EVGA CLC 360 Liquid Cooler Review: Noise-Normalized Thermals & More
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Date: 2020-05-06
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etmb69
It would be good to talk about the software of those water cooler. NZXT software is really bad and need to be running in the background to keep the selected color. No software and it return the default color return. On the Corsair one, you only need you to install and connect the cooler once. once you are happy with your settings, you can disconnect the usb connection to the pump and remove the software. Make the system a lot cleaner. It also free up one usb header in the mainboard if you are limited in numbers. at present I using an NXZT kraken X62 and the performance of the cooler is good and I'm happy with it, performance wise. But I am extremely annoyed to have to run their software that render my system unstable, (hanging, Crash to desktop, fully system looked up and BSOD.
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It would be good to talk about the software of those water cooler. NZXT software is really bad and need to be running in the background to keep the selected color. No software and it return the default color return. On the Corsair one, you only need you to install and connect the cooler once. once you are happy with your settings, you can disconnect the usb connection to the pump and remove the software. Make the system a lot cleaner. It also free up one usb header in the mainboard if you are limited in numbers. at present I using an NXZT kraken X62 and the performance of the cooler is good and I'm happy with it, performance wise. But I am extremely annoyed to have to run their software that render my system unstable, (hanging, Crash to desktop, fully system looked up and BSOD.
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Norman
I would not mind seeing a brief review/comparo of some top air coolers against common AIO. Say 280 coolers like X62/EVGA/corsair to some top performing air cooler. Dual tower 140 or something more compact like single thick tower, dual fan, Noctua U12A. In other words, what air coolers, if any, can perform similar to AIO/CLC. The big dual tower 140s, sure/probably, but what about something more compact like the U12A. I've seen some of this around the net but they don't have proper rigourous Nexus methods.
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I would not mind seeing a brief review/comparo of some top air coolers against common AIO. Say 280 coolers like X62/EVGA/corsair to some top performing air cooler. Dual tower 140 or something more compact like single thick tower, dual fan, Noctua U12A. In other words, what air coolers, if any, can perform similar to AIO/CLC. The big dual tower 140s, sure/probably, but what about something more compact like the U12A. I've seen some of this around the net but they don't have proper rigourous Nexus methods.
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Paddydapro
Dont buy the Evga clc 360 the software for controlling the fanspeed is so bad. It often doesn't even start or runs at max fanspeed after starting your pc its really strange and seems like it was done by a 4 year old. Sadly this doesn't even get mentioned here but it is a really big selling point, you can't even do meaningful fan curves in the software when it works because you can only go for water temperature because the other cpu temp is not working peoperly from what I tested.
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Dont buy the Evga clc 360 the software for controlling the fanspeed is so bad. It often doesn't even start or runs at max fanspeed after starting your pc its really strange and seems like it was done by a 4 year old. Sadly this doesn't even get mentioned here but it is a really big selling point, you can't even do meaningful fan curves in the software when it works because you can only go for water temperature because the other cpu temp is not working peoperly from what I tested.
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John
I m still rocking 1st gen Corsair The Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100. bought it in August 2011 lol. It kept cool my Phenom 965BE OC ed to hell, FX 8350 OC ed to hell as well; ) and now Ryzen 2600 stock. 30 Celsius idle 50 load 22 ambient, enough framerates for now so no OC: P My best PC investment ever. Thanks Corsair for solid product and AMD for being customer friendly and keeping my hardware future-proof by having same cooler mount dimensions for AM4 as for AM3: ) Thumbs up to you both!
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I m still rocking 1st gen Corsair The Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100. bought it in August 2011 lol. It kept cool my Phenom 965BE OC ed to hell, FX 8350 OC ed to hell as well; ) and now Ryzen 2600 stock. 30 Celsius idle 50 load 22 ambient, enough framerates for now so no OC: P My best PC investment ever. Thanks Corsair for solid product and AMD for being customer friendly and keeping my hardware future-proof by having same cooler mount dimensions for AM4 as for AM3: ) Thumbs up to you both!
