PCS FROSTFLOW 150 CPU COOLER - How Good Or Bad Is It?.
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Rather than asking advice on individual components, I'd strongly recommend getting advice on the build as a whole as all components rely on the others within the build.
We would never recommend the PCS branded coolers, they're not much better than stock.
The Coolermaster would be the lowest we'd go other than stock.
PCS sent me a email saying this.
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Resistance100
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Thats their automated email acknowledging your email, someone will get you a few days
NoddyPirate
Grand Master
Ah super - that's what I was quietly looking for - the Frostflow 100 then seems to be the SE-224-XT from ID Cooling also. Every single detail appears to be identical. Thanks @KiLLJoY !
All reviews I can find seem to be favourable overall - not as good as Noctua or similarly regarded brands and models (no surprise there of course) but notably better than stock coolers as I figured they might be.
Almost every cooler out there you buy is not actually made by the Company with their name on it. The majority order OEM parts and request their own specifications to the standard design. PCS are doing the same here no doubt - without any modifications at all I expect - as an entry level upgrade from stock cooling - which to my eye is exactly where it is pitched and priced.
JUNI0R
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The PCS Coolers generally aren't recommended as you can probably tell. The Hyper 212 will do a good job, it's what I have on my i7-8700 and I get mid to high 60 degress on games which is a decent temp under load.
I can also tell by your interest in the 212 that you're speccing an Intel system (unless it's an old system upgrade). For that reason, I'd also highly suggest that you get your full spec looked at in the Check Your Spec thread if you haven't already to make sure you're getting the best build for your money as generally Intel is not recommended these days and you'll get a way better performer with an AMD CPU
NoddyPirate
Grand Master
I'd agree about AMD vs Intel.
I'm probably being subconsciously awkward here - in order to justify my own choices - so I apologise for the equine cadaver abuse. Reviews and tests are massively prone to error and statistical inaccuracy - but for the fun of it, here is one relatively detailed one where the ID Cooling SE-224-XT beats the Hyper 212 by a couple of degrees.
Se-224-XT Review
The SE-225-XT naturally performs better than 224 in multiple other reviews.
Hopefully everyone here knows me well enough to know I wouldn't intend to offend or cause trouble - but just saying the PCS coolers are - variably - worse than stock or no better than stock cooling - without objective data or reasoning - just doesn't make it so.
I'm eager to be corrected and educated as always.
I'm probably being subconsciously awkward here - in order to justify my own choices - so I apologise for the equine cadaver abuse. Reviews and tests are massively prone to error and statistical inaccuracy - but for the fun of it, here is one relatively detailed one where the ID Cooling SE-224-XT beats the Hyper 212 by a couple of degrees.
Se-224-XT Review
The SE-225-XT naturally performs better than 224 in multiple other reviews.
Hopefully everyone here knows me well enough to know I wouldn't intend to offend or cause trouble - but just saying the PCS coolers are - variably - worse than stock or no better than stock cooling - without objective data or reasoning - just doesn't make it so.
I'm eager to be corrected and educated as always.
JUNI0R
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
I'm actually unsure if the cooler being talked about here is the same as the PCS one. Looking at the ends of the heatpipes they look minorly different, although I'm sure it will do a very similar job.
It doesn't look like a bad cooler honestly and I'm sure it's not as bad as everyone says it is, (unless people have proof of it being so) but we DO know the 212 will do a good job (as we can see through testing) and will most likely last longer as it's from a well respected name brand. To me it seems evident that it would be a better option to SAVE £3 and go for the cooler that we know will work well compared to the cooler we realisitcally know nothing about
Also side note: On a site that shall remain nameless the non black editon of the 212 cooler is literally one of the most popular cooler among hundreds of options where thousands of people build their own PC's
NoddyPirate
Grand Master
Yes fair assessment Junior. I didn’t intend to sound as though I was questioning your option at all as it’s a reasonable one. I’m just saying a phase change cooler would have to be really badly designed and built to be worse than a stock metal block cooler.
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JUNI0R
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All good, the only part of my message that was directly in response to you was being unsure if it's the same cooler as the PCS one (probably should've edited your quoted post to only include that bit). Otherwise I was just adding extra comments!
Thank you very much KILLJOY for posting this.
The fans speed are 700 to 1800rpm what i found on the web about this CPU cooler.
Yes I want a Intel system, because the PC i am using right now is not doing to good at all, because I getting the BSD when I play my AAA games on it, but smaller less CPU taxing game i got play fine.
My CPU is Over Clocked by PCS over 3 years ago and It was not having problems, but now I am. I tried cleaning my PC and it did not work. My PC need to go to a repair shop, but all shops but shops that sell food are closed.
I don't have a TV and my 9 years laptop just died on me as well.
I don't work because of heath problems and I live on my own and my PC is my lifeline and I need another working PC so I can play my AAA games on.
JUNI0R
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
@Katvena I am sorry to hear of your situation, but I am still a little confused.
If you are looking for a CPU cooler upgrade on an overclocked intel CPU, I'd recommend you might need something more than the Hyper 212. Posting your full specs would help us work out what upgrades we'd recommend most and if the Hyper 212 will indeed be enough. Also, unless you've done tests and made sure it's a CPU temp issue, it might be worth going through some troubleshooting and tests to make sure that is infact the problem.
If you are looking to build a new PC, as I said before, I'd recommend going for an AMD processor as they currently perform much better than Intel
If you are looking for a CPU cooler upgrade on an overclocked intel CPU, I'd recommend you might need something more than the Hyper 212. Posting your full specs would help us work out what upgrades we'd recommend most and if the Hyper 212 will indeed be enough. Also, unless you've done tests and made sure it's a CPU temp issue, it might be worth going through some troubleshooting and tests to make sure that is infact the problem.
If you are looking to build a new PC, as I said before, I'd recommend going for an AMD processor as they currently perform much better than Intel