The MPG Coreliquid K360 is the imaginary flagship among MSI’s coolers. Its interesting features include, for example, a fully customizable LCD display or a hidden fan for cooling the surroundings of the processor socket. Nowadays, of course, ARGB fan backlighting cannot be missing. But can this cooler also defend its high price? Today’s review will give you answers to not only this question.
Results – temperature and noise dependence
Due to the high noise at maximum speed during standard testing, I subsequently supplemented these results with further tests to better illustrate the relationship between cooling efficiency and fan noise. And these results are quite interesting.
Due to the flattening of the temperature curves, and conversely the steep increase of the noise curve in the area around 1,200 RPM, it is clear that here we’re encountering the limits of the cooler. Any further increase in speed has only a minimal benefit for cooling, while the noise of the fans increases dramatically. Fans with a maximum of around 1,500–1,800 RPM would suffice here. This is how you need to tune the curve of the fans or accept the higher noise level of the cooler.
