Cooling

ID-Cooling IS-60 EVO ARGB Low-Profile CPU Cooler Review

Performance

As this is a low-profile cooling solution, in terms of temperature control it clearly is going to struggle to compete with designs that are, simply by proxy of volume, larger. That being said, however, despite its small stature, the ID-Cooling IS-60 EVO ARGB did remarkably well across all of our tests.

Starting with the temperatures, at stock levels we found this cooler achieved a maximum score of 52C while the processor was at full load. Now, this would be a good result on a full-sized air-cooler or 240 (or less) AIO, but for a low-profile design, this is, quite frankly, amazing. Admittedly, there are limitations when it comes to overclocking, but even then it still managed to do pretty well in keeping the CPU cool enough for consistent performance.

The coup de gras, however, undoubtedly has to be the acoustic performance. At stock levels, this was quite possibly the quietest cooler we have ever encountered. This even despite it having two relatively fans which many generally associate with high speeds and, by proxy, high noise output! – Even when overclocked, the acoustic levels still remained exceptionally low.

Putting all that together, and despite its relatively small package, the ID-Cooling IS-60 EVO ARGB manages to punch massively above its weight with it performing, in many instances, better than a lot of more traditional (and significantly larger) mainstream cooling designs.