The "feng shui" dispute in the field of computer DIY has always existed objectively, there is no victory or disadvantage, it can be said that each has its own advantages, the key is to see the configuration requirements and budget... Under normal circumstances, the appearance and performance of integrated water cooling are superior; air-cooled heat dissipation has been invincible in terms of cost performance.
Zelo's pupils opened the box
Zelo Phantom Pupil Wind Cooling has a black and white pink three colors to choose, as a face control, closed eyes to choose the white model. In terms of outer packaging, the overall style is relatively simple, and the appearance of the heat dissipation body outlined by the lines on the front of the packaging is also interesting;
The side of the package is full of various lighting software logos, in addition to Zelo's own lighting control software, it is also indispensable to the lighting control software logos of the four major plate factories.
Directly unboxed, the uppermost layer is the accessory box, and the lower layer is the heat dissipation body completely wrapped in foam
Buckles at a glance, if not actually installed, you can never imagine, is that these things not only take into account intel and AMD dual platform, but also compatible with the 12th generation and the previous generation of Core processor platforms;
The radiator body is whitened throughout, and if the wire is also replaced with white, it is more perfect
The radiator as a whole adopts a left-right symmetrical design, and two 12cm white fans are pre-installed, but when the actual installation is installed, the fans need to be removed first...
Within the white frame are 7 milky white fan blades, all four corners have rubber cushion design, which can effectively absorb shocks and also support disassembly; the fan blade on the other side is anti-mounted design, which helps to maintain the overall high value. The fan speed is 700~1600RPM, the maximum air volume can reach 54.2CFM, the maximum noise is 31.0dBA, and it supports intelligent temperature control function adjustment and ARGB motherboard light synchronization.
There is a large LCD screen (visual 4:3) at the top of the heatsink, which supports hardware operating status display such as CPU temperature, and also supports custom GIFs.
Large area slightly convex nickel plated copper base, coupled with polishing process treatment, like a mirror
The six heat pipes and the base are welded, and the surface of the heat pipes is painted white. And with a similar crooked neck design, it is very friendly for memory-side installation.
The fan and top cover are removed, and the aluminum heat dissipation fins of the main body of the radiator single tower are also whitened, and the FIN process design is worn, and the overall appearance value is still online.
The two fans connected by the contacts reduce the cable, but if you want to achieve arGB light synchronization and small screen fun, there are still many wiring for phantom pupil heat dissipation.
In short, this is a three-dimensional length 146mm× width 126mm× height 165mm, 6 heat pipes, high value, with LCD display, theoretical heat dissipation power consumption of up to 200W single tower air-cooled heat dissipation
Machine
The theoretical heat dissipation power consumption of 200W of Zeluo Phantom Pupil, the original plan was to directly on the 12th generation Core platform, but the 690, 660 motherboard metal heat dissipation vest on the hand is a bit in conflict with the wind cooling, although it can also be barely installed, but the obsessive-compulsive disorder patients are somewhat unbearable. So in the end, I had to choose the combination of the yingchi B560 Gamer black motherboard + 11400F processor of the small vest;
The hard drive selection is the Star Obscurity 1T M.2 solid state
The memory is HOF Pro RGB D4-4000 16G*2, and there is no conflict with wind cooling
In order to match the U-segment of the board, the graphics card is also directly reduced to the RTX3060Ti Obsidian graphics card (originally planned to be 80Ti)
In terms of power supply, because the recent platform is basically a 12th generation platform, there is no small power supply spare part, and only the original plan of anthik HCG850 gold medal full module power supply.
i5-11400f + RTX3060Ti combination, the basic 650W power supply can meet the power consumption needs and leave enough spare space, with 850 gold power supply, somewhat oversized.
The HCG series is the most used power supply in my personal daily life, and it is also the representative of the high-end series under the electromechanical giant Antic. Not only is there an 80plus gold certification, the actual conversion is close to the white gold power supply. At the same time, the luxurious all-Japanese capacitor configuration is adopted, and the power supply is efficient and stable output without pressure. In addition, there is a 10-year free after-sales commitment to replace the new one, and it is also safe to use it.
In terms of chassis, it is the choice of the white version of the Shadow Chi supernova chassis, although it is a medium tower chassis, but the wide-body design, the same bad thing can be very compatible with the 165mm high Zelo air cooling heat dissipation. At the same time, the design of the highly transparent tempered glass side panels can also be perfectly presented
Although there are many wind-cooled wiring today, but with hard work, the back line can still see people.
Usage experience
Although I could not find a complete white accessory, the effect of the whole machine is actually quite good.
Directly light up the host computer, easily realize the synchronization of divine light
Such a macho fan? Isn't it your dish?
Open zeroZONE THEA 2.0 ctrl, set the CPU/GPU running status
The old driver Fujiwara Takumi's car GIF also needs to be arranged
In addition, the software can also detect the operating status of the hardware
After all, I took the trouble to install the machine, and ran a Lu master meaning first. The whole machine scores 128W points, and the CPU scores 55W points;
At room temperature of 26 °C, after turning off avX 512, bake the FPU for 50 minutes, the power consumption is about 139W, and the temperature is maintained at about 76 °C. Even the i5, which can't be overclocked, the performance heat of the 11th generation Core is also amazing.
Pc Mark was used for the full machine productivity test, with a total score of 6867 points in the PC Mark test, 9454 points in the basic function test, 9613 points in the productivity test, and 9671 points in the digital content creation test;
In the PC Mark Extended test, the total score was 8497 points, the basic functionality test score was 9345 points, the productivity test score was 8581 points, the digital content creation score was 9448 points, and the game performance test score was 18597 points.
In the benchmark test of Gears of War 5, when the image quality is set to ultra-high and the resolution is set to 2K, the average frame rate of the game is 99.3FPS;
In the benchmark test of Tomb Raider 11, the picture quality and DLSS are set to the highest, light chasing is turned on, and the average frame rate of the game is 114FPS at 2K resolution;
Experience summary
Although the 11th-generation i5 without K does not test the strength of this air-cooled performance, the mainstream configuration of the six heat pipes and the design of the dual fans are enough to support the Zelo Phantom Pupil to become an excellent air-cooled heat dissipation. In terms of appearance, with the LCD small screen of The Zelo phantom pupil wind cooling, should indeed be called the wind cooling of the world's value ceiling, practicality and playability, is also very good, although the beginning of the article I used "inner volume" to ridicule, but for DIY players, this "volume", in fact, is also very good;
In addition, if you also like this air-cooled heat dissipation as much as I do, when choosing a motherboard, please be sure to choose a non-rolled motherboard with a cooling vest that is not so exaggerated, otherwise you may lose it with this good-looking and fun air-cooling; of course, the whole machine, the above host is also enough to act as a game host that can help you achieve the goal of 2K play;