The tests were done inside a room with controlled temperature (24.5 degrees Celsius) and we took for comparison purposes the results obtained by the be quiet! Pure Loop 240mm, which is considered a mainstream offer. While the be quiet! cooler has had the fan speed controlled by the EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED motherboard, the iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX fans were regulated by CORSAIR’s own iCUE COMMANDER CORE. Via iCUE software, we used the Quiet, Balanced and Extreme profiles, while the pump was left on Balanced presets during the test period. After each test completed, we left the coolant temperature get to the IDLE temperature of 32 degrees Celsius, in order to repeat the heating procedure in the exact same conditions as before.

Thanks to the re-designed standoffs and the high-end iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX 280mm AIO, we were able to keep the i7-12700K temperatures at bay, at both medium to high workloads (AIDA64 Stress Test) but also very high loads (such as 4K video encoding). On forums and Reddit, we saw that people tried to use the LGA115x standoffs on the new platform, but while the IDLE temperatures were fine, the high-load environment was experiencing spikes in temperature; the new standoffs really help with a tighter contact between the HSF and the pump plate, so it will provide optimal results.

We would like to thank again to CORSAIR for supplying the compatible standoffs in order to be able to re-test the iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX.