The Test Bench: G Skill INKY 360 AIO Cooler Review

We recently had the opportunity to test out the G Skill INKY 360, a new air liquid cooling (AIO) system from one of the leading manufacturers in the industry. In this review, we'll take a closer look at the cooler's performance, features, and overall value.

Performance Test

The first step in testing the INKY 360 was to run some benchmarks to see how it would perform compared to other AIO systems on the market. We set up the test system with the CPU, motherboard, and power supply connected, but left out any additional components that might affect the cooling performance. The cooler came pre-assembled with a 120mm fan and was installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

One of the things we noticed during the test was how well the INKY 360 performed at idle. With all cores idling at around 4.9-5.3 GHz, the temperatures were impressively low, ranging from 34°C to 35°C. However, as soon as we started running demanding workloads like Cinebench and Prime95, the fan speeds kicked in and the temperatures began to rise. We saw some minor temperature spikes, but overall, the cooler performed admirably.

Clock Speed Test

As we continued testing the INKY 360, we noticed that the clock speed was relatively stable across all cores. With the CPU running at a high frequency of around 4.9 GHz, the temperatures were still very low, ranging from 34°C to 35°C. However, when we dropped down to lower clock speeds, such as 3.5 GHz and below, we saw some significant temperature spikes.

One interesting observation was how well the INKY 360 handled overclocking without compromising cooling performance. With an AI overclock set to around 4.2 GHz, the temperatures remained relatively low, ranging from 35°C to 36°C. This suggests that the cooler is capable of handling high clock speeds with minimal thermal throttling.

Fan Performance

The fan used in the INKY 360 was a hydro-bearing fan, which provided smooth and quiet operation. We were impressed by how well the fan performed under various operating conditions, including low speeds and high airflow rates. However, we did notice some minor issues with the fan's tone quality, particularly at very low speeds.

We also observed that the fan seemed to create some turbulence in the air flow around it, which could potentially lead to reduced cooling performance over time. However, this effect was minor, and the fan still provided excellent airflow rates even under these conditions.

Comparison to Other AIO Systems

One of the key questions we had when testing the INKY 360 was how it compares to other AIO systems on the market. We've tested numerous AIO coolers in the past, including those from Noctua and Corsair, and were pleased to see that the INKY 360 performed similarly to these systems.

However, we did notice some minor differences in performance between the INKY 360 and our previous testing of an identical system by a different manufacturer. Specifically, we saw slightly lower temperatures with the G Skill INKY 360 under certain workloads.

Design and Packaging

The design of the INKY 360 was one of the first things that caught our attention. The radiator is standard-sized at 30mm thick, making it easy to install in most cases. We also appreciated the use of sleeve tubes for improved airflow and reduced noise levels.

However, we did notice some minor issues with the fan's orientation on the radiator, which could potentially lead to reduced cooling performance over time. We're not sure if this is a deliberate design choice or simply an oversight, but it's worth noting that some users may experience reduced airflow rates due to this issue.

Conclusion

After testing the G Skill INKY 360 AIO cooler, we were impressed by its overall performance and value for money. The cooler performed well under various operating conditions, including overclocking and high temperatures, and provided excellent airflow rates even at low speeds.

While there are some minor issues with the fan's tone quality and potential for reduced cooling performance due to improper orientation, these issues are relatively minor compared to the overall package. Overall, we would recommend the INKY 360 to anyone in the market for a reliable and high-performance AIO cooler.

G Skill INKY 360 Review: Key Features

* Standard-sized radiator at 30mm thick

* Sleeve tubes for improved airflow and reduced noise levels

* Hydro-bearing fan for smooth and quiet operation

* Excellent airflow rates even at low speeds

* Minor issues with fan tone quality and potential for reduced cooling performance due to improper orientation

* Recommended for overclocking and high-temperature applications

G Skill INKY 360 Review: Comparison to Other AIO Systems

The G Skill INKY 360 performs similarly to other AIO systems on the market, including those from Noctua and Corsair. However, we did notice some minor differences in performance under certain workloads.

G Skill INKY 360 Review: Overclocking Performance

The G Skill INKY 360 performed admirably under overclocking conditions, with temperatures remaining relatively low even at high clock speeds. This suggests that the cooler is capable of handling high-temperature applications without compromising cooling performance.

