Deepcool MaelStrom 240 Review

Published by Hiwa Pouri on 21.08.14
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Absolute Performance

Temperatures

7V Idle Load
Enermax Liqtech 240 32 °C 50 °C
Deepcool MaelStrom240 31 °C 51 °C
Corsair H75 Single Fan 32 °C 51 °C
Corsair H90 Single Fan 33 °C 51 °C
Corsair H110 Dual Fan 33 °C 51 °C
Enermax Liqtech 120X 32 °C 51 °C
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Fan 33 °C 51 °C
Noctua NH-U12S Dual Fan 33 °C 53 °C
Noctua NH-D15 Single Fan 34 °C 53 °C
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 34 °C 54 °C
Deepcool MaelStrom120 35 °C 55 °C
Enermax ETS-T40 White Claster 35 °C 56 °C
Raijintek Nemesis Single Fan 35 °C 56 °C
Noctua NH-U12S Single Fan 34 °C 57 °C
Raijintek Themis EVO 34 °C 57 °C
Raijintek Pallas 37 °C 59 °C
Cooler Master Hyper 103 36 °C 60 °C
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure 36 °C 61 °C
Prolimatech Lynx 35 °C 63 °C
Thermolab Bada 2010 39 °C 64 °C
Scythe IORI Scior-1000 39 °C 65 °C
Thermolab ITX30 38 °C 75 °C
Intel Stock 39 °C 83 °C
Thermolab LP-53 38 °C 69 °C
Scythe Ashura 36 °C 58 °C
Enermax ETS-T40 Black Twister 34 °C 56 °C


To measure the cooling capacity we took temperatures in idle and load with the fans at 7 and 12 V. The idle temperature represents the lowest temperature hit by the processor package 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 and puts load on all 8 threads. Room temperature is at 25°C.

12V Idle Load
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Fan 32 °C 50 °C
Corsair H90 Single Fan 32 °C 50 °C
Corsair H110 Dual Fan 32 °C 50 °C
Deepcool MaelStrom240 33 °C 50 °C
Corsair H75 Single Fan 32 °C 51 °C
Enermax Liqtech 240 32 °C 51 °C
Noctua NH-U12S Dual Fan 33 °C 51 °C
Deepcool MaelStrom120 33 °C 53 °C
Enermax Liqtech 120X 31 °C 53 °C
Noctua NH-U12S Single Fan 33 °C 53 °C
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 33 °C 54 °C
Raijintek Themis EVO 33 °C 54 °C
Enermax ETS-T40 White Claster 34 °C 54 °C
Noctua NH-D15 Single Fan 33 °C 55 °C
Raijintek Nemesis Single Fan 34 °C 55 °C
Prolimatech Lynx 34 °C 55 °C
Raijintek Pallas 36 °C 56 °C
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure 34 °C 57 °C
Cooler Master Hyper 103 36 °C 58 °C
Scythe IORI Scior-1000 37 °C 60 °C
Thermolab Bada 2010 39 °C 64 °C
Thermolab ITX30 36 °C 69 °C
Intel Stock 35 °C 70 °C
Thermolab LP-53 37 °C 65 °C
Scythe Ashura 34 °C 55 °C
Enermax ETS-T40 Black Twister 35 °C 55 °C


Fan Speeds

  7 Volt 12 Volt
Raijintek Nemesis Single Fan 840 rpm 1'180 rpm
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 780 rpm 1'200 rpm
Enermax Liqtech 240 750 rpm 1'300 rpm
Raijintek Pallas 960 rpm 1'440 rpm
Scythe Ashura 600 rpm 1'440 rpm
Noctua NH-U12S Dual Fan 900 rpm 1'500 rpm
Noctua NH-U12S Single Fan 900 rpm 1'500 rpm
Corsair H90 Single Fan 960 rpm 1'500 rpm
Corsair H110 Dual Fan 960 rpm 1'500 rpm
Raijintek Themis EVO 960 rpm 1'500 rpm
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure 660 rpm 1'530 rpm
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Fan 960 rpm 1'560 rpm
Noctua NH-D15 Single Fan 1'020 rpm 1'560 rpm
Prolimatech Lynx 600 rpm 1'740 rpm
Enermax ETS-T40 White Claster 1'260 rpm 1'860 rpm
Enermax ETS-T40 Black Twister 1'020 rpm 1'860 rpm
Thermolab Bada 2010 1'140 rpm 1'980 rpm
Corsair H75 Single Fan 1'200 rpm 1'980 rpm
Intel Stock 1'260 rpm 2'040 rpm
Enermax Liqtech 120X 1'270 rpm 2'050 rpm
Thermolab LP-53 300 rpm 2'180 rpm
Scythe IORI Scior-1000 280 rpm 2'220 rpm
Deepcool MaelStrom240 1'440 rpm 2'220 rpm
Deepcool MaelStrom120 1'500 rpm 2'280 rpm
Cooler Master Hyper 103 1'580 rpm 2'400 rpm
Thermolab ITX30 1'620 rpm 2'580 rpm


Fan speeds (RPM) at 7 and 12 V.

Noise Levels

  7 Volt 12 Volt
Intel Stock 33.3 dBA 37.1 dBA
Enermax Liqtech 240 33.5 dBA 37.0 dBA
Noctua NH-U12S Single Fan 32.3 dBA 37.4 dBA
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Fan 32.2 dBA 37.4 dBA
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure 32.3 dBA 38.4 dBA
Noctua NH-D15 Single Fan 33.7 dBA 38.9 dBA
Thermolab ITX30 33.4 dBA 38.9 dBA
Raijintek Pallas 34.7 dBA 39.3 dBA
Cooler Master Hyper 103 34.2 dBA 39.5 dBA
Noctua NH-U12S Dual Fan 33.4 dBA 39.6 dBA
Thermolab LP-53 31.2 dBA 39.7 dBA
Raijintek Themis EVO 33.9 dBA 40.1 dBA
Scythe IORI Scior-1000 32.8 dBA 40.3 dBA
Prolimatech Lynx 33.0 dBA 40.3 dBA
Thermolab Bada 2010 32.3 dBA 40.4 dBA
Enermax Liqtech 120X 33.4 dBA 40.6 dBA
Enermax ETS-T40 Black Twister 33.1 dBA 40.7 dBA
Enermax ETS-T40 White Claster 33.3 dBA 40.7 dBA
Scythe Ashura 32.0 dBA 41.0 dBA
Corsair H90 Single Fan 34.1 dBA 41.2 dBA
Corsair H75 Single Fan 34.5 dBA 41.7 dBA
Corsair H110 Dual Fan 33.3 dBA 41.7 dBA
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 36.1 dBA 43.6 dBA
Raijintek Nemesis Dual Fan 36.1 dBA 43.6 dBA
Deepcool MaelStrom120 38.2 dBA 46.9 dBA
Deepcool MaelStrom240 39.7 dBA 49.3 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 7 and 12 V.



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




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