1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:06,640 this video is brought to you by our trusted partner Intel for a limited time 2 00:00:04,839 --> 00:00:11,360 only with the purchase of any unlocked Core I5 or core i7 Intel CPU get a free 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:15,400 Intel beanie with a chance to win an Intel snowboard valid for Canadian and 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:19,000 US customers only some restrictions apply for complete details visit Intel 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:23,599 gaming promo.com welcome to Linus Tech tips 6 00:00:21,199 --> 00:00:27,880 today's video is our video review of the water 2.0 extreme now I want to spend a 7 00:00:26,039 --> 00:00:33,719 little bit of time explaining our testing methodology before we go any 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:37,079 further all coolers we test are inside a 9 00:00:33,719 --> 00:00:39,239 closed case this is a Corsair C70 we 10 00:00:37,079 --> 00:00:43,680 also collect our ambient temperatures at the time of monitoring any CPU 11 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:48,640 temperatures and then we offset and correct everything to a 20° celsus room 12 00:00:46,559 --> 00:00:52,440 temperature we never use the fans included with a cooler because the way 13 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:57,079 we see it there's a couple different ways to evaluate these coolers number 14 00:00:54,280 --> 00:01:00,039 one is with the included kit which is what everybody else is doing and it 15 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:05,280 gives you a certain amount of information but not necessarily the 16 00:01:02,079 --> 00:01:07,400 story about the cooler itself because it 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:13,200 throws an additional variable in so you've got sound as a variable no uh uh 18 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,799 pressure as a variable CFM as a variable and the cooler itself as a variable too 19 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:24,520 many variables you can't tell what's going on so we have standardized our 20 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:26,240 test bench on only NF F12 and NF A14 flx 21 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:30,920 fans from nocta these are pressure optimized fans and we'll actually give 22 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:37,520 every cooler available able to us the opportunity to perform its best so the 23 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:41,399 water 2.0 uses Quin tubing it uses an ASAC platform so you've probably seen 24 00:01:39,479 --> 00:01:46,200 this mounting hardware before but what makes this guy unique is it's thicker 25 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:50,520 than normal radiator so you can see that most radiators are actually about the 26 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:55,960 same thickness as a fan whereas this one adds probably another 20 30% to the 27 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:01,360 thickness that contributes a real world performance difference to the water 2.0 28 00:01:58,439 --> 00:02:07,119 compared to its lower performing dual 120 mm Brethren now how much of a 29 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:12,200 difference you might ask uh well here let's let's oh yeah the system right so 30 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,959 the system inside here is a 3930k that 31 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:19,040 is overclocked so it's a six core processor we keep a GTX 580 in here and 32 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:22,760 we run firmar when we're doing our load tests just to let you or combuster 33 00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:27,040 rather there kind of the same thing but we run combuster just so that the system 34 00:02:25,239 --> 00:02:32,120 is generating what would be sort of an unrealistically high but but an extreme 35 00:02:29,959 --> 00:02:37,760 use case scenario load and then we always use our single 120 mm exhaust and 36 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:43,519 the two 120 mm intakes that are right here stock on the 37 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:45,599 C70 we have created this test bench 38 00:02:43,519 --> 00:02:52,000 because it represents what we consider to be an optimally cooled and still very 39 00:02:49,239 --> 00:02:56,959 quiet gaming system well that's what I think anyway slick thinks it could be 40 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:58,680 louder but I don't so whatever um all 41 00:02:56,959 --> 00:03:02,760 right so let's move on to Performance we take idle performance at the desktop we 42 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:08,239 let it heat up and Achieve equilibrium then we take load performance with prime 43 00:03:04,519 --> 00:03:10,440 95 small fft running must be 12 yeah 12 44 00:03:08,239 --> 00:03:15,400 threads on that CPU and combuster running in the background so here we go 45 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:18,680 water 2.0 extreme so here are these are the two columns that you guys want to 46 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:22,560 look at right here and you can check the uh the link to this graph in the video 47 00:03:20,239 --> 00:03:29,920 description but the water 2.0 extreme beats out the h110 even so remember guys 48 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:33,439 cooling is all about surface area however it should be noted this is sort 49 00:03:31,159 --> 00:03:38,360 of within margin of error like we can safely call that pretty much a tie but 50 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:41,799 the h110 and the water 2.0 extreme come out ahead of everything else our Kraken 51 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,680 we think there must be something wrong with it so we're going to try and get 52 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:50,120 our hands on another one because it should perform pretty much the same as 53 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:54,439 the h110 okay so why does the water 2.0 54 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:56,280 extreme perform the same as a 2X 140 mm 55 00:03:54,439 --> 00:04:00,480 cooler which has more surface area because of the larger fan simple answer 56 00:03:58,799 --> 00:04:04,079 because we're using pressure optimized fans which we do for all of our test 57 00:04:02,079 --> 00:04:07,840 benches that means that adding thickness to the radiator doesn't hurt as much as 58 00:04:06,439 --> 00:04:13,400 it does if you're not using pressure optimized fans so that means adding an 59 00:04:10,319 --> 00:04:16,519 extra 20 to 30% of thickness gives us 60 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:20,519 the same effect as adding an extra 20 to 61 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:22,560 30% of wideness so there you go thank 62 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:26,600 you for checking out our overview of the thermal take water 2.0 extreme don't 63 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:31,639 forget to subscribe to L's Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other 64 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:31,639 computer videos