XPG Levante X 240 RGB AIO Cooler Review

Temperatures

The stock performance of the Levante X is pretty decent, maxing out our i9-12900K at 86c, which seems hot, but keep in mind this CPU will sit at 100c+ on standard air coolers, and that’s actually normal behaviour. Still, this is a competitive score for an AIO with a 240mm radiator.

My optimised settings did improve things quite a lot though, with the temperatures dropping to a very impressive 73, which is actually the second-lowest score we’ve had yet, and puts it just 1c ahead of quite a few other coolers, but hey, better is better, even if it’s just 1c.

Acoustics

The acoustics were pretty average at 47 dBa, and the default fan curve is maybe a little too eager, but then again these fans are built to do up to 2000 RPM, which is moving some pretty serious airflow when they get going. You could easily lock that down to a silent profile to calm it down, as it clearly has the cooling headroom to spare. Or if you game with headphones on, just let it fly and keep those temps as cool as possible.

When I overclocked and optimised the voltages, the temperatures did drop pretty significantly, and the acoustic levels dropped too, 1dBa isn’t a lot, but it’s a step in the right direction. Again, if this were going to be my daily cooler, I’d gladly limit these fans, as they really don’t need pushing past 50% for most uses.

CineBench R23

A score of 25890 is certainly respectable, somewhere on the mid-range, which is about what we’ve seen in acoustics and cooling too, nothing wrong with that really for a 240mm AIO.

However, overclocking did see that score improve a little further to 26287.

Improvement

I’ll save you the maths, but locking the cores to a fixed speed and getting the voltages right saw this cooler drop 13c off the load temperature while improving the Cinebench score by 397 points, not bad at all!