Kyushu Fengshen has launched a series of integrated water-cooled radiator products that want to be a classic fortress many years ago, and we have also evaluated many products of the series in the time before and after, such as this: "Kyushu Fengshen Fortress 360 Water-cooled Radiator Review: The other side of the mirror is colorful and mellow", the series of products has many features, such as its water-cooled head design is more interesting, highly recognizable, so it has become one of the major features of the series. Kyushu Fengshen's new Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled radiator on April 28 also inherits this excellent gene, and is optimized to be more personalized.
The new Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled radiator has brought a lot of highlights, the official said that this new product uses the fourth generation of ice fortress new pump design, for the CPU Die layout characteristics of in-depth research and development, so that its heat dissipation performance has been significantly improved, can stabilize Intel or AMD high-end CPU, in the back we will pass the professional test platform for testing. In addition, the product is equipped with an FC120 A-RGB fan with an innovative daisy-chain design to make cable management easier.
In addition, as mentioned earlier, the Ice Fortress 360 integrated water cooling also has a personality side, its water cooling head uses a double halo infinite reflection mirror cold head, boot and shutdown can bring brilliant effects, full of scientific and technological sense. Not only that, this cold head also supports installation in any direction, and it also comes with a blank LOGO piece, which supports users to customize stickers according to their own preferences and paste them on the water cooling head to achieve personalized DIY.
Of course, Ice Fortress 360 All-in-One Water Cooling is supported by Intel's latest 12th generation Core series processors, providing the LGA 1700 fastener for users to use on the new platform.
Appearance and packaging: simple and textured
After getting the complete product of Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress 360 integrated water cooling, you can see that its outer packaging design is relatively simple and textured, the main plain leather packaging box is packaged by a white background decorative sleeve, the white decorative sleeve, etc. The front is printed with the rendering of the Ice Fortress 360 water cooling, and the word "LS720" is written, which is its English model. Detailed product parameters are printed on the reverse side.
After unveiling the white background decorative sleeve, on the simple plain leather packaging box, there is a delicate Kyushu Fengshen LOGO in the lower right corner of the front, after opening the box, in addition to the cold row and three fans, the Ice Fortress 360 integrated water cooling is also equipped with an instruction manual, a fastener that supports Intel and AMD platforms, 2 fan control extension cables, a backplate and a blank LOGO piece, the user can customize the content on the blank LOGO piece to bring personalized styling. The accessories are clearly assigned, so you can easily get the accessories you want to install at a glance.
Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled cold head design is very characteristic, a change in the previous fortress series "circular cold head" design style, this time the use of a more square head, the size is 86mm×74mm×57mm, and it supports 360 ° rotation, can do any direction of installation, with the blank LOGO piece of personalized DIY cold head shape, this personalized design is indeed eye-catching.
This water cooling head also has excellent heat dissipation efficiency, the use of Kyushu Fengshen's new fourth generation of high-performance water pump, compared with the previous generation of the fortress series of cold heads, ice fortress 360 water cooling heads in the structure and appearance have been optimized, not only improve the micro-channel, but also increase the thickness of the copper bottom shovel teeth, further enhance the conductivity of the water-cooled liquid, the copper base it uses is thicker than the previous three generations of products, can be more firmly fitted to the CPU, and has been pre-coated with silicone grease.
Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled cold row size is 402mm× 120mm×27mm, the overall use of black tones, water pipe length 410mm, the use of a new Z-shaped arrangement, with fin openings and and widened water pipe design, can bring a wider contact area and lower water resistance, to achieve more efficient heat dissipation. In addition, in order to facilitate the installation of the water cooling pipe does not go randomly, Kyushu Fengshen is also specially equipped with two plastic buckles, which can fix the position of the two water cooling pipes, and the plastic buckle is also printed with the LOGO of Kyushu Fengshen.
As for the three fans equipped, Kyushu Fengshen is also thinking about it, the fan adopts an innovative daisy chain design, the cable of the fan also has on-board ARGB and power supply functions, realizing the interconnection between fans, the three fans have achieved interconnection through a small connection line, we all know that a major problem of installation is the chaotic line and cumbersome connection steps, Kyushu Fengshen through the unique design of the daisy chain, it does alleviate the pain points of users in terms of installation.
