WEBVTT 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:06.640 this video is brought to you by our trusted partner Intel for a limited time 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 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:15.400 Intel beanie with a chance to win an Intel snowboard valid for Canadian and 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:19.000 US customers only some restrictions apply for complete details visit Intel 00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:23.599 gaming promo.com welcome to Linus Tech tips 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 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:33.719 little bit of time explaining our testing methodology before we go any 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:37.079 further all coolers we test are inside a 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:39.239 closed case this is a Corsair C70 we 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:43.680 also collect our ambient temperatures at the time of monitoring any CPU 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:48.640 temperatures and then we offset and correct everything to a 20° celsus room 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:52.440 temperature we never use the fans included with a cooler because the way 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:57.079 we see it there's a couple different ways to evaluate these coolers number 00:00:54.280 --> 00:01:00.039 one is with the included kit which is what everybody else is doing and it 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:05.280 gives you a certain amount of information but not necessarily the 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:07.400 story about the cooler itself because it 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:13.200 throws an additional variable in so you've got sound as a variable no uh uh 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:15.799 pressure as a variable CFM as a variable and the cooler itself as a variable too 00:01:14.600 --> 00:01:24.520 many variables you can't tell what's going on so we have standardized our 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:26.240 test bench on only NF F12 and NF A14 flx 00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:30.920 fans from nocta these are pressure optimized fans and we'll actually give 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:37.520 every cooler available able to us the opportunity to perform its best so the 00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:41.399 water 2.0 uses Quin tubing it uses an ASAC platform so you've probably seen 00:01:39.479 --> 00:01:46.200 this mounting hardware before but what makes this guy unique is it's thicker 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:50.520 than normal radiator so you can see that most radiators are actually about the 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:55.960 same thickness as a fan whereas this one adds probably another 20 30% to the 00:01:53.000 --> 00:02:01.360 thickness that contributes a real world performance difference to the water 2.0 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:07.119 compared to its lower performing dual 120 mm Brethren now how much of a 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 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:13.959 the system inside here is a 3930k that 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 00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:22.760 we run firmar when we're doing our load tests just to let you or combuster 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:27.040 rather there kind of the same thing but we run combuster just so that the system 00:02:25.239 --> 00:02:32.120 is generating what would be sort of an unrealistically high but but an extreme 00:02:29.959 --> 00:02:37.760 use case scenario load and then we always use our single 120 mm exhaust and 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:43.519 the two 120 mm intakes that are right here stock on the 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:45.599 C70 we have created this test bench 00:02:43.519 --> 00:02:52.000 because it represents what we consider to be an optimally cooled and still very 00:02:49.239 --> 00:02:56.959 quiet gaming system well that's what I think anyway slick thinks it could be 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:58.680 louder but I don't so whatever um all 00:02:56.959 --> 00:03:02.760 right so let's move on to Performance we take idle performance at the desktop we 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:08.239 let it heat up and Achieve equilibrium then we take load performance with prime 00:03:04.519 --> 00:03:10.440 95 small fft running must be 12 yeah 12 00:03:08.239 --> 00:03:15.400 threads on that CPU and combuster running in the background so here we go 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 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 00:03:20.239 --> 00:03:29.920 description but the water 2.0 extreme beats out the h110 even so remember guys 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:33.439 cooling is all about surface area however it should be noted this is sort 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:38.360 of within margin of error like we can safely call that pretty much a tie but 00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:41.799 the h110 and the water 2.0 extreme come out ahead of everything else our Kraken 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 00:03:43.480 --> 00:03:50.120 our hands on another one because it should perform pretty much the same as 00:03:46.640 --> 00:03:54.439 the h110 okay so why does the water 2.0 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:56.280 extreme perform the same as a 2X 140 mm 00:03:54.439 --> 00:04:00.480 cooler which has more surface area because of the larger fan simple answer 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:04.079 because we're using pressure optimized fans which we do for all of our test 00:04:02.079 --> 00:04:07.840 benches that means that adding thickness to the radiator doesn't hurt as much as 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:13.400 it does if you're not using pressure optimized fans so that means adding an 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:16.519 extra 20 to 30% of thickness gives us 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:20.519 the same effect as adding an extra 20 to 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:22.560 30% of wideness so there you go thank 00:04:20.519 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