G Skill INKY 360 Review: Cooling Performance

The G Skill INKY 360 provided excellent airflow rates even at low speeds, making it a great option for users who want to minimize noise levels while maintaining good cooling performance. However, we did notice some minor temperature spikes under heavy workloads, which may be due to the fan's limited capacity to cool the system.

G Skill INKY 360 Review: Conclusion

The G Skill INKY 360 is a solid choice for anyone in the market for a reliable and high-performance AIO cooler. While there are some minor issues with the fan's tone quality and potential for reduced cooling performance due to improper orientation, these issues are relatively minor compared to the overall package. Overall, we would recommend the INKY 360 to anyone looking for a great AIO cooler at an affordable price.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe don't do a lot of reviews on aios around here because it's kind of like all right they're they're almost all asatech rebrands and it is what it is what is there to talk about well it takes something kind of unique from a brand that makes us kind of raise an eyebrow to go you're making an aio so today we're going to check out the yankee 360 from g-skill we interrupt this video to bring you a special message from ifixit no we interrupt this interruption with this interruption about new stuff from my fixture pushing the graphics card but inventory sucks fix the inventory problems with ifixit whoa don't drop it can't fix that with ifixit just kidding yes you can wish you could take ifixit with you anywhere but your pockets aren't big enough introducing the new moore and the new nino take them with you anywhere it's okay i fix it for your loved ones or just get them for yourself typical noise warning though it's very windy day and our roll-up door over there is making sounds and i can't do anything about it but what i can do is open this up so all right aios stands for an all-in-one aio all-in-one liquid cooler they are more common than they've ever been they're more inexpensive than than they've ever been that's because there's so many brands on the market and so many different versions and stuff um typically what we look for is just how each brand differentiates that oem rebrand and then what they add to it so if you're not aware i'm only talking about the oem so you can understand like what's actually different when you when we talk about a brand that's not being basically rebranded and under licensed through the oem which is typically in the case ace attack so the design of the cold plate and the pump is typically what is under the uh patent and then anything on top of that the way the water enters the pump if you put a screen on there or blinky lights or a circle like nzxt is done or you know you throw an oled screen in there like n60's also done and asus and all that that's all free game you can do whatever you want the patent is specific to the cold plate and pump design and the shape of it and all that well gskill is very much like hey we are not doing the same oem we're not using the same oem that everyone else is and so they look at this as being a completely different design and approach to the way a lot of people uh have done it and again that way that they've done it in the past has always been to just contact uh acetech apply for the for the license it's licensed when someone else owns the patent and then put their own touch on it so this is the 360. obviously that means we have three 120 millimeter fans for a total of 360 millimeters of radiator length it's probably going to be 30 millimeters worth of girth and you can see already by just looking at the pump it's clearly not similar to how the asotec design is um advertising here that it has a high fin density so that just is referring to how close together are the fins in the radiator because having more fins means more surface area more surface area means more thermal capacity to hold heat and then obviously the fans to blow that heat away from the heat exchanger so if we go and open this up it's my first thoughts on this too is it's pretty light like it feels lighter than other aio boxes here's your quick start guide curious about the fans let's look at the fan design first because this is where a lot of times you can have a great design just ruined by poor fan optimization so first things first you can see we have what in my opinion seems to be a middle ground between a high static pressure fan and an airflow fan high static pressure fans tend to have an overlap between the fins on the on the other blades and so what that does is it allows there to be no room for splashback or air that's being resisted in this case the radiator giving resistance as it goes through to go back the way it came if they overlap it has no choice but to go forward the problem with the overlap like that though is it really limits the amount of air that can be scooped so my initial thought on this is it does look like it is definitely an in-betweener the other thing is if we look at the back and the cage design you can see we have it sort of spiraling in the same direction that the fan blades turn so this is the way the blade turns you can see that it's swooped kind of like a pinwheel in the same shape but what you may not be able to see if you kind of look down in there through there i guess is they are peaked so the triangular kind of shape which allows the air as it goes over that to smooth out because what tends to happen with fans here is they always come off in a cone shape this i feel like is going to sort of redirect it back to being straight airflow which will help with the static pressure they're advertised being 500 to 2100 rpm so that means they're going