Corsair H100i Pro RGB CPU Cooler Review
Mike Sanders / 6 years ago
Performance
Before we get onto the test results, we do need to add a little caveat here. At the time of review, we were currently experiencing much higher than usual temperatures. As such, the ambient room temperature is significantly higher than our usual controlled level. With this in mind, based on the temperature results given, we have had to adjust these based on how much warmer the temperature was at the time of review. This clearly isn’t ideal circumstances, but there was very little we could do to compensate other than this. In brief, while we have been scientific in our adjustments, they would likely be better under usual circumstances.
Stock Temperatures
Despite this only being a 240mm cooler, the results are highly impressive. It finds itself in very good company and even at maximum load only achieved a maximum temperature of 57C. This is very nearly as good as 360mm coolers or indeed those specifically designed for performance.
Overclocked Temperatures
The Corsair H100i Pro RGB again finds itself performing very well and particularly when overclocked. When you consider that this is practically on par with the Noctua NH-DU12S (a cooler designed for performance rather than looks) it’s clear that this cooler is more than capable of handling strong overclocks and looking good while doing so.
Stock Acoustics
As above, unfortunately, during testing, we were currently in the middle of a bit of a heatwave. As such, the fan was having to work much harder than it usually would to maintain temperatures. Despite this though the Corsair H100i Pro RGB was remarkably quiet. In idle, it is barely audible. Unlike temperatures though, we are not able to realistically compensate for fan speeds in the same way that we can temperatures.
Despite this though, the Corsair still finds itself near the top of the list and under normal weather conditions, I believe that this would be at least in the top 6.
Overclocked Acoustics
Based on the higher than usual ambient temperatures, when overclocked the Corsair H100i Pro RGB fans did have to work quite hard and as such they are clearly noisier under such conditions. Despite this though, as per the stock acoustics, we would suggest that these results are not entirely indicative of usual running conditions. Based on the results, we would anticipate this cooler to be again at least in the top 10 we have seen.
