Performance

Now for the big question, does it all work? The first thing we did after making sure we had a solid install was hit the Glacer 240L with our Peak test for thirty minutes. Thermally we were not disappointed. And the gap between air-cool and water-cool is quite apparent. As expected with the design though, there was little to no air running over the RAM DIMMs so temperatures similar to the Black Edition test, where the same conditions were present, occurred. I was expecting a bit of increased noise after seeing the max decibel rating of the tuned BladeMaster 120 fans was a whopping 40.33 dB(A) but nothing prepared me for how loud that actually was. It is not entirely unexpected though with a 120mm fan spinning at 2400 RPM.

After a brief cooldown period where we experienced processor temps slightly under ambient the Glacer was tasked to tackle our Real World test. Again the 240L did not disappoint as far as keeping our CPU chilled and RAM temperature test were a wash yet again. I will speak for the noise this time around as when allowed to be PWM controlled as opposed to running at 100% the noise level was at least bearable though still noticeably louder than some may like.