Performance
Performance has been tested on Intel platform based on i7 7700K processor at 1.20V and ASUS Maximus IX APEX motherboard.
Idle test is just temperature read while there are no applications running. Mixed tests base on PCMark 8 which contains various tests similar to popular home and office applications. Maximum temperature has been measured during CPU/FPU stability test in AIDA64.
As we can see, CRYORIG C1 performs really good and it can easily work with i7 7700K processor. CRYORIG C1 can handle at least 1.25V under full load what should give about 4.8GHz on average i7 7700K.
All seems great but there is one thing worth to mention. Up to ~1.2V everything is quiet during normal work. Under full CPU load we can hear the fan but it’s not a big problem. At 1.25V it’s already noisy.
At auto fan profile, fan spins between 800 and 1000 RPM during normal work. It generates acceptable level of noise. However at 1100 RPM+ it’s getting loud. Maximum fan speed was about 1350 RPM.
In this case I can blame i7 7700K processor which is getting hot really quick. The same processor is losing stability above 1.35V on good water cooling so CRYORIG C1 performance seems great considering much lower heat spreading surface. On the other hand the C1 seems the best performing cooler for small builds so there is nothing to complain about.
If you are looking for small, yet well performing cooler then CRYORIG C1 is interesting option which is hard to beat. However if you have more space in the case and you care about silence then better take a look at CRYORIG R1 which is providing top performance and at the same time runs really quiet even under full load.
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