Performance
Test setup and Testing Methodology
The system used for testing is listed in the table below. Ambient temperatures were kept at 24 degrees Celsius +/- 1 degree. The thermal paste used was Noctua’s NT-H1 (for testing consistency). For the overclocked results I upped the voltage to 1.25v and attained a clock speed of 4.2GHz. The cool and quite mode was disabled to prevent the CPU idling at lower voltages to attain accurate temperatures at idle. The fan speed was set to Full. The idle temperatures were recorded after 10 minutes of idle and max temperatures were recorded after a 5 minute torture test using Adia 64 System Stability Test and recording the CPU value.
Now we get to the good stuff the results. I apologize for my cooling catalogue being rather slim, but as more coolers come in we will continue to grow this list. As you can see in the graph below we have the Idle temps for the REEVEN Ouranos 140mm. This chip hovers at a cool 22 degrees Celsius.
Alright LOAD temps! The ones that really matter. The REEVEN Ouranos 140mm faired pretty well coming in at 50 degrees Celsius on an overclock. Only time will tell where this cooler will rank in future tests but I am pretty confidant it will compete with the best of them as the cooler manages to beat the other air coolers.
Noise can be a important factor for some. The noise a cooler produces can be important factor to a purchaser. To help, dBs are recorded using a meter that records sound pressure levels not actual acoustic levels. If we have a open case design and the fans might be exposed, we don not want record setting noise coming from our cooler. This not the case with the REEVEN Ouranos 140mm. As you can see in the graph below the fans at full speed hit 48dBs. Just to note, this was with 2 fans for push and pull.
Lets move on to the Conclusion and Verdict!
