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Corsair H150i ELITE CAPELLIX review – Powerful cooling with Next-Gen RGB 

Test and methodology 

Today my brand new test system is being used for the first time. A Ryzen 5 3600 has to be cooled with factory settings, in addition to 16 GB DDR4 G.Skill RipJaws 4 (2x 8 GB) RAM on a MSI B550 Tomahawk (BIOS 7C91vA3). The Asus ROG Strix GTX 1060 6GB only runs for the CPU stress tests for the image output in zero-fan mode and a BitFenix Whisper M 450W serves as a power source. The whole thing is located in the Thermaltake Core P3 as an open benchtable. 

All data sets are logged with HWInfo64 v6.30-4240 – 2000 ms logging, the specified temperature results from the sensor CPU die (Average). Since I don’t have an air conditioning system, the values in the graphs are the delta between room temperature and CPU temperature. In this way all cooling systems can be compared fairly, even if the ambient temperature is different.  The heat-conducting paste enclosed with the cooler or applied in advance by the manufacturer is used. 

Benchmarks 

For the first set of results, the pump was operated in the “Quiet” preset, the fans were each controlled by a separate profile. 

Custom 

30% PWM 

60% PWM 

100% PWM 

Fan 

592 RPM 

1459 RPM 

2264 RPM 

Sound level (2cm) 

silent

whirring

loud whirring

Environment 

23,0-23,4 °C 

23,7-24,2 °C 

24,4-24,2 °C 

Afterwards I also tried out the different presets. The AiO comes from the factory in the preset “Quiet” for the pump and “Balanced” for the fans, hereafter referred to as standard. 

Finally, an overview of the tested configurations: 

Summary and conclusion

The H150i ELITE CAPELLIX is already well tuned at the factory, albeit trimmed more in the direction of low volume than power. The pump also stands out in quiet mode with its distinctive whirring up to about 50% PWM of the fans, but isn’t disturbingly loud overall under load. With my custom profiles you can also see a nice scaling of the cooling capacity. 

The results suggest that the Intensive Preset has also been set very conservatively again with regard to the PWM values. Unfortunately, the predefined curves can’t be viewed, but at an estimated 75% PWM the maximum should be reached there. This is quite understandable, as the ML120 RGB fans become disturbingly loud with their noise. If you want to squeeze out that last bit of cooling power, you can help with your own profile. 

With a RRP of 189.90 Euro, one is just over the 174.90 euro introductory price of the H150i RGB PRO XT, but includes three RGB fans and a full-fledged controller for fans and lighting. Certainly not a bargain, but a clear improvement in direct comparison to our own range. With the Commander Core and iCUE “force”, however, the aim is of course to keep the buyer in the Corsair ecosystem in the future – whereby of course there’s nothing against using the three remaining 4-pin PWM connectors for fans from other manufacturers. 

In principle, the only thing that was negative was the usual bag madness during packaging and the renewed lack of an additional tube of heat-conducting paste. I am sure that at this price for a premium product, it would still have been possible to reassemble it without additional purchase. 

 

 

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Tim Kutzner

Supporting force on cooler, periphery and 3D printing arcticles.
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