Temperatures
Here you can see the temperatures of the CPU, GPU and HDD and their change between idle and load. The idle temperatures were taken after 15 minutes sat on the desktop and after at least 30 minutes of Furmark and LinX the load temperatures were taken. The GPU temperatures were taken using GPU-Z, HWMonitor for the HDD and CoreTemp for the CPU.



The CPU idled at 36 degrees (roughly 10-12 above ambient) and the Titan Fenrir kept it to no more than 85 degrees. After 30 or so minutes of Furmark the 5770 maxed out at 83 degrees which is an increase of 37 degrees over idle. Between taking the idle temps and the load temps the HDD showed no change at all and this was proved not to be a lucky measurement but the HDD’s temperature hadn’t changed up or down.


Noise
As I do not have an SPL meter I will explain what I am comparing the Cobra system to in terms of noise. Without hard facts and figures the topic of noise is subjective but I will do my best with the comparison and comments I make. During the idle and load tests for the temperatures I listened out to the computer.

When idle the computer is quiet and bordering on inaudible with the main source of noise being the hard drive seeking. But when loaded the CPU fan kicks in to keep those temperatures down. This becomes fairly loud though is something that will easily be drowned out by game sounds. If you want a quieter cooler then there are the options on the CCL configurator to use a Corsair H50. For more on the H50 you can see our review on it here.