Corsair H90 140MM AIO liquid cooler review

Testing is being done with RealTemp to measure the temperatures, Intel Burn Test to stress  CPU and CPU-Z to verify the CPU speed and the voltage being used. The pump and the fan were set at full speed through the bios.

Ambient temperature was around 30-31C. and humidity at around 45%. I didn’t use an AC since most of the users will not use an AC under normal Indian conditions. Opinions may vary but this is what i felt would help to decide the practicality and utility of the cooler under normal Indian condition.

The test system used :

CPU : Core i5 2500K @ various speeds.
Motherbaord : Asus P8Z68 Deluxe

Ram : Kingston hyper x Blu @ 1600 Mhz

Cooler : Corsair H90.

For the purpose of this test I decided I will need one more 1400MM fan to compare the and see  the capability of the stock fan. So i reached out to NOCTUA and they supplied me with an NF-A14 FLX 140MM for which i am thankful to them.

The stock fan

Noctua NF-A14

Now lets see how did the test go.

NOTE: The CPU takes 1.13v @ 3.3Ghz ; 1.2v @ 4Ghz and 1.3v @4.4Ghz.

Every load test consisted of 15 runs of Intel Burn test at “standard” test level. The system was allowed to idle for 15 mins starting from a cold boot. Every test was run thrice to come at an average.

With a toasty 30C in Kolkata we see a comfortable 33C in stock speed with the fan provided along the cooler which goes upto 39C at stock.