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Frozen
Dear GN team, Since coolers are mostly boring to review try this: After finishing the average Joe typical review, try putting Delta fans or Corsair Maglev (which are silent even when they spin at high rpm) on the actual cooling tower / radiator With that you will see just how effective is the rest of the cooler/aio when the fans arent the limitation Because some of us dont care about the fans that came with the cooler, in short its PC hardware and we love to tinker with it: )
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Dear GN team, Since coolers are mostly boring to review try this: After finishing the average Joe typical review, try putting Delta fans or Corsair Maglev (which are silent even when they spin at high rpm) on the actual cooling tower / radiator With that you will see just how effective is the rest of the cooler/aio when the fans arent the limitation Because some of us dont care about the fans that came with the cooler, in short its PC hardware and we love to tinker with it: )
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some
There's going to be a fitment issue people have to consider whenever 280/360 aios or rads are discussed. A 240mm fits most everything and works fine. I really wouldn't sweat choosing an aio for a cpu unless you needed to cool an HEDT or near HEDT consumer cpu. Using an aio to cool a gpu is a different story, I want to go as big as I can frame into a case bc it affects boost. I'm kinda happy with the 120mm on my 1080ti, I know +240mm is better.
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There's going to be a fitment issue people have to consider whenever 280/360 aios or rads are discussed. A 240mm fits most everything and works fine. I really wouldn't sweat choosing an aio for a cpu unless you needed to cool an HEDT or near HEDT consumer cpu. Using an aio to cool a gpu is a different story, I want to go as big as I can frame into a case bc it affects boost. I'm kinda happy with the 120mm on my 1080ti, I know +240mm is better.
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Günter
Could you review the Antec Mercury 360? It is by far the cheapest 360 mm cooler where I life. (around 100 to 115 euros) Although it seem to be a cheap product I'd like to see how good in cooling it actually is since Antec gives it a five year warranty. It is also designed and made completely in house (so no Asetek. There are barely any reviews or videos in general about it so I'd really like to see a review. :D
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Could you review the Antec Mercury 360? It is by far the cheapest 360 mm cooler where I life. (around 100 to 115 euros) Although it seem to be a cheap product I'd like to see how good in cooling it actually is since Antec gives it a five year warranty. It is also designed and made completely in house (so no Asetek. There are barely any reviews or videos in general about it so I'd really like to see a review. :D
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Amferro2
Would you suggest any radiator and case fans? (BESIDES NOCTUA) to swap from 3 120mm thermaltake RIING and the original 280 CLC 140mm noisy coolers? I want to lower the noise of my PC but I still want my coolers to be able to spin at least at 40-50%: l if I turn the fans up to anything past 1300 rpm starts getting annoying quickly and the minimum is 1000 rpm for the EVGA. Suggestions pls?
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Would you suggest any radiator and case fans? (BESIDES NOCTUA) to swap from 3 120mm thermaltake RIING and the original 280 CLC 140mm noisy coolers? I want to lower the noise of my PC but I still want my coolers to be able to spin at least at 40-50%: l if I turn the fans up to anything past 1300 rpm starts getting annoying quickly and the minimum is 1000 rpm for the EVGA. Suggestions pls?
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CircleOfSorrow
I don't get it. My 4790k 4. 8 has a massive CM air cooler on it and I've logged extended periods with full utilisation and it never moves out of the 80's. Why water cool? I never hear the fan because it is a large volume low rpm unit. My 1080ti on the other hand gets hot and the triple fans whine so loud I start to remember fondly how quiet my gtx970 was.
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I don't get it. My 4790k 4. 8 has a massive CM air cooler on it and I've logged extended periods with full utilisation and it never moves out of the 80's. Why water cool? I never hear the fan because it is a large volume low rpm unit. My 1080ti on the other hand gets hot and the triple fans whine so loud I start to remember fondly how quiet my gtx970 was.
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Panagiotis
On the first chart, NZXT X62 is shown at 1200 RPM for 40dBA operating at 35, 4 C delta. On the second chart, NZXT X62 is shown at 1500 RPM operating at 35, 5 C delta. And finally on the third chart, NXZT X62 is shown at 1500 RPM for 46, 4 dBA. Is something wrong in this? Which is the real value at which RPM? Is the 35, 4 C delta on the first chart wrong?
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On the first chart, NZXT X62 is shown at 1200 RPM for 40dBA operating at 35, 4 C delta. On the second chart, NZXT X62 is shown at 1500 RPM operating at 35, 5 C delta. And finally on the third chart, NXZT X62 is shown at 1500 RPM for 46, 4 dBA. Is something wrong in this? Which is the real value at which RPM? Is the 35, 4 C delta on the first chart wrong?
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