Cooling Thermalright Silver Soul 135 - quick n dirty initial tests in Cerb X

[Mark13]

Just purchased a Silver Soul 135 as they are now available on Amazon in the USA. On my cooler, I have no quality complaints. The cold plate was nicely polished with no rough surfaces that I could identify - (I even purchased sandpaper just in case). All the fins were unbent and and the top gray plate was properly fitted as well.
With the way the cooler mounting screws are fitted I tested out various other 120x25mm fans - Noctua A12x25, Arctic P12, Scythe Wonder Snail and Scythe Kaze Flex Black - all fit all the way down through the cooler and can be used without issue. I wonder why Thermalright rounded off the corners of the fan as all these others fit just fine. I also had no difficulty using the included fan clips to attached the Noctua A12x25. See photos:

The towers are too close together to install the Phanteks T30 without bending them further apart - which I did not want to do.
Initial quick open bench testing indicated about a 8 degree CPU temperature reduction compared against a Noctua D9L cooler when both are in single CPU cooler fan configuration.
I also checked to see if the cooler would fit into the Lazer 3D LZ7 XTD - it is slightly too tall even without a fan installed.

 

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Just purchased a Silver Soul 135 as they are now available on Amazon in the USA. On my cooler, I have no quality complaints. The cold plate was nicely polished with no rough surfaces that I could identify - (I even purchased sandpaper just in case). All the fins were unbent and and the top gray plate was properly fitted as well

sucks to be an early adopter eh? Guess I took a bullet for the team Interesting it was so easy to fit A12x25. Maybe I just don't have the grip strength LOL

There's a new Amazon seller, has it for $80cad+shipping. I'm assuming that's the one you bought from, much cheaper than it was on Aliexpress. Tempted to run another head-to-head comparison when the new NH-D12L hits the market between the C14S/SS135/D12L, but the two towers don't provide nearly enough RAM cooling so it'd just be an experiment

 

[Mark13]

sucks to be an early adopter eh? Guess I took a bullet for the team Interesting it was so easy to fit A12x25. Maybe I just don't have the grip strength LOL

There's a new Amazon seller, has it for $80cad+shipping. I'm assuming that's the one you bought from, much cheaper than it was on Aliexpress. Tempted to run another head-to-head comparison when the new NH-D12L hits the market between the C14S/SS135/D12L, but the two towers don't provide nearly enough RAM cooling so it'd just be an experiment

The cooler was US$57.66 shipping included as Amazon prime member.

 

[Mark13]

The Silver Soul 135 JUST fits in the new Lazer 3d LZX-10. See photos at:

Enclosure - Brand New Lazer 3D LZX-10 - 10 Liter Case

The folks at Lazer 3D were nice enough to take a look at my Maker Beam proof of concept posting here on SFF.net and advised they would be willing to develop a larger variation of their LZX-8 case using my suggested component configuration: Air cooled case with separate air intake & exhaust for...

smallformfactor.net

 

[Mark13]

Testing with Thermalright Silver Soul in the LZX-10 is complete:

Lazer 3D LZX-10 PC Case Aorus B550 ITX MB; Ryzen 7 4750G; 32 GB Corsair LPX 3200 RAM; Metal block over NVMe drive not installed; Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste PNY Nvidia GForce 3060 Graphics Card – GPU allowed to regulate itself, fan stop below 30% PWM Thermalright Silver Soul 135 CPU Cooler CPU-Z Stress Test & Unigine Valley Ultra Settings for 10 minutes Room Temp 21C; CPU & Case Fan(s) PWM 100%; Temp Sensor TZ10 read 16.8C on all test runs; CPUID HWMonitor Readings:
Case Top Panel	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only
CPU Cooler Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	A12x25	A12x25	Scythe WS	Scythe KFB	Arctic P12	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan
Front Case Fan	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P12x2	Arctic P12x2	Phanteks T30	Phanteks T30
Rear Case Fan	None	None	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25
Temp Sensor 0 Max	51	48	46	46	47	47	44	43	47	44	44	45	46
Temp Sensor 1 Max	48	45	41	42	42	42	40	42	43	39	39	41	41
Temp Sensor 2 CPU Max	79	74	67	68	67	67	66	67	67	65	66	67	67
Temp Sensor 3 PCI Max	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Temp Sensor 4 Max	49	45	42	42	42	42	41	42	43	40	40	42	42
Temp Sensor 5 Max	49	46	44	44	45	45	43	43	45	42	42	44	44
CPU Fan Max RPM	1945	1979	1923	1923	2057	2057	2311	1577	1819	1885	1890	1890	1896
Front Case Fan Max RPM	1595	1591	1679	1687	1610	1614	1618	1610	1687	1767	1767	1973	1979
Rear Case Fan Max RPM	N/A	N/A	2076	2076	2076	2089	1928	1991	2122	2020	2045	2027	2033
CPU Pkg Max Temp	79.5	74.3	67.3	68	67.3	67.8	66.3	67.1	67.3	65.5	66	67.3	67.8
CPU Pkg Max Wattage	73.48	74.8	75.72	75.5	76.26	75.63	75.76	74.8	76.55	76.29	76	81.74	81.74
NVMe Top 970 Evo + Temp	51	47	44	43	45	45	42	43	45	43	43	44	44
GPU Max Temp	73.4	72	73.5	73.6	72.5	73.6	72.41	72	74.3	73.7	73.6	73.9	73.1
GPU Hot Spot Max Temp	85.4	84.3	85.7	86.5	84.9	85.9	85	84.3	86.8	86.1	85.9	84.9	85
GPU Max Wattage	147.16	140.55	158.18	157.1	153.54	Not Noted	Not Noted	151.7	169.12	156.26	57.36	158.02	158.25
GPU Fan Max RPM	1777	1741	1735	1797	1719	1754	1710	1735	1799	1793	1773	1750	1773

