Thermolab ITX30 Review

Published by Hiwa Pouri on 13.03.14
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Installation


 


Installation of the Thermolab ITX30 is simple and easy since the bracket is pre-mounted so you just need to fix the bracket on top of the motherboard and mount it with the four screws which are included in the bundle. The entire process takes less than two minutes. The thermal compound is pre-applied so there is not more of it in case you decide to clean the cooler at some point in time. The overall pressure on the CPU is quite good  for a low-profile cooler and you also get an Intel LGA 1150/1155/1156 mounting kit but there is no compatiblity with any AMD sockets.

Since the Thermolab ITX30 is an overall rather small cooler there will no compatibility issues with memory that features large heatspreaders. We mounted and tested the cooler with standard ATX and ITX motherboards.

Test Setup

Mainboard ASUS Z87-Deluxe (BIOS 1602)
CPU Intel Core i7-4770K Stock (Turbo On / HT On)
Memory ADATA XPG V2 2x4GB DDR3-2800 CL12 1.65V
Video Intel HD Graphics 4600
Software Windows 7 x64
wPrime Benchmark v2.10
CPUID HWMonitor 1.24.0
PSU Seasonic Platinum SS-660XP2
Fan Controller Lamptron FC5 V3
Thermal Compound Pre-applied




Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications
Page 2 - Photo Gallery
Page 3 - Installation & Test Setup
Page 4 - Absolute Performance
Page 5 - PWM Performance
Page 6 - Conclusion




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