MSI MAG CORELIQUID E Series 360mm AIO Review
Peter Donnell / 12 months ago
Temperatures
Right away, the performance is really good here, not the best, but certainly on the high-performance side of things using stock settings.
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Optimisation goes a long way though, seeing both an increase in performance but also a very tasty drop in temperatures, and even our lowest idle temperature yet!
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Acoustics
The fans are whisper quiet at stock, but push them hard and I did find they hit 100% a little too early for my liking. There was some noticeable, but fairly minor, vibration from the fans too, which clearly didn’t like being pushed too max RPM.
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Of course, if you’re pushing your fans to full RPM, it’s likely overkill, and as with most fans, they’re quiet as can be at 30-70% speeds, which is more than enough, the fan curve did sort its self out when we got the optimised settings in though, resulting in just 48 dBa.
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CineBench R23
The stock Cinebench score was decent, competing with everything else just fine, and closely matching the similarly priced Assassin IV.
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However, once optimised, the overclock and lower temperatures, as well as lower noise levels, came together in harmony, and delivered our highest Cinebench score yet!
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