With the Alphacool GPU water block Aurora Plexi GPX-N RTX 3090/3080 I want to start the new round of GPU water blocks, but this time for Ampere and not Turing. A water cooling system makes sense with power losses of over 300 watts and creates real added value. Let’s start now with the Alphacool product, which was the first model available to [...]
The new CPU waterblock from TechN (here as AM4 version for 99 Euro RRP) has to prove itself in today’s test with the quasi classic cooler in the form of the Watercool Heatkiller IV Pro AMD (from approx. 65 Euro) and the expensive Beauty Quantum Magnitude AMD from EKWB. I’ve been using Heatkiller Blocks for what feels like ages and most [...]
The new TechN CPU Waterblock for AMDs Socket AM4 is to be a cooler of the absolute top class and will extend the TechN portfolio with a high-quality custom water cooler, according to the manufacturer. That sounds like an ambitious plan, so I’m already working on a test with two other very popular coolers. TechN advertises with the highest [...]
Latest memory chips, such as Micron’s GDDR6X modules on the GeForce RTX 3080 allow the internal protection mechanism to be used for special protection mechanisms (e.g. the clocking down) of the chip temperature Tjunction with suitable software, which is a nice addition in itself, anyone would be able to do it. But this knowledge of what it [...]
It couldn't be easier and if you put it to it and are not busy recording the video, then you can do the professional dismantling in well under 10 minutes. Let me show you how it's done.
Already at the beginning of 2019, Corsair presented the Capellix RGB LEDs developed together with Primax at CES, the “next stage” of multicoloured component lighting. With 40% less consumption, up to 60% more brightness and 35% longer life compared to conventional SMD LEDs, the new technology was promoted. A handful of items with the [...]
If you take a look in the course of the articles I (Tim, not Igor!) published, you will quickly notice that my focus and the test-related feel-good corner here at igor’sLAB is on consumer cooling solutions and especially the AiO water cooling systems. For now. And not everyone can get their hands on an Erlkönig with unicorn rarity for [...]
Out of pure personal interest I once did a little fan experiment in my own system. Cases like the Lian Li O11 Dynamic / XL, Inter-Tech C701-Panorama, MetallicGear NEO Qube and other O11 clones (although the O11 was not the first multi-chamber case) offer partly up to 9 case fans or more space. Optically similar cases such as the Antec P120 Crystal [...]
We already know that cheaper products have to be produced more simply in order to be able to hit the targeted price point at all. If you take a graphics card from the lower middle class as an example, then it is definitely worthwhile to examine the consequences. Exemplary because it affects all manufacturers and products to the same extent [...]
In addition to EK Waterblocks, there is another well-known company in Sweden that can count AiO water cooling systems among its portfolio: Fractal Design. And since 2020 seems to be the year of the AiO new editions in addition to the year of the catastrophes, a revised version of the in-house Celsius S water cooling system from 2017 is now being [...]
The market for all-in-one water cooling solutions for graphics cards is still abundantly manageable compared to CPU coolers, although the potential gain over air cooling is significantly higher. Higher boost steps and lower operating noise are only part of the reward, because all other components of the graphics card board also benefit from such [...]
Granted, it sounds a bit lurid, but in the end it is. Well, at least a little. But which all-in-one compact water cooling system can cope with up to 400 watts of waste heat (and even a bit more)? Of course, the watt figures are a thing of the past because they also depend on the CPU model used and the resulting heat flux density. That’s [...]
Corsair has long been an established name among the manufacturers of AiO water coolers, and despite its high price level it can always hold its own in the first places in price comparisons, provided you sort by popularity. This makes it all the more surprising that of the 16 Corsair AiOs currently on sale, only one model with a 360mm radiator has [...]
Even 3 years after release, the ML240L RGB is still one of the most popular (and cheapest) 240mm AiO watercoolers on the German market. Now Cooler Master is releasing a revised version with the V2, which is supposed to offer more performance for the same price in addition to a new look. If you want to refresh your memory, here is the link to the [...]
For almost a month now, the MAX M240-T from the 60-euro segment has been available for another AiO water cooling system from the Asian budget manufacturer Alseye in Germany, which is being marketed on the German market via Inter-Tech. In contrast to the Halo H240, however, the MAX M240 does not use RGB lighting of the pump and fan. In addition, no [...]
The name Noctua is likely to be known to most, be it the private silent enthusiast, Sys admin with sensitive ears or even users in the industry. A wide range of products and very quiet operation are associated with the Austrian/Taiwanese company for as long as the chocolate-brown color of the fans. Some time ago they got a new robe in light grey [...]
Our forum member Casi030 has recently given himself up to the grinding again and since many readers write that heatpipe direct touch is bad, he has once done a test for himself with a massive radiator floor. For this, he has secured a Scythe Kotetsu Mark II TUF Gaming Alliance to compete against the AMD Wraith Prism and the Arctic Freezer 33 [...]
The title already says everything we will find in the article today. Having recently presented in the article “Aqua Computer Flow Meter “High-Flow” in the laboratory test – What can a flow meter for 40 euros?”, two more sensors have to run today to determine a first winner. And since the “High Flow” is also [...]
Aqua Computer today presents a new series of high-quality glass compensating containers. According to the manufacturer, the new containers of the ULTITUBE D5 series are made of highly resistant borosilicate glass in Germany and offer the possibility to install a pump from the very popular D5 series. For the first time, it has been possible to [...]
I don't want to build the whole thing too theoretically, but I decided to start this first setup seamlessly due to the positive response to the last article "Aqua Computer Flow Meter "High-Flow" in the laboratory test – What can a flow meter for 40 euros?" refine something and make it usable for normal laboratory life [...]
