Performance
As you would expect, the Eiswand does a fantastic job at stock clocks, hovering around the bottom end of our chart, and just +1c over ambient at 12V and 3c over ambient at 7v, which is pretty amazing.
Have you been asking yourself “why would anyone spend all this money on such a massive cooler?” Well here is your answer! The Eiswand has annihilated everything else we’ve ever tested; it’s barely even a fare comparison. Overclocking barely had any impact on the overall temperatures, which is ideal for those who plan on running high clocks for extended periods of time.
The Eiswand is very quiet for a cooler with six fans, there’s no “whirr” or “buzz” from the dual pump design, and the only noise we got was air turbulence, and even then that was only in 12V mode. Dropping to 7V cut the noise by a huge amount, making it one of the quietest coolers we’ve tested, yet it had minimum impact on cooling performance.
Pushing the clocks up had no bearing on the acoustics of the Eiswand, as it runs at a constant speed in both 7v and 12v mode. That being said, while everything else on our charts is PWM, they had to work hardware to keep the CPU cooler, the Eiswand just kept on trucking at the same dBa levels. This is the quietest cooler we’ve ever tested while overclocked, with the exception of a few passive ones, but they’re omitted from the acoustic charts for obvious reasons.
Thanks for the review, it’s good to a closed/ open loop system that actually cools the CPU better than 90% of the other AIO’s out there, it would have been nice to see how this system ranks other kits (e.g. EKWB Predator, Thermaltake Pacific R360, Alphacool NexXxoS Cool Answer 360, Swiftech H320, etc.).
There is one thing I should point out; many times throughout the review you state that the kit uses barbs, while in fact the kit uses compression fittings. While this may be a small oversight; this may cause undue confusion for those purchasing the kit, thinking that they have to purchase compression fittings (if they so choose) when in fact they don’t.
http://www.eteknix.com/alphacool-eiswand-360mm-external-radiator-water-cooling-kit-review/4/
Going to make few holes in my 570x for this one, thanks for the review =].