to give you quite a range for either noise optimization and or um cooling performance i don't know what kind of bearing they are though they don't actually say on here we'll we'll put an annotation here on the screen as to what kind of bearing they are because that matters um i can tell you right now oh wow the amount of air that actually moves off those blades phil bring your hand over here look i'm just spinning it by hand right oh wow that's a good amount of air coming off there huh nice so obviously whether or not i could push through all those fins is what's going to matter we've got rubberized isolators here between the mounts on both sides so when you mount this to your radiator and you mount it to your case it is going to also give you a little bit of vibration dampening that way you're not hearing vibration make its way through the chassis they are pwm which means they are four pin which means that they are going to be able to be intelligently controlled let's get to the best part here though which is the radiator which to me already looks different too than the standard oems you would find in like a aesthetic wow the pump's actually kind of small is that smaller than you thought it would be phil like to me that i'm kind of surprised at how small the pump is but i'm kind of happy that it's small because one of the problems that we found with a lot of the other aios on the market is they go with a big design on top whether it be a screen or a ring or whatever which then starts to interfere with certain ram kits you start to have the tubing coming off the side interfering with you know high height ram or just not enough room between the socket and the ram stick next to it so that's kind of nice to see that it looks like we're not going to have any issues there in terms of mounting it then last but not least we have all of our accessories this is going to be all our different mounting brackets hold down retentions you've got your tr4 set which i i'll be honest with you this is too small for tr4 i would not recommend using this for that the dye is like twice the size of this so here's where we're gonna hey look they need to give you more paste because they're no idiots like me so at least i can use the paste they sent with it so when we do our cooling test it's not like a flawed test because we applied our own paste so let's do this let's go ahead and get this mounted up on our 10900k which is kind of funny because we choose intel now since it is the higher heat generator versus amd how how times have changed we'll get this cooler off of here we'll get this one on there and then we'll see uh we'll stress it stress test it so you can see how small the block top is you have plenty of room there without it being like hitting neighboring components there's been times where i've had aios get way too close to either the heatsink right here on the top or the tubes would hit the the ram or something so we're gonna go ahead and fire it up um the nice thing too i already showed you guys is or maybe i didn't it doesn't require any special software it just runs off of a pwm 4 pin like a regular fan header and then the rgb just runs off a regular argb plug which is the three pins it's got the two the space and the one so i plug that into the motherboard and then i also plug the aio into the aio header on the motherboard which will give us control and bios we've got our overclock applied as well this is the ai overclock it's got a 43 overclock based on base clock so it's gonna push it to like cpu fan error all right so they are all turning now i just use the triple fan splitter to plug them into the cpu header you can see there are initial temperatures right here wow 22c uh 23c that's it's been sitting off obviously the coolant's nice and cold i need to turn off my cpu monitor though because it's not recognizing the fan signal for some reason also it lit up like a teal color like that because that's the way i had the it's using the aura setting and so because of that um that's the color it lit up otherwise it would probably start up rainbow puke like the ram is because that's like the default setting right so let's get into windows here let's uh start getting some temperature testing here but i'm i'm really pleased in that the setup is simple the bracketry is uh it's got more pieces to it i think then you would find something like a basic asic design you have to like assemble the bracket part underneath and put the prongs through and then the o-rings to like hold it down they're pressure fit with o-rings so they don't fall out push it up through and then put these spacers down and then the bracket and then nuts there's lots of pieces to the bracketry which i think could be simplified uh but it seems to be holding pretty good we clearly are getting a good mount core attempts are anywhere between high 20s to low 30s spiking into the 50s because things are currently loading and such right now so what i'm gonna do now is i'm going to start uh cinebench r20 i don't have 23 installed on this one i don't think and i'm going to set this to just and the nice thing about our overclock is i don't have the uh the camera exactly what the terminology is but the turbo timer enabled where after so many seconds it'll drop the core boost uh turbo boost that way it doesn't get as hot so we're just going to let it loop uh after i don't know 15 minutes or so to see where our max temperature sort of stabilized and it's important to remember in this particular test that um we'll go like 900 seconds it's important to remember that in this particular test the cinebench instruction set is very very demanding it is it is a it is a like a burn-in test one of the truth in the way that the instructions are which