Fractal Design Kelvin S36 Review

Published by Hiwa Pouri on 02.02.15
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PWM Performance

Temperatures

  Idle Load
Corsair H110 Dual Fan 33 °C 50 °C
Corsair H90 Single Fan 33 °C 51 °C
Fractal Design Kelvin S36 33 °C 52 °C
Deepcool Captain 360 34 °C 52 °C
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Fan 33 °C 53 °C
Thermalright Silver Arrow IB-E 33 °C 54 °C
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 33 °C 54 °C
Deepcool Maelstrom 240 34 °C 54 °C
Enermax Liqtech 120X 34°C 54 °C
Noctua NH-D15 Single Fan 34 °C 54 °C
Cryorig R1 Universal 35 °C 54 °C
Enermax Liqtech 240X 36 °C 54 °C
Cooler Master Nepton 240M 34 °C 55 °C
Noctua NH-U12S Dual Fan 33 °C 55 °C
Raijintek Nemesis Single Fan 34 °C 55 °C
Corsair H75 Single Fan 35 °C 55 °C
Thermalright Archon IB-E X2 36 °C 55 °C
NZXT Kraken X41 35 °C 56 °C
Raijintek Themis EVO 35 °C 56 °C
Deepcool Maelstrom 120 36 °C 56 °C
Thermalright Silver Arrow ITX 36 °C 56 °C
Prolimatech Lynx 34 °C 57 °C
Enermax ETS-T40 White Claster 35 °C 57 °C
Thermalright Macho Rev.B 35 °C 57 °C
Antec Kühler H2O 1250 36 °C 57 °C
NZXT Kraken X31 36 °C 57 °C
Noctua NH-U12S Single Fan 36 °C 57 °C
Cooler Master Nepton 140XL Dual Fan 37 °C 57 °C
Enermax ETS-T40 Black Twister 35 °C 58 °C
Scythe Ashura 36 °C 58 °C
Raijintek Pallas 37 °C 58 °C
Cooler Master Nepton 140XL Single Fan 38 °C 58 °C
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure 35 °C 59 °C
Antec Kühler H2O 950 37 °C 59 °C
Cooler Master Hyper 103 36 °C 60 °C
Cooler Master Hyper 612 Ver. 2 36 °C 62 °C
Thermolab Bada 2010 39 °C 64 °C
Scythe IORI Scior-1000 42 °C 66 °C
Thermolab LP-53 39 °C 67 °C
Lepa LV12 37 °C 70 °C
Thermolab ITX30 39 °C 70 °C
Enermax ETS-N30 38 °C 71 °C
Intel Stock 39 °C 75 °C


At this point we plugged the fan(s) to the motherboard CPU fan header and let the motherboard take care of fan speeds. In other words the motherboard will adjust the fan speed via PWM signal according to CPU temperature. The idle temperature is the lowest temperature hit by the processor after 10 minutes in idle. The load temperature is the highest temperature hit by the processor after one pass of wPrime v2.10. The wPrime test takes 4 minutes puts load on all 8 threads. Room temperature is 25°C.

Fan Speeds

  Idle Load
Thermalright Macho Rev.B 306 rpm 680 rpm
Scythe Ashura 436 rpm 550 rpm
Noctua NH-U12S Dual Fan 380 rpm 687 rpm
Noctua NH-U12S Single Fan 450 rpm 740 rpm
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure 471 rpm 770 rpm
Thermalright Archon IB-E X2 580 rpm 805 rpm
Cooler Master Hyper 612 Ver. 2 413 rpm 825 rpm
NZXT Kraken X31 750 rpm 830 rpm
Thermalright Silver Arrow IB-E 637 rpm 854 rpm
Noctua NH-D15 Single Fan 466 rpm 860 rpm
Scythe IORI Scior-1000 424  rpm 880 rpm
Enermax Liqtech 240X (600 - 1300 rpm Preset) 790 rpm 950 rpm
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Fan 560 rpm 955 rpm
Corsair H75 Single Fan 800 rpm 969 rpm
Enermax Liqtech 120X 580 rpm 970 rpm
Thermalright Silver Arrow ITX 490 rpm 990 rpm
Cryorig R1 Universal 800 rpm 980 rpm
Corsair H90 Single Fan 870 rpm 1'000 rpm
Prolimatech Lynx 765 rpm 1'077 rpm
Deepcool Captain 360 710 rpm 1'090 rpm
Corsair H110 Dual Fan 950 rpm 1'100 rpm
Enermax ETS-T40 Black Twister 820 rpm 1'110 rpm
Raijintek Themis EVO 990 rpm 1'115 rpm
Cooler Master Nepton 140XL Dual Fan 740 rpm 1'140 rpm
Deepcool Maelstrom 240 760 rpm 1'150 rpm
Enermax ETS-T40 White Claster 920 rpm 1'170 rpm
Raijintek Pallas 952 rpm 1'170 rpm
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 1'120 rpm 1'190 rpm
Fractal Design Kelvin S36 800 rpm 1'210 rpm
Raijintek Nemesis Single Fan 1'120 rpm 1'270 rpm
Cooler Master Nepton 140XL Single Fan 800 rpm 1'280 rpm
NZXT Kraken X41 1'190 rpm 1'320 rpm
Deepcool Maelstrom 120 790 rpm 1'360 rpm
Lepa LV12 870 rpm 1'400 rpm
Cooler Master Nepton 240M 700 rpm 1'430 rpm
Cooler Master Hyper 103 950 rpm 1'465 rpm
Thermolab Bada 2010 1'250 rpm 1'500 rpm
Antec Kühler H2O 950 1'280 rpm 1'610 rpm
Intel Stock 1'230 rpm 1'630 rpm
Antec Kühler H2O 1250 1'390 rpm 1'690 rpm
Thermolab LP-53 1'475 rpm 1'672 rpm
Enermax ETS-N30 970 rpm 2'250 rpm
Thermolab ITX30 1'475 rpm 2'253 rpm


