Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
System mounted Okeanos Cooler, Dual-fan configuration
System mounted Okeanos Cooler, Tri-fan configuration
System mounted Brontes CPU Cooler
To verify that the cooler kits operates up to specs, the coolers were tested on multiple boards in both stock and overclocked configurations. There were mount issues encountered when attempting to use our standard Z87 test motherboard, the MSI Z87 MPower, requiring switching out that board with the ASUS Z97-Pro Gamer motherboard. Further, only the Reeven Okeanos cooler was tested using the X99-based test system because of the Brontes cooler's lack of compatibility with the LGA2011 platform. The selected board were used so that comparative results could be provided for both Haswell and Hawell-E based systems. Even though the current tests were done using a Z97 board instead of the Z87 board, the all other system components were the same with similar settings used so that the results between the two boards would be equivalent. The results are presented for the cooling kits under review as well as the Noctua NH-D15 CPU air cooler, the XSPC Raystorm D5 Photon RX480 water cooling kit, and the Corsair H100i AIO CPU cooler for performance comparison purposes. The benchmark tests used should give you a good understanding of the Reeven CPU coolers capabilities so that you, the reader, can make a more informed purchasing decision. The comparison coolers were selected based on their superior performance capabilities.
| Test System Setup | |
| CPU | Intel Z87 / Z97 based systems Intel Core i7-4770K Stock – 3.5GHz, 35 x 100MHz Base Clock Overclocked – 4.68GHz, 28 x 167MHz Base Clock Intel X99-based system Intel Core i7-5960X Stock – 3.0GHz, 30 x 100MHz Base Clock Max Air Overclock – 4.25GHz, 34 x 125MHz Base Clock |
| Motherboard | ASUS Z97-Pro Gamer MSI Z87 MPOWER ASUS X99-A |
| Memory | Intel Z87 / Z97 based systems Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 modules Stock – 1600MHz, 9-10-9-27-1T Overclocked – 1780MHz, 9-10-9-27-1T Intel X99-based system Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules Stock – 2133MHz, 15-17-17-35-2T Overclocked – 2666MHz, 15-17-17-35-2T |
| Hard Drive | Intel 730 240GB SSD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA III HD |
| Sound Card | On-board sound |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GTX 570 1.25GB |
| CPU Cooling | Reeven Okeanos CPU Air Cooler Reeven Brontes CPU Air Cooler Noctua NH-D15 CPU Air Cooler Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i Extreme Performance CPU Cooler XSPC Raystorm D5 Photon RX480 V3 WaterCooling Kit |
| Video Drivers | NVIDIA 353.62 |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX750 |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Windows 10 Pro x64 |
| Thermal Paste | MG Chemicals 860-60G Silicone Heat Transfer Compound |
| Coolant | XSPC Raystorm D5 Photon RX480 V3 kit Koolance LIQ-702 High Performance Liquid Coolant |
The 64-bit Windows 7 based test bench used for Intel Z87 LGA1150 board testing includes an Intel Core i7-4770K CPU, 16GB of DDR3-1866 memory, an NVIDIA GTX 570 1.25GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the cooling system's capabilities rather than that of the system components.
The 64-bit Windows 10 based test bench used for Intel Z97 LGA1150 board testing includes an Intel Core i7-4770K CPU, 16GB of DDR3-1866 memory, an NVIDIA GTX 570 1.25GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the cooling system's capabilities rather than that of the system components.
The 64-bit Windows 10 based test bench used for Intel X99 LGA2011-v3 board testing includes an Intel Core i7-5960X CPU, 32GB of DDR4-2666 memory, an NVIDIA GTX 570 1.25GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the cooling system's capabilities rather than that of the system components.
Benchmark Tests used for evaluation:
- AIDA64 Extreme Edition v4.30.2900 (Intel Z87-based testing)
- AIDA64 Extreme Edition v5.30.3500 (Intel X99-based testing)
- AIDA64 Extreme Edition v5.30.3700 (Intel Z97-based testing)
- EVGA OC Scanner X v3.6.1.2
Nice names.
Okeanos = Greek
Nice names.
Okeanos = Greek for ocean (written with latin characters – Greeklish)
Brontes = Greek for thunders (the same as above)
The aftermarket cooler market
The aftermarket cooler market is already saturated as is, and even more so with AMD giving away decent ones now. That being said, it looks like a solid product. But are we really choosing aftermarket coolers on anything other than aesthetics anymore?
Every price, every level of performance, has a satchel full of trinkets to choose from. In that spirit, I think I like the Cryorig C7. But this is sparkly, too.
The aftermarket cooler market
The aftermarket cooler market is already saturated as is, and even more so with AMD giving away decent ones now. That being said, it looks like a solid product. But are we really choosing aftermarket coolers on anything other than aesthetics anymore?
Every price, every level of performance, has a satchel full of trinkets to choose from. In that spirit, I think I like the Cryorig C7. But this is sparkly, too.
Nice review Morry and I have
Nice review Morry and I have a Cryorig C7 works well for me on my i5 4690 at 4.4 🙂