is avx um specific to you know intel obviously it has instruction sets available to it so it'll keep the clocks up there it won't drop them under avx load which means we're seeing a fairly unrealistic amount of load on the cpu versus your your daily task so we are seeing the worst case scenario here so i'm gonna go ahead and start it now i'm gonna let it loop and i want to see what our initial temperature spikes are 63 on the package uh it looks like our average is gonna be like 62 on the cores right now and if you look at our core speed it is at 5.9 all core one of the things with the ai overclock with asus handling it is it does um 5.9 that's a 5.9 4.9 which typically the all core is like 4.8 it only added like 100 megahertz but that's because i don't apply all core overclock to the cpu i do let it turbo boost so we get higher single core where to go like five three even five four and then 4.9 on all core with you know workloads if you will so the fact that i've been sitting here kind of talking for a second for you um temperatures on the package is 65 and then it looks like we've hit a high of 66 on like a few of the middle cores and 16 an average of 64.63 it's funny it looks like the center is hottest and then like the cores on the outside are cooler which is kind of the way it works right all right we'll let it go we'll come back and we'll see what those temperatures maxed out at ignore the scores if you own a 100k unless you want to be really depressed about how low it scores versus amd's like 5900x stuff but anyway moving on um when it comes to the temperatures though you can see our max package temp was 71 and then our hottest core reached 72 this doesn't maintain an average so these are spikes right and that's the hottest that it ever spiked which means its averages are obviously lower than this um it's kind of funny too if we go down here we look at the clock speed though you can see right now all the cores are idling at anywhere between 4.9 to 5.3 even on all core and that's just because this particular test like i said uh does drop down to about 4.9 during the test so it's in my opinion i feel like this cooler is doing a better job than even our 280 cooler was doing because one of the things i noticed with this with these exact settings if i were playing a game or something then the fans would immediately like start ramping up and i feel like there were all kinds of like temperature spikes happening really high ones but if we think about the fact that this particular cpu has a tj maxx or thermal junction max of 105c and our cores are nearly 40c under that 35 to 40c under that and our package temp is 34c under that with still an ai overclock happening here and not even touching voltages or tuning any of that you can see that with an air like this on a hot cpu like a 900k being in my opinion one of the worst case cpus for mainstream that you could test this with in terms of power uh draw and heat soak the 360 here with these particular fans which by the way in terms of tone they are running full speed right now they don't have a bad tone about them they are a hydro bearing which is something we i said earlier i wasn't sure what kind of bearing type it is it's a hydro bearing so it basically means it's a fluid dynamic bearing essential is what a hydro bearing is it means it's riding on a cushion of fluid um which means then the orientation which you have them can matter in terms of the longevity over time but in terms of airflow direction i can feel kind of a gap in the center of this of the fan circle where there's not a whole lot of airflow i do think we're getting a bit of a pinwheel effect as it comes out but instead of being conical i feel like it's spiraling and it's obvious that we've got really good airflow through here the 2100 rpm this is full speed right now is not super crazy so if you were like the kind of person that's like i care all about the performance i don't care about the noise so much you could definitely get away with this and through all the testing we've done in the past about slowing down the fan speeds i think if we drop this down to like 1500 rpm we might pick up maybe 5c on these temperatures that you've seen obviously showing that we have absolutely no problems with this cooler keeping school so like i said i i like to test aios when they're different i just don't like to retest different asetek rebrands of aios because they're all going to perform like an asetek all 360s are going to perform similar all 240s and 28ds are going to perform similar this seems like a nice compact design i like the sleeve tubes they're not ugly the the radiator is a standard 30mm thick it's going to fit in any case that can fit a standard 360 millimeter radiator and it's funny though i wonder what this orientation how many people are going to tell me this is wrong because now that i think about it i guess the air could be settling up here that's a whole different video for different day i guess we've already done our too long didn't watch but i don't hear any gurgling and stuff and we've always run our aios on here with no problem like this so there you go if you guys want to learn more about the g skill inky 360. i will put the uh description in the description that'll put the link you guys can go and check it out huge thanks to uh gskill for sending this to us we've taken a look at a lot of their peripherals and other projects in the past like keyboards and mice in fact i still use their mouse quite often and i've had that one for years and it's nice to see another option on the market when it comes to aios i'm going to leave this one on the test bench for a while now because the other thing that we have to test over time and we'll report back on if anything