Because of the difficulty of cooling the i9-13900K in this workload, we feel the best way to compare coolers here is to record the average power consumption of the CPU. A split-flow copper cold plate rapidly absorbs heat from your CPU, while powerful ML RGB Series fans dispel that heat after it is carried to the radiator, utilizing magnetic levitation bearings to spin at up to 2,400 RPM with precise PWM control. Extended tubing length of 400mm (H100i, H115i) / 450mm (H150i, H170i), modular tool-free mounting brackets, and pre-applied XTM70 thermal paste make for easy installation on the latest Intel® and AMD® motherboard sockets, including LGA 115X, 1200, 1700, 2011, and 2066, plus AMD Socket AM4, AM5, and sTRX4/sTR4. It’s also handy that they include it within every major product that might need it, but there has to be a better way than this in 2023.

H100i Elite Capellix XT Review: No Bursty Fan Corsair iCUE H100i Elite Capellix XT Review: No Bursty Fan

CORSAIR offers a complete range of products to equip gamers, enthusiasts, and esports athletes, including mechanical keyboards, precision gaming mice, wireless headsets, premium PC components, and the CORSAIR ONE fully-integrated gaming PC. This isn’t particularly aimed at enthusiasts of the cooling world, as they already have their own lineage and some hooded figures on Reddit have nodded in agreement on a list. All ELITE CAPELLIX XT AIOs include pre-applied CORSAIR XTM70 Extreme Performance thermal paste for maximum heat transfer from your high-end processor to the cooler coldplate. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.Inside, we’ve got a 1TB NVMe installed directly onto the motherboard, as well as a PCIe adapter hosting another 1TB NVMe. While not noisy in any sense of the word, noise levels at the end of testing were louder than the competition because steady, sustained loads cause the AIOs coolant temperature to rise. By default, the pump and fan curves of Corsair’s iCUE H100i Elite Capellix XT are based on the temperature of the CPU coolant instead of the CPU’s temperature.

Corsair 240mm H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Intel/AMD CPU - Scan

The only size missing really is a single-fan option, such as a 120mm radiator variant which we would like to see part of the new lineup to really complete it. From the iCUE software interface, you can control fan speeds, pump speeds, monitor CPU temperatures, monitor coolant temperatures, and (of course) control your RGB light shows. It does however feature a new pump aesthetic, which dissipates an array of LEDs for an appropriately neon look.In addition to testing Cinebench without power limits enforced, we’ll also be showing results when the CPU’s power consumption is limited to a more reasonable 200W. Additionally, the CAPELLIX line of coolers is equipped with a failsafe mode that will spin up its fans and water pump to full blast in the event that the coolant exceeds a pre-defined threshold (somewhere in the ballpark of 50 degrees Celsius). There’s also eight individually addressable RGB LEDs per fan, with the lighting customizable by the company’s comprehensive iCUE software. Modern AMD and Intel CPUs are designed to run fairly hot without any problems – up to 95 degrees Celsius for AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs, and up to 100 C for Intel’s Core i9-13900K.