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little while ago. We had some hiccups in our testing method. Well, no, our
methodology was fine. We just had some hiccups in our testing of Swiftex H220.
Now, it turned out there were a number of different issues, um, including us
using fan controller inline modules that
weren't compatible with these particular PWM fans, as well as the fact that our
unit was an engineering sample unit that had a bit of a problem with it. So, we
have been working with SwiftTech on what the heck happened where our test unit
performed terribly with Swift's own Helix fans and performed admirably with
third party fans like the Noctua NFF12s.
And we committed to SwiftTech as well as to our viewers to redo our testing much
more in depth and take a very close look at how the H220 performs on our test
bench with all the variables being eliminated as best as possible. So, I'm
going to start with a look at our cooling test bench. We use a closed
platform. We do not use an open test bench for cooler reviews anymore because
this is more of a realworld scenario. All right, so we use a Corsair C70 case,
which represents an above average case for cooling. Hey, there's my uh
screwdriver. I was looking for that. Dang it, Slick. Or I guess I'll leave it
here, but anyway. Um, okay. We use a real system inside
with a GTX 580 that runs firmark during
our load test so that we create heat inside the system so that it's more like
a real system would be if you're actually playing a game. We have two
fans here that run at 1100 or rather at
um crap I forget the RPM but they run at 7 volts. We have a fan back here that
runs at 1100 RPM and is held on with rubber washers. So that's why it just
popped off just now. 16 gigs of RAM. We mount our coolers in the top or the back
depending on what kind of coolers they are. You can see we've got Swifteek's
PWM splitter over here. Making sure we're running everything properly. 1000
watt power supply, 32 gig SSD cuz that's
all you really need. We collect our ambient temperatures here at the front
of the case and then we uh we log them with this and then we correct all of our
results to as if the room was 20° C. Uh,
the last thing that's of note is when we're not running fans at full speed,
we're using this variable resistor in here in order to run our fans at 1100
RPM. We can dial them into exactly 1100 RPM using software RPM monitoring in
this guy right here. However, it should be noted running PWM fans such as the
Helix ones, there could be adverse effects to the longevity of the fan
running it using voltage control. So, we're only doing that for the sake of
eliminating variables, not because we actually recommend running them this
way. All right, so back to the H220. We
did idle and load comparison. So idle is at idle, giving it time to equalize, and
load is at load, giving it, you know, 15, 20 minutes to equalize and normalize
the temperature. We ran Corsair SP
series fans, so those are on there right now. That was the last run we did, but
this is what they look like. Okay, they're quiet edition fans, not
performance edition. We ran Swifteek's own Helix fans in both push and pull per
Swift request because they ship them in pull configuration, but we test all of
our cool or they ship them in push rather. But we test all of our
configurations in pull because I believe it's better because it's easier to
clean. Whereas when you have them in push, the dust all accumulates under the
fan. So you have to take the fans off in order to clean them. Uh what we discovered is they performed exactly the
same in push and pull, which is what I said was going to happen. So, we didn't
even need a different data point on the graph to show those two results, but
they were exactly the same. So, consider these pull results or push results,
whatever you want. We ran Silverstone's new AP123 air penetrator fans with the
three different blade sizes. That should make them more optimized for quiet. Hey,
Slick. Uh, how are they in terms of acoustics? Super quiet. Awesome. Okay,
good. I mean, I guess I kind of expected that. And we ran our golden standard.
Well, our brown and tan standard, I suppose, uh, Noctua NFF12s, which are
the ones that we use as our standardized test bench for testing fans because we
believe that they're awesome. And as you're about to see, they're just freaking awesome. So, what we saw the
first time around was that at load, our NFF12s were outperforming the Helix fans
by like 10 or 15 degrees or something like that. We looked at it, we were like, "This is impossible." We retested
it and we got the same results. So, we published it, but we were wrong. We made
some mistakes. So these are the proper
results. We've tested our fans at full
speed as well as at 1100 RPM and we've
included some other coolers for reference as well. So the best
performing solution was the H220 with NFF12s running at full speed. Bear in
mind these only run at around 1,400 1450 RPM at full speed whereas the Helix's
run at around 1,800 RPM at full speed. So, the fact that they outperform the
Helix's is very admirable. The Helix's, however, did pull ahead of the air
penetrators as well as Corsair's static pressure fans, but those ones also run
at lower RPM than the Helix fans. So, the Helix fans have a very wide range of
RPM in part due to their PWM design as
well as due to the design of the motor overall, which is able to start up at
very low uh speeds as well as run at very high speeds, which is a great
flexible option. It's good to have. All right. So, at full speed, it goes 54.5
NF12, 56 H220, 58.5 for both of the
other fan solutions. Then, we took all the fans and we put them on a level
playing field, 1100 RPM only. The NFF12s
won by almost 3°, about 2 1/2°, which is
outstanding considering that they're running at the same RPM as everything
else. They're very pressure optimized. They perform incredibly well up against
a radiator in addition to being very quiet. So, we're going to be continuing
to use the NFF12s as our brown and tan standard, well, golden standard fan.
Next up was Corsair's static pressure fans, which were tied with the air
penetrators again at a lower RPM. So, those we can consider very equivalent
designs. And then bringing up the rear was the Helix fans, but they were only
one degree away from the static pressure and air penetrator fans. And we can
consider about one degree to be not that
significant of a difference in terms of performance. However, the three 2 and
1/2°ree victory is a clear victory for the NFF12s. After that, we finally find
other coolers. So, get this, you guys. The H220, regardless of which fans you
put on it, performs better than anything else because our the water 2.0 Extreme
from Thermaltake is our next best performing cooler, 3° behind, the worst
configuration for the H220. Then there's the H110, which is another almost a
degree behind that. Then there's the H100i, which is another almost degree
behind that. And then we get down to the single 120 millimeter coolers like the
H80i, or sorry, that was another four degrees or 5° behind the uh H110. Um,
and then the H80i brings up the rear at like 95°. So, not all liquid coolers are
built equal. Not all fans are built equal, but it's very clear to me that no
matter how inequally built your fan is, the H220 is the best pre-filled liquid
cooler on the market. almost no matter how hard you try to it. I mean,
we didn't it by using the included fans, but we didn't give it a
huge advantage like we do with every other cooler by putting some of the best
fans on the market on them. Thank you for checking out this corrected edition
of Lionus Tech Tips on the, you know, I haven't even held up the product at all.
So, here's the box. This is what it's actually going to look like if you buy
it. See, we have a retail sample now of the H220 from Swift. Don't forget to
subscribe to Linus Tech for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And if you haven't seen it
already, we did a build log a little while ago in a Silverstone TJ10 where we
used the H220, we expanded it. We added a GPU block as well as another radiator.
And that is the other advantage of the H220. So three-year warranty,
expandability, and the best performance on the market in spite of the fact that
it's using a dual 120 mm fan radiator instead of a dual 140mm fan radiator
like the H110, which still gets outperformed by at least four degrees.
And with the same fans, it looks like 110 is
about 8 degrees. Wow.