MSI MAG CoreLiquid I360 CPU Cooler Review

Thermal Testing

Thermal Performance

For today’s testing, we are doing something a little unusual. Since we are placing this cooler inside our all-MSI custom Maestro 700L system, we will only be comparing this CPU cooler with MSI’s CoreLiquid E360 CPU cooler. That also means that we will be testing this cooler with an i9-14900K, a hotter, more power-hungry CPU than what’s inside our usual CPU heatsink testing rig.

We will also be testing MSI’s new I360 CPU cooler with MSI’s MPG EZ220 ARGB fans. This gives MSI’s new cooler fans that match with the rest of this custom MSI PC.

This PC features an undervolted Intel i9-14900K CPU that has a fixed voltage of 1.3V. This is the same CPU and voltages that we used for our Intel Undervolting Guide.

We will be testing this cooler for 30 minutes using OCCT. Following the test we have measured the average maximum temperature of each CPU core and created the graph below.

MSI MAG CoreLiquid I360 VS E360

Below, we can see that MSI’s new MAG CoreLiquid I360 CPU cooler is 2.6 degrees cooler than the E360. Note that both coolers used the same MPG EZ120 ARGB fans operating at the same fan RPMs. Clearly, MSI has improved the design of their new I360 AIO to deliver lower CPU thermals. This CPU cooler can handle an undervolted Intel i9-14900K under heavy loads, and that is a solid achievement for any CPU cooler.