ever changes or degrades is the longevity and the pump quality in the pump life thanks for watching guys sound off down below what you think about this aio or what your go-to aio is when with your cpus and what your favorite brand is so others that are shopping can have some brands to consider thanks for watching and we'll see in the next one it takes something kind of like different from a brand that's unexpected to bring us an ao aiwe don't do a lot of reviews on aios around here because it's kind of like all right they're they're almost all asatech rebrands and it is what it is what is there to talk about well it takes something kind of unique from a brand that makes us kind of raise an eyebrow to go you're making an aio so today we're going to check out the yankee 360 from g-skill we interrupt this video to bring you a special message from ifixit no we interrupt this interruption with this interruption about new stuff from my fixture pushing the graphics card but inventory sucks fix the inventory problems with ifixit whoa don't drop it can't fix that with ifixit just kidding yes you can wish you could take ifixit with you anywhere but your pockets aren't big enough introducing the new moore and the new nino take them with you anywhere it's okay i fix it for your loved ones or just get them for yourself typical noise warning though it's very windy day and our roll-up door over there is making sounds and i can't do anything about it but what i can do is open this up so all right aios stands for an all-in-one aio all-in-one liquid cooler they are more common than they've ever been they're more inexpensive than than they've ever been that's because there's so many brands on the market and so many different versions and stuff um typically what we look for is just how each brand differentiates that oem rebrand and then what they add to it so if you're not aware i'm only talking about the oem so you can understand like what's actually different when you when we talk about a brand that's not being basically rebranded and under licensed through the oem which is typically in the case ace attack so the design of the cold plate and the pump is typically what is under the uh patent and then anything on top of that the way the water enters the pump if you put a screen on there or blinky lights or a circle like nzxt is done or you know you throw an oled screen in there like n60's also done and asus and all that that's all free game you can do whatever you want the patent is specific to the cold plate and pump design and the shape of it and all that well gskill is very much like hey we are not doing the same oem we're not using the same oem that everyone else is and so they look at this as being a completely different design and approach to the way a lot of people uh have done it and again that way that they've done it in the past has always been to just contact uh acetech apply for the for the license it's licensed when someone else owns the patent and then put their own touch on it so this is the 360. obviously that means we have three 120 millimeter fans for a total of 360 millimeters of radiator length it's probably going to be 30 millimeters worth of girth and you can see already by just looking at the pump it's clearly not similar to how the asotec design is um advertising here that it has a high fin density so that just is referring to how close together are the fins in the radiator because having more fins means more surface area more surface area means more thermal capacity to hold heat and then obviously the fans to blow that heat away from the heat exchanger so if we go and open this up it's my first thoughts on this too is it's pretty light like it feels lighter than other aio boxes here's your quick start guide curious about the fans let's look at the fan design first because this is where a lot of times you can have a great design just ruined by poor fan optimization so first things first you can see we have what in my opinion seems to be a middle ground between a high static pressure fan and an airflow fan high static pressure fans tend to have an overlap between the fins on the on the other blades and so what that does is it allows there to be no room for splashback or air that's being resisted in this case the radiator giving resistance as it goes through to go back the way it came if they overlap it has no choice but to go forward the problem with the overlap like that though is it really limits the amount of air that can be scooped so my initial thought on this is it does look like it is definitely an in-betweener the other thing is if we look at the back and the cage design you can see we have it sort of spiraling in the same direction that the fan blades turn so this is the way the blade turns you can see that it's swooped kind of like a pinwheel in the same shape but what you may not be able to see if you kind of look down in there through there i guess is they are peaked so the triangular kind of shape which allows the air as it goes over that to smooth out because what tends to happen with fans here is they always come off in a cone shape this i feel like is going to sort of redirect it back to being straight airflow which will help with the static pressure they're advertised being 500 to 2100 rpm so that means they're going to give you quite a range for either noise optimization and or um cooling performance i don't know what kind of bearing they are though they don't actually say on here we'll we'll put an annotation here on the screen as to what kind of bearing they are because that matters um i can tell you right now oh wow the amount of air that actually moves off those blades phil bring your hand over here look i'm just spinning it by hand right oh wow