Cooling and Thermals

The cooling setup is made out of a single cooling fan and three heatsinks (two for the CPU, one for the VRM). While the fan does get loud at 30 W, it can keep the thermals under control. After 20 minutes of Cyberpunk 2077 at 25 W, HWiNFO showed 74°C for the iGPU part of the chip and 77°C for the CPU (Tctl/Tdie) section of the die in a room with an ambient temperature of 24°C. A solid result considering a single fan setup. The ROG Ally, with a dual-fan setup, stabilized at 72°C for the iGPU and 73°C for the CPU (Tctl/Tdie) part of the chip.

Fan Noise

Noise levels are recorded with a Uni-T UT353 noise meter. Measurements are taken 30 cm from the console at a 90° degree angle towards the console, which resides in a horizontal position.

On the ROG Ally we measured noise levels only with predefined power profiles since manual power profiles come with more aggressive fan curves. On the Zone, however, you can use the default fan curve even with the manual power profile.



Noise levels are, on average, higher to what ROG Ally's cooling system emits. Zone's single cooling fan also produces higher pitched noise compared to ROG Ally's dual fan setup. The noise isn't an issue most of the time since game audio easily masks it at speaker volume set to ~30% and higher.