Friday, February 15th 2019
ID-Cooling Reveals IS-30 Low-Profile Air Cooler for up to 100 W CPUs
ID-cooling today revealed another entry into their air-cooling line-up, specifically geared for space.-constrained environments that still require adequate cooling capabilities for low operating noise. The IS-30 is a low-profile cooler (30 mm along the Z plane, unsurprisingly) that supports up to 100 W CPU cooling - this means that even 8-core AMD Ryzen 2000 series can be cooled by this baby.
The direct contact, four copper heatpipe design ensures that heat is carried from the processor the array of aluminum fins, and then expelled by usage of a 92-mm PWM fan that spins at 800 ~ 3600 RPM and up to 40 CFM in terms of airflow. The maximum noise levels of 35.8 dB(A) should seem like an acceptable trade-off. It weighs 310 grams, which shouldn't put too big a strain on your system - if it's to remain vertical at all, as these solutions seldom are. No word on pricing at time of writing.
Sources:
via AnandTech, ID-Cooling
The direct contact, four copper heatpipe design ensures that heat is carried from the processor the array of aluminum fins, and then expelled by usage of a 92-mm PWM fan that spins at 800 ~ 3600 RPM and up to 40 CFM in terms of airflow. The maximum noise levels of 35.8 dB(A) should seem like an acceptable trade-off. It weighs 310 grams, which shouldn't put too big a strain on your system - if it's to remain vertical at all, as these solutions seldom are. No word on pricing at time of writing.
8 Comments on ID-Cooling Reveals IS-30 Low-Profile Air Cooler for up to 100 W CPUs
On the other hand, Noctua's NH-L9a/i, Cryorig's C7/Cu and couple other similar coolers use small fans with 14-15mm height that top out at 2200-2500rpm and can somewhat handle a 95W CPU.
This seems to have less heatsink area and a faster fan. Maybe it'll make it :)
An LPC from Phanteks or Noctua would smash this thing.
I had a cheap-ass Deepcool HTPC-200 which did just fine on 95W CPUs and APUs. Even tested it once on my 1366 rig with my handmade brackets (undervolted and OCed to 3.6GHz).
I'm sure 9900K will do just fine assuming you run it stock, as all adequate manual-reading people should.
The rude awakening part is that you will not get the scores found by reviewers due to throttling. Performance for a 9XXX 8 core will be closer to or less than a Ryzen 2700X even though you paid $550+ over the $300 you would pay for the 2700X.
Edit: Reviewers post benchmark scores under best cooling scenarios to show the best performance possible. A low profile cooler like this will not give you that level of performance.