Temperature behavior
The familiar power-hungry system (Ryzen 9 3900X RTX 3070 Ti) was again used to determine the temperature behavior. The standard case fans were used, and a NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB AIO was used to cool the CPU.
Framework
- Room temperature: 21.3°C
- Case fans fixed: 800 rpm
- AIO-Fans fix: 800 rpm
- AIO pump fix: 2000 rpm
CPU-Torture
Cinebench R23 was again used in the loop for the CPU Torture test. After a short warm-up phase, the temperature of the AIO’s coolant settled down and the measurement could begin. The CPU temperature curve remained extremely constant in the H6 Flow RGB using the Kraken Elite 360 and also pleasantly low with an average temperature of 74.2°C. Over the entire test period, the CPU was able to utilize the full power limit of 145W and maintain a clock of 4100MHz on all 12 cores.
Gaming
The H6 Flow RGB also kept a cool head in the gaming test. Once again, we used Borderlands 3, which kept the CPU moderately busy and continuously pushed the graphics card to its power limit – a typical gaming workload. While the graphics card ran straight to its temperature target at ~72°C as usual and stayed there, the clock rate remained nailed down at 1920 MHz. The hotspot was also in the green zone with an average of 85°C.
The CPU’s temperature was also surprisingly low in this test. Although the AIO was configured as Exhaust and thus had to dissipate practically the entire waste heat of all components including the hot-headed 3070 Ti, the temperatures were in the range of only 53-55°C.
Interim summary
In terms of temperature behavior, the H6 Flow doesn’t show any weaknesses. Sure, a standard Exhaust fan would be an advantage and the optics look a bit “unfinished” due to the empty fan slots in the bottom, but nevertheless, the temperatures were all well within the green range without having to create a spectacle worth mentioning. The F120 RGB Core fans aren’t quiet performers, but I wouldn’t directly label them as ruckus brothers either. The noise is still tolerable up to a speed of about 700-800 rpm, but they are constantly audible above that and I could only tolerate them above 1000 rpm if an audible/louder graphics card was blowing at the same time.
The CPU temperature was pleasantly cool even in gaming loads despite the waste heat from the graphics card (AIO as Exhaust!) – if I haven’t overlooked anything, even cooler than in all other cases I’ve tested so far. The same goes for the graphics card, which always kept a cool head thanks to the decent fresh air supply from the case fans. Overall, the H6 Flow makes a very good impression and the achievable temperatures should be even a few K lower with full fan placement.
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