TRYX TURRIS 620 CPU Cooler Review
Thermal Testing – Cinebench R24
OC3D CPU Cooler Stress Test
We want to push CPU coolers to their limit, and that requires a workload that will place maximum load on our i5-14600K CPU. Why didn’t we choose an i7 or an i9? The simple answer is that we want to test various CPU Cooler options. If we put the hottest CPU we could in our system, only the best of the best CPU coolers would even pass our testing procedures. Since not everyone uses such a power-hungry CPU, we decided to tone the wattage and thermal loads down by using an i5-14600K. Even so, this CPU consumes a lot of power and generates a lot of heat under all-core workloads. Note that our CPU is operated with a fixed voltage to deliver higher levels of thermal consistency between CPU coolers.
For testing, we have used Cinebench R24. This is an all-core workload that places heavy strain on all available CPU cores. This load pushes CPU thermals higher than any other and does so consistently. We use Cinebench R24 for 30 minutes to see how hot our CPU gets over that time. If CPU temperatures rise to 100 degrees Celsius or over, that CPU cooler has failed our testing. This is part of the reason why there are more coolers on our higher fan RPM cooler charts. Some coolers will pass our thermal testing at higher fan RPMs but fail at lower fan RPMs.
1,000 RPM fan test
Why no graph? The simple answer is that the TRYX TURRIS 620 failed our 1,000 RPM fan test under Cinebench R24. This demanding all-core workload saw our CPU reach 100°C, which is an automatic fail for this test. The TRYX TURRIS is not the only cooler that has failed this test. If anything, failing this test is fairly common for air-based CPU coolers. That said, I don’t think we have ever had a £100+ CPU cooler fail this test.
1,500 RPM fan Test
At 1500 RPM, we see the TRYX TURRIS sit between Cooler Master’s V4 Alpha 3DHP CPU cooler and the Valkyrie SURGE SL125 (with two fans). Since both of these CPU coolers are single-tower air coolers, this is a poor result for TRYX. Note that the Valkyrie SURGE SL125 currently costs £19.99 in the UK (at the time of writing).
Given TRYX’s premium pricing, we expected much better.
Max Fan Speed Test
Setting both fans to 100% results in our delta thermals dropping by a few degrees. Even so, TRYX’s thermal performance is well behind what we would expect from a CPU cooler at this price. Yes, LCD screens are expensive, but these thermal aren’t great.
