Cooler Master Seidon V3 AIO

Boomstick777 · 20 Dec 2016 at 17:58

Just picked this up as have heard it's extremely quiet and also it's so damn cheap be rude not try it xD. 240 Rad for £55, can it be any good?

Out with the old one,

IDLE / Desktop temps are down massively.

max load temp is around 70C in Intel Burn Test. During normal use / gaming etc 50c average.

Cooler is quiet throughout, no audible pump noise. Very impressed, especially for the price.

CapitalOne · 20 Dec 2016 at 18:01

12C idle? Are you wearing a hat and coat with the windows open??

Boomstick777 · 20 Dec 2016 at 18:02

CapitalOne said:
12C idle? Are you wearing a hat and coat with the windows open??

Lol that's IDLE / Desktop my gf is running the TD so the window is a jar, room isn't cold though. I'm sat here in a t shirt xD.

Will have to re test when shes finished tumble drying

CapitalOne · 20 Dec 2016 at 18:04

I did say idle, still, 12C will be above ambient. You are braver than I!

Rroff · 20 Dec 2016 at 18:10

CapitalOne said:
12C idle? Are you wearing a hat and coat with the windows open??

I don't believe Intel CPUs sensors are particularly accurate sub 20C - when I had a Antec 1250 in I got the same idle temperature (~14C in a normal room around 17C and temperature controlled lab that was dialled down to like 12C or something) the difference was in the load temps where normal room temps could easily hit 50C in a stress test while in a temperature controlled environment they'd stay around 40C.

http://www.aten-hosted.com/images/1250c.jpg

Columbo · 21 Dec 2016 at 08:46

Cheers for this, need to upgrade my H80i so going to pull the trigger on one of these.

ANDARIAL · 21 Dec 2016 at 11:46

Nice review and pics

Kelt · 21 Dec 2016 at 11:53

Certainly looks like a good buy.

wedrum · 21 Dec 2016 at 11:54

cracking kit for the money i nearly bought one myself but went for the antec instead.

VKleita · 21 Dec 2016 at 13:33

Rroff said:
I don't believe Intel CPUs sensors are particularly accurate sub 20C - when I had a Antec 1250 in I got the same idle temperature (~14C in a normal room around 17C and temperature controlled lab that was dialled down to like 12C or something) the difference was in the load temps where normal room temps could easily hit 50C in a stress test while in a temperature controlled environment they'd stay around 40C.

http://www.aten-hosted.com/images/1250c.jpg

+1 seen exactly the same thing with a few systems I have built for other people recently

"Oh its 18'c at idle that's amazing!"
"yeah but the room temp is 20'c"
"hmm .."

So take low intel temps with a pinch of salt