Key Features
In the time I’ve been testing coolers here, I’ve had several DeepCool coolers pass through my hands. Today I’ll add the Mystique 360 which is a new premium liquid cooler that boasts a large TFT display on the cooling block and improved fans that should offer high static pressure. The price of this cooler is also interesting for its class, so it remains to be seen how it will fare against a hot CPU in a test build.
Conclusion and evaluation
So my overall impressions from testing the DeepCool Mystique 360 cooler are quite mixed. On the one hand, it’s a well made cooler with a very nice TFT display on the cooling block, which at the same time doesn’t cost ridiculous money like some other coolers with similar design.
On the other hand, I am disappointed that the pump speed cannot be easily controlled, or rather that the pump does not have PWM control. The cabling from the cooling block is also solved rather poorly given its necessary complexity. The last shortcoming, which while not major, I will never fail to mention it, is the absence of a tube of thermal paste should you wish to transfer the cooler to another build or perhaps just replace the CPU in your existing one.
Moreover, when I look at the result chart, the DeepCool Mystique 360 is a pretty average AIO cooler in its class purely in terms of efficiency. The premium is thus mainly for the quality workmanship, attractive design and the nice TFT display. Ultimately, you’ll have to decide for yourself how much its shortcomings bother you or not, but I’m leaving my review without an editorial award.
English translation and edit by Jozef Dudáš
| DeepCool Mystique 360 |
| + High efficiency |
| + Attractive design |
| + Quality workmanship |
| - Impossible to control pump speed |
| - No thermal paste in the package |
| - Complicated cooling block cabling |
- Contents
- Key Features
- Measurement methodology
- Results – 39 dBA
- Results – 42 dBA
- Results – 45 dBA
- Results – 48 dBA
- Results – maximum speed
- Spectral analysis of noise
- Conclusion and evaluation
The specification of FT12 SE loosely shows that it can be better or worse than FK120 depending on applications. I’m curious what it’s like specifically. Will the independent tests come someday?
By the way, the crucial problem of Deepcool is.. not their products, but the international conflict nowadays.
They are some of the few ones out there not blindly “copying” the Gentle Typhoon design and instead trying to do their own take. Even this fan is quite a bit different from other 9-bladed fans.