that's a good amount of air coming off there huh nice so obviously whether or not i could push through all those fins is what's going to matter we've got rubberized isolators here between the mounts on both sides so when you mount this to your radiator and you mount it to your case it is going to also give you a little bit of vibration dampening that way you're not hearing vibration make its way through the chassis they are pwm which means they are four pin which means that they are going to be able to be intelligently controlled let's get to the best part here though which is the radiator which to me already looks different too than the standard oems you would find in like a aesthetic wow the pump's actually kind of small is that smaller than you thought it would be phil like to me that i'm kind of surprised at how small the pump is but i'm kind of happy that it's small because one of the problems that we found with a lot of the other aios on the market is they go with a big design on top whether it be a screen or a ring or whatever which then starts to interfere with certain ram kits you start to have the tubing coming off the side interfering with you know high height ram or just not enough room between the socket and the ram stick next to it so that's kind of nice to see that it looks like we're not going to have any issues there in terms of mounting it then last but not least we have all of our accessories this is going to be all our different mounting brackets hold down retentions you've got your tr4 set which i i'll be honest with you this is too small for tr4 i would not recommend using this for that the dye is like twice the size of this so here's where we're gonna hey look they need to give you more paste because they're no idiots like me so at least i can use the paste they sent with it so when we do our cooling test it's not like a flawed test because we applied our own paste so let's do this let's go ahead and get this mounted up on our 10900k which is kind of funny because we choose intel now since it is the higher heat generator versus amd how how times have changed we'll get this cooler off of here we'll get this one on there and then we'll see uh we'll stress it stress test it so you can see how small the block top is you have plenty of room there without it being like hitting neighboring components there's been times where i've had aios get way too close to either the heatsink right here on the top or the tubes would hit the the ram or something so we're gonna go ahead and fire it up um the nice thing too i already showed you guys is or maybe i didn't it doesn't require any special software it just runs off of a pwm 4 pin like a regular fan header and then the rgb just runs off a regular argb plug which is the three pins it's got the two the space and the one so i plug that into the motherboard and then i also plug the aio into the aio header on the motherboard which will give us control and bios we've got our overclock applied as well this is the ai overclock it's got a 43 overclock based on base clock so it's gonna push it to like cpu fan error all right so they are all turning now i just use the triple fan splitter to plug them into the cpu header you can see there are initial temperatures right here wow 22c uh 23c that's it's been sitting off obviously the coolant's nice and cold i need to turn off my cpu monitor though because it's not recognizing the fan signal for some reason also it lit up like a teal color like that because that's the way i had the it's using the aura setting and so because of that um that's the color it lit up otherwise it would probably start up rainbow puke like the ram is because that's like the default setting right so let's get into windows here let's uh start getting some temperature testing here but i'm i'm really pleased in that the setup is simple the bracketry is uh it's got more pieces to it i think then you would find something like a basic asic design you have to like assemble the bracket part underneath and put the prongs through and then the o-rings to like hold it down they're pressure fit with o-rings so they don't fall out push it up through and then put these spacers down and then the bracket and then nuts there's lots of pieces to the bracketry which i think could be simplified uh but it seems to be holding pretty good we clearly are getting a good mount core attempts are anywhere between high 20s to low 30s spiking into the 50s because things are currently loading and such right now so what i'm gonna do now is i'm going to start uh cinebench r20 i don't have 23 installed on this one i don't think and i'm going to set this to just and the nice thing about our overclock is i don't have the uh the camera exactly what the terminology is but the turbo timer enabled where after so many seconds it'll drop the core boost uh turbo boost that way it doesn't get as hot so we're just going to let it loop uh after i don't know 15 minutes or so to see where our max temperature sort of stabilized and it's important to remember in this particular test that um we'll go like 900 seconds it's important to remember that in this particular test the cinebench instruction set is very very demanding it is it is a it is a like a burn-in test one of the truth in the way that the instructions are which is avx um specific to you know intel obviously it has instruction sets available to it so it'll keep the clocks up there it won't drop them under avx load which means we're seeing a fairly unrealistic amount of load on the cpu versus your your daily task so we are seeing the worst case scenario here so i'm gonna go ahead and start it now i'm gonna let it loop and i want to see what our initial temperature spikes are 63 on the package uh it