Temperature behavior
For this review I used my Mini-ITX system again. The frugal i5 12400 is very easy to cool and not very representative, but unfortunately I don’t have a bigger CPU for this socket. As mentioned in the introduction, the “straight” heatpipe coolers of the larger graphics cards were again anything but happy with the hanging installation position, so I used a smaller graphics card with an S-shaped heatpipe – the RTX 4060 Ventus from MSI already pictured on the previous page.
Measurements and room temperature
For the measurements, I stuck with my usual applications. For the “Torture” measurement (CPU temperature), Cinebench R23 was used in the loop and for the “Gaming” measurement, the tried and tested test run in Red Dead Redemption 2 was used. The room temperature was 24.3°C, case and radiator fans were fixed at around 700rpm.
CPU Torture
In Cinebench, the CPU settled at around 51°C after a short time. The 280mm AIO was only slightly impressed by the mere 75W power consumption, so there was no visible temperature increase over the entire test run of a good 15 minutes.
Gaming
During the Saint Denis “run”, the temperatures leveled off after a few minutes. Unfortunately, I took the screenshot of the HWinfo diagram too late. It was easy to see at the beginning of the recording how the GPU temperature quickly climbed to a bit over 70°C in Zero-RPM mode and continuously moved between 67°C and 68°C after the fan kicked in.
The CPU, apart from a few peaks, stayed below 40°C over the entire test period, which was already evident in the last ITX test with the Corsair 2000D.
Interim conclusion
Even though the small Tower 200 is certainly not an airflow “monster”, the heat dissipation via the 140mm fans in the rear and lid works very well. The AIO gets fresh air from the outside and the graphics card can also suck in fresh air almost without resistance through the perforated side panel.
On the subject of large graphics cards and hanging mounting, however, I agree with Igor’s opinion: It doesn’t work. I don’t know why other testers didn’t notice this with either The Tower or CTE series, but even cooler manufacturers like Noctua have been preaching for years that heatpipes with the “end” pointing down don’t work:
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