ID-Cooling Reveals IS-30 Low-Profile Air Cooler for up to 100 W CPUs

[Raevenlord]

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.



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[Space Lynx]

i like the design of it, seems like it would work rather well, would like to see a review of temps on this one

 

[londiste]

3600rpm will be loud.
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

 

[ghazi]

100W rating... oh boy... someone's gonna try pairing this with a 9900K and end up with a rude awakening.

 

[Gasaraki]

Does it overhang memory?

 

[EntropyZ]

The stock heatsinks say this is cute. I can imagine the cpu throttling at 65W unless ya turn up the fan speed until your ears start begging for mercy.

An LPC from Phanteks or Noctua would smash this thing.

 

[silentbogo]

Reminds me of scythe shuriken, but smaller.

100W rating... oh boy... someone's gonna try pairing this with a 9900K and end up with a rude awakening.

Why not? All you risk is throttling at high temps (e.g. limited boost).
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.

 

[Daven]

Reminds me of scythe shuriken, but smaller.


Why not? All you risk is throttling at high temps (e.g. limited boost).
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 95W rating is not the same as past 95W ratings. In the past, loading all cores near the max turbo was 95W. Now 95W is base clock on all cores. Also do not expect to reach max turbo with this cooler even on less loaded cores. Intel used the same definition for 95W now as in the past but actually measured wattage was 95W on all cores at max turbo for Kaby Lake and older chips. Now it is 175W for Coffee Lake.

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.

 

[ghazi]

Why not? All you risk is throttling at high temps (e.g. limited boost).
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.

Nope, the 9900K outputs 150W-180W of heat when using the all-core turbo. With a 95W cooler it'll hit 100C immediately and throttle. THW demonstrated this with an i7-8700 on its 73W stock cooler. Coffee Lake changed the game for Intel's TDPs and they're completely meaningless now. The only way it'll run well is if you mess with BIOS options to prevent the chip from exceeding TDP, in which case performance and sustained clocks will degrade substantially to far lower levels than advertised.