Values are in RPM, we took the lowest speed hit by the fan(s) in idle and the highest under load.

Noise Levels

  Idle Load
Noctua NH-U12S Single Fan 32.0 dBA 32.0 dBA
Thermalright Macho Rev.B 32.0 dBA 32.1 dBA
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Fan 32.1 dBA 32.3 dBA
Noctua NH-U12S Dual Fan 32.0 dBA 32.4 dBA
Noctua NH-D15 Single Fan 32.1 dBA 32.6 dBA
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure 32.0 dBA 32.7 dBA
Thermalright Archon IB-E X2 32.5 dBA 32.7 dBA
Enermax Liqtech 120X 32.1 dBA 32.8 dBA
Enermax ETS-T40 Black Twister 32.3 dBA 33.0 dBA
Corsair H75 Single Fan 32.2 dBA 33.2 dBA
Enermax ETS-T40 White Claster 33.0 dBA 33.2 dBA
Thermolab LP-53 33.0 dBA 33.2 dBA
Scythe Ashura 32.0 dBA 33.4 dBA
Cooler Master Hyper 612 Ver. 2 33.1 dBA 33.5 dBA
Enermax Liqtech 240X Dual Fan (600 - 1300rpm Preset) 33.2 dBA 33.5 dBA
Cooler Master Hyper 103 32.0 dBA 33.6 dBA
Prolimatech Lynx 33.3 dBA 33.9 dBA
Raijintek Nemesis Single Fan 33.5 dBA 34.2 dBA
Corsair H90 Single Fan 33.7 dBA 34.2 dBA
Thermolab Bada 2010 33.8 dBA 34.2 dBA
Corsair H110 Dual Fan 33.3 dBA 34.4 dBA
Intel Stock 33.3 dBA 34.4 dBA
Deepcool Captain 360 33.9 dBA 34.6 dBA
Scythe IORI Scior-1000 33.2 dBA 34.6 dBA
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 33.7 dBA 34.6 dBA
Lepa LV12 34.4 dBA 34.7 dBA
Thermalright Silver Arrow IB-E 34.0 dBA 34.8 dBA
NZXT Kraken X31 34.5 dBA 34.9 dBA
Thermalright Silver Arrow ITX 34.3 dBA 35.2 dBA
Fractal Design Kelvin S36 34.2 dBA 35.3 dBA
Raijintek Themis EVO 34.8 dBA 35.3 dBA
Deepcool Maelstrom 120 34.9 dBA 35.7 dBA
Enermax ETS-N30 33.8 dBA 36.9 dBA
Cryorig R1 Universal 33.5 dBA 37.1 dBA
Thermolab ITX30 34.1 dBA 37.6 dBA
NZXT Kraken X41 34.8 dBA 37.9 dBA
Deepcool Maelstrom 240 36.1 dBA 37.9 dBA
Cooler Master Nepton 140XL 34.8dBA 39.4 dBA
Cooler Master Nepton 240M 33.8 dBA 40.1 dBA
Raijintek Pallas 35.9 dBA 41.4 dBA
Antec Kühler H2O 950 41.7 dBA 45.8 dBA
Antec Kühler H2O 1250 43.5 dBA 47.9 dBA


Decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) has been placed 1 meter away from the cooler. Measurements are conducted in a quiet room, where there are no other noise source. 32 dBA is the lowest we can get in our room. Also here the measurements are conducted at lowest and highest fan speeds in idle and under load respectively.



Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications
Page 2 - Photo Gallery
Page 3 - Installation
Page 4 - Test Setup
Page 5 - Absolute Performance
Page 6 - PWM Performance
Page 7 - Conclusion




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