Core i7 8700 Baseline Test
Core i7 8700 Baseline Test
Time for the essence of this review. The Deepcool Gammaxx L240240 GB should be more than enough for the range of CPUs from the Pentium to the Core i7 hexa-core or even the Core i9 octa-core. We ran the test at the default frequencies, but there should still be some room left for OC. First up is the IDLE temperature, measured when the CPU does almost nothing, just waiting for any action by the user.
The ambient temperature was about 22-23 degrees C, which does affect the cooling performance for sure, but all the previous coolers were tested in similar conditions. You don’t want to have the CPU above 75-80 degrees at default frequencies, otherwise, you can surely assume that the cooling is very average/poor. These AIO coolers offer good performance but is a bit worse than, for example, the NZXT Kraken X62 and Asus Ryuo/Ryujin series. On the next page, we’ll show you how silent the coolers are.
