SilentiumPC Navis EVO ARGB 240 V2 Review - Bunte Budget AiO water cooling | Page 2

Test and methodology

A Ryzen 5 3600 has to be cooled with factory settings, in addition to 16GB DDR4 G.Skill RipJaws 4 (2x8GB) RAM on a MSI B550 Tomahawk (BIOS 7C91vA3). The Asus ROG Strix GTX 1060 6GB runs for the CPU stress tests only for the image output in zero-fan mode and a BitFenix Whisper M 450W is used as power source.

All data sets are logged with HWInfo64 v6.30-4240 – 2000ms Logging, the specified temperature comes from the sensor CPU Die (Average). The load of Prime95 produces an average of 88 watts CPU package power. 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 before is used.

Benchmarks

Since the pump cannot be easily controlled, testing at different speeds is unfortunately not necessary:

SPC240 V2	30% PWM	60% PWM	100% PWM
Pump speed	~2500 RPM	~2500 RPM	~2500 RPM
Fan speed	1230 RPM	1765 RPM	2315 RPM
Sound characteristics	light whirring	loud whirring	very loud whirring
Ambient temperature	21,8 – 22,0°C	21,9 – 22,2°C	22,0 – 22,3°C

The Stella HP ARGB fans already have a quite high speed even in the lower PWM range, which is also quickly noticeable in the noise level. With your own fan curve you should therefore set somewhat more restrained values. The jump from 60% to 100% is also minimal in terms of temperature, but it does mean a really annoying background noise. The personal optimum range should therefore be somewhere between 30 and 60%. Overall, the values are all surprisingly close.

Conclusion / Summary

With the Navis EVO ARGB 240 V2 SilentiumPC does not afford any major carvers and offers a solid overall package with 3 years manufacturer’s warranty for the price of almost 64 Euro, which was very reasonable at the time of testing. The longer tubes might be a nice bonus, depending on the case. A comparable performance is available a little cheaper but also with air coolers like the recently tested Scythe Fuma 2, then without the advantages and disadvantages of an AiO water cooling and lighting.