 

[K888D]

Testing with Thermalright Silver Soul in the LZX-10 is complete:

Lazer 3D LZX-10 PC Case Aorus B550 ITX MB; Ryzen 7 4750G; 32 GB Corsair LPX 3200 RAM; Metal block over NVMe drive not installed; Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste PNY Nvidia GForce 3060 Graphics Card – GPU allowed to regulate itself, fan stop below 30% PWM Thermalright Silver Soul 135 CPU Cooler CPU-Z Stress Test & Unigine Valley Ultra Settings for 10 minutes Room Temp 21C; CPU & Case Fan(s) PWM 100%; Temp Sensor TZ10 read 16.8C on all test runs; CPUID HWMonitor Readings:
Case Top Panel	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only	Fully Vented	GPU Vents Only
CPU Cooler Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	A12x25	A12x25	Scythe WS	Scythe KFB	Arctic P12	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan	Stock Fan
Front Case Fan	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P14	Arctic P12x2	Arctic P12x2	Phanteks T30	Phanteks T30
Rear Case Fan	None	None	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25	Noctua A9x25
Temp Sensor 0 Max	51	48	46	46	47	47	44	43	47	44	44	45	46
Temp Sensor 1 Max	48	45	41	42	42	42	40	42	43	39	39	41	41
Temp Sensor 2 CPU Max	79	74	67	68	67	67	66	67	67	65	66	67	67
Temp Sensor 3 PCI Max	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Temp Sensor 4 Max	49	45	42	42	42	42	41	42	43	40	40	42	42
Temp Sensor 5 Max	49	46	44	44	45	45	43	43	45	42	42	44	44
CPU Fan Max RPM	1945	1979	1923	1923	2057	2057	2311	1577	1819	1885	1890	1890	1896
Front Case Fan Max RPM	1595	1591	1679	1687	1610	1614	1618	1610	1687	1767	1767	1973	1979
Rear Case Fan Max RPM	N/A	N/A	2076	2076	2076	2089	1928	1991	2122	2020	2045	2027	2033
CPU Pkg Max Temp	79.5	74.3	67.3	68	67.3	67.8	66.3	67.1	67.3	65.5	66	67.3	67.8
CPU Pkg Max Wattage	73.48	74.8	75.72	75.5	76.26	75.63	75.76	74.8	76.55	76.29	76	81.74	81.74
NVMe Top 970 Evo + Temp	51	47	44	43	45	45	42	43	45	43	43	44	44
GPU Max Temp	73.4	72	73.5	73.6	72.5	73.6	72.41	72	74.3	73.7	73.6	73.9	73.1
GPU Hot Spot Max Temp	85.4	84.3	85.7	86.5	84.9	85.9	85	84.3	86.8	86.1	85.9	84.9	85
GPU Max Wattage	147.16	140.55	158.18	157.1	153.54	Not Noted	Not Noted	151.7	169.12	156.26	57.36	158.02	158.25
GPU Fan Max RPM	1777	1741	1735	1797	1719	1754	1710	1735	1799	1793	1773	1750	1773

Thanks for sharing this testing, it's interesting to see how much of a difference adding a rear case fan makes when using a tower cooler. Was the rear fan set as an intake or as an exhaust?

On a related note, it's good to see everyone comparing fans and temps with these coolers, has anyone done any noise normalized testing between different coolers and fans? I.e. if the C14S achieves the same temps at half the noise or even a few C higher, I would personally choose that cooler for a quieter system.

 

[Mark13]

Thanks for sharing this testing, it's interesting to see how much of a difference adding a rear case fan makes when using a tower cooler. Was the rear fan set as an intake or as an exhaust?

On a related note, it's good to see everyone comparing fans and temps with these coolers, has anyone done any noise normalized testing between different coolers and fans? I.e. if the C14S achieves the same temps at half the noise or even a few C higher, I would personally choose that cooler for a quieter system.

Rear fan was set to exhaust.