DeepCool’s Assassin IV and Assassin 4S coolers performed exceedingly well in our reviews. Now another variant of this cooler is about to be released, the Assassin IV VC Vision, which has a redesigned base built around the vapor chamber principle. This should provide more efficient and faster heat dissipation from the CPU. So let’s see how this cooler performs in stress tests and whether it will carve out a place in the elite club of high-end coolers.
Results – 39 dBA
Why is there a missing value in the cooler chart? Either because the cooler could no longer handle the load in the specified mode, or because the fan could not be slowed down to the required level, typically the mode with the lowest noise level. Then there are cases for which we did not test the cooler at 125 W at all (and the graphs only show the results of the higher thermal load, 210 W). This refers to “optional” cooler configurations with a modified fan setup that is different from the factory one (for example, having one fan instead of two, or having completely different fans mounted on the heatsink of the cooler).
With this comment I would like to thank Pavel for all the great cooler tests he has done for HWCooling for these almost 6 years. Really good work!
If nothing changes, the Assassin IV VC Vision is the last iron in the numerous database we have built up. We are not stopping with coolers, of course, on the contrary. Where something ends, something new tends to begin, and this will be the case as well. 🙂