As for the nominal configuration of the fans, all three fans use the original FDB bearing FC 120 specification fans, with an overall dimension of 120mm x 120mm x 25mm. Speeds between 500-2250 RPM±10%, air volume of 85.85 CFM and 3.27 CFM and 50,000 hours of operating life, with nominal noise below 32.9 dBA.
In terms of fasteners, Ice Fortress 360 water cooling supports Intel LGA2066/2011-v3/2011/1700/1200/1151/1150/1155 platforms, while AMD platforms support sTRX4/sTR4/AM5/AM4.
Installation experience: easy to complete, can be 360 ° select the LOGO
The whole installation process is relatively easy, because the daisy-chain fan equipped with ice fortress 360 water cooling does make me a lot more convenient, and its base uses the same mold as the air-cooled radiator of the Kyushu Wind God, which realizes the switching of the Intel 1700 and 115x platforms by expanding the distance of four feet.
The fan is conventionally installed on the cold row, and the base and buckle are put on, and finally the entire cold row and cold head are connected to the chassis, and the entire water-cooled installation is completed. It can be seen that after the lighting machine, the ice fortress 360 water cooling is more aesthetic lighting effect, and the lighting effect that will not be too dazzling makes people feel comfortable.
Moreover, the water-cooled head of the Ice Fortress 360 water-cooled is supported by 360 ° rotation, and it can be used to make the LOGO of the Kyushu Wind God appear in any position, and with the accompanying blank LOGO piece, affixing your favorite personalized pattern can bring more unexpected effects.
Tests and instructions
The radiator performance test uses our customized test platform to obtain better consistency and facilitate the comparison of various types of radiator performance. In our test model, the heat dissipation ability under the limit load (300W, simulating the power consumption of the enthusiast player's CPU), high load (250W, simulating the power consumption of the high-end CPU) and the medium load (200W, simulating the power consumption of the mid-range CPU) are tested, the lower heat sink only tests the ability under medium load, and the higher positioning tests the ability under high load and limit load. The reader can directly measure the heat dissipation capacity of the radiator from the temperature of the model under each load platform (the temperature has been converted to the temperature when the ambient temperature is 25 degrees by calculating the thermal resistance), the lower the temperature under the load, the better the heat dissipation performance, and this temperature is similar to the temperature of the cpu under the same power consumption under the heat sink, which can be used as a reference for the actual machine temperature.
When testing, the fan of the radiator is running at full speed, and we sometimes test the performance at low speeds as needed for reference.
In order to better compare the heat dissipation, we also convert the heat dissipation performance index of the radiator into the super energy index (Exp), which is actually a simple conversion of the thermal resistance of the radiator, the larger the Exp, indicating that the heat dissipation performance of the radiator is better. Under each power consumption, the thermal resistance value of the radiator under the same conditions is basically the same, so this super energy index is also a fixed value, and it can be approximated that for every 1 point of the super energy index, the cooling effect of the 300W CPU is better than 1 °C.
Thermal test: Ability to suppress high-end CPUs
In the heat dissipation test, the Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled radiator performed quite well. The object of comparison is the ROG Dragon God II 360 integrated water cooling radiator that we have previously tested, both of which are ranked in the high-end water cooling, ROG Dragon God II 360 integrated water cooling in the previous test is also very eye-catching, so the comparison of water cooling is also very interesting, the final test result is that the performance of Kyushu Wind God Ice Fortress 360 integrated water cooling is better, the original is 250W power consumption or 300W power consumption, its ability to suppress heat dissipation is slightly stronger than high-end ROG water cooling. Therefore, even in the face of Intel or AMD's high-end CPU in actual combat, the Ice Fortress 360 all-in-one water-cooled radiator should be able to handle it calmly.
It should be noted here that at present, the test platform of our super network has been targeted for Intel's new generation LGA 1700 platform. For users who want to use it with Intel's 12th generation Core series processors, there is also a certain reference value. According to the test data, after converting to the super energy index, the score of the Kyushu Wind God Ice Fortress 360 one-piece water-cooled radiator is 81.5, which is 0.2 higher than the ROG Dragon God II 360 one-piece water-cooled radiator, which is quite an excellent level.
