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Be Quiet Silent Loop 240 AIO Water Cooler Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by leeghoofd @ 2016-09-27

At Computex, Be Quiet introduced to the press an upcoming addition to their current cooling lineup: The Silent Loop AIO series. Featuring three different radiator models, a 120, a 240 and the monster 280 model, this to satisfy the demands of the PC community. Be Quiet has received many awards over the last decade and has established itself as one of the market leaders in quiet, yet powerful power supplies and processor cooling gear, especially their Silent Wings fan series are loved by watercooling purists as these Fans feature an excellent combination between airflow/pressure and silent operation. Time to open the box Be Quiet send to the MadShrimps lab. We requested the 240 model as it will be the most commonly used and can be matched with any high end processor out there.

Test Setup and Methodology

Before continuing with the temperature results a brief word on the MadShrimps testbed which comprises of the following parts:

ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition X79 motherboard
Intel i7-3960X stock and OC'ed at 4500MHz 1.35Vcore
Corsair Dominator 16GB 2666C10
Western Digital 1TB Green Caviar HDD
ASUS R280X graphics card
Seasonic Snow Silent 750W
SilentiumPc Aquarius X90 case
Ambient air temperature is 20°C

Prime95 is our favorite CPU torture test. By selecting the Custom test and setting 12-12K, we force the CPU to go flatout. After 60 minutes we verify in RealTemp the maximum load temperature results across the 6 cores. For the idle temperatures we just allow the system to warm up during a period of 15 minutes. Just basic idling at 4500MHz, doing nothing more then just monitoring the temperatures.

The monitoring software we use is RealTemp version 3. And the output results are the average out of three runs.

We compare the Beq Quiet Silent Loop 240 versus the different Corsair, Cooler Master, Fractal and Enermax models. Secondly versus several air coolers: the single fan Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure, Thermalright True Spirit 120M, Scythe Ashura and the Zalman XPS14. Retesting the older Hydro versions ( read H50/70 ) on the socket 2011 platform might yield inaccurate results, partly due to the aging nature and abuse these AIOs have undergone throughout the years. The full blown do it yourself EK waterblocks L 360 and the more basic Larkooler Skywater 330 kit are also included in the charts for comparison.

Noise measurement for the fans is done via Corsairs Air Fan Reviewers' Guide. Thus measuring the generated FAN noise at 1 meter from the FAN's front. Fans were hooked up straight to a PSU via a MOLEX adapter. Noise tests are conducted at 100% (2000rpm) and 70% (1500rpm) for the Silent Loop series.

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