges during the stress test. Without it, the Ryzen 5 reaches its temperature limit in the system.
Enermax T.B. RGB Result and general impression …