Fastener stress testing: Meets Intel platform standards
Intel's new LGA 1700 socket (Socket V) while retaining a width of 37.5mm, the length increased to 45mm, from square to rectangular, its Z height will be reduced from 7.3mm to 6.5mm, reducing 0.8mm. This requires manufacturers to use new backplanes and brackets to meet the installation requirements of the LGA 1700 socket. In order to ensure good contact between the CPU top cover and the bottom of the heatsink, higher installation pressure is required.
According to Intel's official specifications, the heatsink used by the processor of the LGA 1200 socket must have an installation pressure of at least 30 kg force and a maximum of 80 kg force. In the case of heatsinks used by the processor of the LGA 1700 socket, the range is between 50 kg force and 100 kg force.
The important role of the installation pressure is that when the heatsink comes into contact with the processor, the greater the installation pressure, the smaller the thermal resistance between the two. In the process of increasing the installation pressure, the greater the installation pressure, the faster the thermal resistance decreases, but after reaching a certain level, the decline rate will slow down until it is flat.
LGA1700 pressure value
Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled radiator with LGA 1700 and LGA115x/1200 socket installation method, respectively, through the pressure sensor test, the results show that the LGA 1700 socket installation pressure is 52.6 kg force, LGA115x/1200 socket is 32.0 kg force. It can be seen that the Ice Fortress 360 all-in-one water cooling meets the required kilogram force level under both LGA 1700 and LGA115x/1200 platforms, which can fully meet the needs of Intel platforms.
LGA115x/1200 pressure values
Fan test: Measured to reach the official nominal value
In the test, the data comes from the ultra-energy network self-made air volume wind pressure test device, the test device is prepared according to the relevant national standards and ISO standards, through the pipeline test air chamber multi-nozzle / orifice plate to measure the air volume and wind pressure of the fan, as well as with different system impedances (ordinary cold drain, ordinary tower radiator) under the air volume, through the speed tester to monitor the immediate speed of the fan, and in the special silent cabinet to measure the full speed of the fan and the noise value under the ordinary cold discharge.
Our air volume wind pressure test set
The full load speed of the 360 one-piece water-cooled radiator of Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress is measured to be 2200RPM, the maximum static pressure is 3.37mmH2O, and the maximum air volume is 86.8CFM, which is not much different from the official nominal value. In addition, the air volume installed on the cold exhaust is 31.5CFM. If the air volume, wind pressure, and system impedance are still relatively vague, you can refer to our popular science article "Truly understanding the air volume and wind pressure of the cooling fan".
Noise test: slightly above nominal
The noise test is done in our special mute cabinet, and the ambient noise in the mute cabinet can reach a minimum of 25dBA, which can basically test the true noise level of the sample very well. The following noise values are the noise levels 1 meter away from the sound source. In this review of the 360 one-piece water-cooled radiator of Kyushu Wind God Ice Fortress, we used this noise test method.
The test results show that the single fan full speed noise of the Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress 360 all-in-one water-cooled radiator is 39.0dBA, and the test results are slightly higher than the official nominal value. After installing the heat sink, the noise value of the entire heat sink is 41.4dBA, but the noise test can only be used as a reference, and the user's use environment is related to the chassis style.
Summary: Cost-effective players with both personality and effectiveness
In general, the new generation of Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled radiators has been greatly improved in all aspects, and has also made its own style. For example, the innovative daisy-chain design fan it is equipped with, because the cable has on-board ARGB and power supply functions, it can be interconnected through a single wire, avoiding complicated connection steps and making cable management easier.
In addition, the Kyushu Fengshen Ice Fortress 360 integrated water-cooled radiator cold head is also very unique, square + 360 ° rotation logo + custom sticker design can enhance its appearance inside the chassis. In addition, the fourth generation of high-performance water pumps is also used in the cold head, and the internal flow rate and speed are increased by 30% compared with the previous generation, which improves the heat dissipation efficiency. Combined with the current starting price of 899 yuan, it is a cost-effective player with both personality and efficiency, this product is just launched today, interested friends can pay attention to it.