looks like our average is gonna be like 62 on the cores right now and if you look at our core speed it is at 5.9 all core one of the things with the ai overclock with asus handling it is it does um 5.9 that's a 5.9 4.9 which typically the all core is like 4.8 it only added like 100 megahertz but that's because i don't apply all core overclock to the cpu i do let it turbo boost so we get higher single core where to go like five three even five four and then 4.9 on all core with you know workloads if you will so the fact that i've been sitting here kind of talking for a second for you um temperatures on the package is 65 and then it looks like we've hit a high of 66 on like a few of the middle cores and 16 an average of 64.63 it's funny it looks like the center is hottest and then like the cores on the outside are cooler which is kind of the way it works right all right we'll let it go we'll come back and we'll see what those temperatures maxed out at ignore the scores if you own a 100k unless you want to be really depressed about how low it scores versus amd's like 5900x stuff but anyway moving on um when it comes to the temperatures though you can see our max package temp was 71 and then our hottest core reached 72 this doesn't maintain an average so these are spikes right and that's the hottest that it ever spiked which means its averages are obviously lower than this um it's kind of funny too if we go down here we look at the clock speed though you can see right now all the cores are idling at anywhere between 4.9 to 5.3 even on all core and that's just because this particular test like i said uh does drop down to about 4.9 during the test so it's in my opinion i feel like this cooler is doing a better job than even our 280 cooler was doing because one of the things i noticed with this with these exact settings if i were playing a game or something then the fans would immediately like start ramping up and i feel like there were all kinds of like temperature spikes happening really high ones but if we think about the fact that this particular cpu has a tj maxx or thermal junction max of 105c and our cores are nearly 40c under that 35 to 40c under that and our package temp is 34c under that with still an ai overclock happening here and not even touching voltages or tuning any of that you can see that with an air like this on a hot cpu like a 900k being in my opinion one of the worst case cpus for mainstream that you could test this with in terms of power uh draw and heat soak the 360 here with these particular fans which by the way in terms of tone they are running full speed right now they don't have a bad tone about them they are a hydro bearing which is something we i said earlier i wasn't sure what kind of bearing type it is it's a hydro bearing so it basically means it's a fluid dynamic bearing essential is what a hydro bearing is it means it's riding on a cushion of fluid um which means then the orientation which you have them can matter in terms of the longevity over time but in terms of airflow direction i can feel kind of a gap in the center of this of the fan circle where there's not a whole lot of airflow i do think we're getting a bit of a pinwheel effect as it comes out but instead of being conical i feel like it's spiraling and it's obvious that we've got really good airflow through here the 2100 rpm this is full speed right now is not super crazy so if you were like the kind of person that's like i care all about the performance i don't care about the noise so much you could definitely get away with this and through all the testing we've done in the past about slowing down the fan speeds i think if we drop this down to like 1500 rpm we might pick up maybe 5c on these temperatures that you've seen obviously showing that we have absolutely no problems with this cooler keeping school so like i said i i like to test aios when they're different i just don't like to retest different asetek rebrands of aios because they're all going to perform like an asetek all 360s are going to perform similar all 240s and 28ds are going to perform similar this seems like a nice compact design i like the sleeve tubes they're not ugly the the radiator is a standard 30mm thick it's going to fit in any case that can fit a standard 360 millimeter radiator and it's funny though i wonder what this orientation how many people are going to tell me this is wrong because now that i think about it i guess the air could be settling up here that's a whole different video for different day i guess we've already done our too long didn't watch but i don't hear any gurgling and stuff and we've always run our aios on here with no problem like this so there you go if you guys want to learn more about the g skill inky 360. i will put the uh description in the description that'll put the link you guys can go and check it out huge thanks to uh gskill for sending this to us we've taken a look at a lot of their peripherals and other projects in the past like keyboards and mice in fact i still use their mouse quite often and i've had that one for years and it's nice to see another option on the market when it comes to aios i'm going to leave this one on the test bench for a while now because the other thing that we have to test over time and we'll report back on if anything ever changes or degrades is the longevity and the pump quality in the pump life thanks for watching guys sound off down below what you think about this aio or what your go-to aio is when with your cpus and what your favorite brand is so others that are shopping can have some brands to consider thanks for watching and we'll see in the next one it takes something kind of like different from a brand that's unexpected to bring us an ao ai\n"