Cryorig A40: Test |Specs | Price | CPU | Hashrate| Config | Pros & Cons

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Hi all!

I’m coming back to Cryorig today with an event for the brand, the start of the marketing of water cooling systems! On the strength of its past experience with coolers combining performance and manufacturing quality, Cryorig is attempting a breakthrough in the world of watercooling with 3 AIO kits, the A80, A40 and A40 Ultimate.

The version tested today will be the A40, on the program a radiator 240 mm long and 2.75 cm thick and therefore 2 fans of 12 cm. So far everything suggests that it looks like any AIO kit on the market, but Cryorig adds to this a fan that is installed at the level of the waterblock and which is supposed to drastically lower the temperatures of the components around the processor, because there is effectively no air flow there with an AIO kit other than that generated by the fans of the box. Will this be enough to set the A40 (and its brothers) apart from other competitors? This is what we will see.

The Cryorig A 40 is offered at a recommended price of around 100 € which places it in the average for this type of product.

THE box is the image of what we find on all Cryorig products, namely sober and efficient. A listing of the strong points is present on one side with a photo of the product accompanied by the logo of the brand and of course the model. On the other hand, the full technical characteristics are present, whether it is the dimensions of all the parts but also the characteristics of all the fans, at least we will not be caught off guard!

On one side we find the point on which Cryorig insists, the gain provided by the fan installed on the pump, with the program 2 photos of the temperatures reached with and without the fan.

When opening the box as usual we come across a little note telling us that once the product is registered on the brand’s website the warranty is extended by 3 years, which therefore brings the total to 6 years, from what to see coming!

Under the foam there is a great classic for an AIO kit, a cardboard mold accommodating all the parts of the kit, so transport should not be a problem.

The Cryorig A40 bundle consists of:

• 1 radiator + A40 pump
• 1 installation manual
• 1 warranty extension card
• 1 Intel Universal Mounting Plate
• 1 AMD universal mounting plate
• 2 fans 12 cm
• 1 fan to be installed on the pump
• The necessary screws

The bundle is as usual with Cryorig very well supplied, everything is present to ensure the assembly of the A40 without the slightest problem, on the other hand it is a shame not to have the screwdriver that we are used to seeing as well as ‘a tube of thermal paste, it will be necessary to buy some if ever it comes to reinstalling the kit.

Here is the beast! As usual on an AIO watercooling kit, everything is completely black, the build quality here is excellent, nothing surprising from Cryorig.

Sobriety is the order of the day, the radiator is painted black but has a very pleasant “soft touch” type effect both to the touch and to the eye. The fins are all aluminum in order to have maximum dissipation, the build quality is once again excellent and exudes quality.

The waterblock integrates the pump, everything is covered with a plastic cover with the mark written on it. The plastic is of a lower quality than the rest of the kit, but that’s just a detail.

The surface in contact with the processor is of course copper, a layer of thermal paste is pre-applied and the kit is ready to be installed on an Intel platform.

On the top a 4-pin connector as well as a notch are present for the installation of the fan which is supposed to cool the components around the processor.

There are 4 connectors, 2 to accommodate the 2 12 cm fans, 1 which will connect to the motherboard and which will manage the rotation speed of the fans and the Sata connector will be used to power the pump.

The fans are QF120 Performance of the brand, 12 cm models running at a maximum speed of 2200 RPM for a theoretical sound level of 37 dB, it goes without saying that at this speed they will clearly not be silent, we will see that later! Note that each corner is equipped with a rubber pad to damp vibrations.

Here is the fan that will be installed on the pump, a 7 cm model rotating at a maximum speed of 3000 RPM, it will not be silent once fully, it will be necessary to see this during the tests once again!

Here is what it looks like once the fan is installed on the waterblock, it is possible to install it in 2 different ways, either by blowing towards the motherboard (as in the photo) or by blowing outwards by putting it in the other way.

Specification: Hashrate – Cryorig A40

As we can see the Cryorig A40 is compatible with all the sockets on the market, from the aging 1366 to 2011-3 through the 115x at Intel and the FMx / AMx at AMD, which means that it will be difficult to take it. faulty at this level. The dimensions are most classic with a length of 27.2 cm and a thickness of 2.75 cm for the radiator (5.25 cm with the fans installed).
The radiator is composed of aluminum fins like most products on the market, which should ensure efficient heat transfer, without reaching the level of the radiators which are made of copper.
The 2 12 cm fans provided are QF120 Performance of the brand, milling at a speed ranging from 600 to 2200 RPM for a sound level of 13 to 37 dB, the small 7 cm placed on the pump fluctuates between 1500 and 3000 RPM for a sound level ranging from 15 to 27 dB.
Offered at a price of around 100 €, the Cryorig A40 is in the middle of this type of product, let’s see what this gives in practice!

Usually the assembly of Cryorig products is very fast, especially on an Intel socket, let’s see what that gives here!

First of all you have to take the plate corresponding to the socket used, the Intel plate in my case and set to A (socket 1366), B (socket 115x) or C (socket 775), no screws to put in place or whatever whether it is here, all you have to do is push the small slider, you save a little time and it’s very practical.

You must then place the plate behind the motherboard.

Once placed it is necessary to screw the spacers on the 4 screws.

With the plate in place, we can take care of the fans, first of all those to be installed on the radiator, as above, do not forget to connect them to the 2 connectors provided for this purpose.

Then you have to install the small fan on the pump (this is not however compulsory), as in the photo above if you want it to blow on the motherboard, in the other direction if you want it blast from the other side.

Then just put the waterblock on the processor, no thermal paste to put because it is already pre-applied.

Finally, you have to fix everything using the 4 nuts supplied, do not forget to screw them in turn little by little to be sure that contact with the processor is made.
And here it is! As usual with Cryorig there is no problem during assembly, it’s fast, well done and it will not budge!

The test platform

The Cryorig A40 has been tested on the configuration below:

• Processor : Intel Core i7 875K @ 3.2 Ghz
• Motherboard : Asus P7P55D
• Memory : Kingston HyperX 4 x 2 GB 1600Mhz
• Hard Drive: WD Raptor 150 GB
• Graphics card : Sapphire Toxic 5850
• Power supply : Seasonic X650

The test protocol

The core i7 875K has been slightly overclocked to 3.2Ghz. The temperatures under load are an average of all the cores for 3 tests of 30 minutes on OCCT, the temperatures at rest were taken after 15mins on the desk (still an average of the 4 cores). A test will take place in PWM mode managed by the motherboard, another with the fans at minimum and finally a last with the fans at maximum, in order to see how the kit behaves in all configurations.

The AIO Watercooling kit has been tested against:

• Antec H20 1250 (tested here)
• Cooler Master Nepton 120XL (tested here)
• Cooler Master Nepton 240M (tested here)
• Corsair H75 (tested here)
• Corsair H110i GT (tested here)
• Fractal Design Kelvin S36 (tested here)
• be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 (tested here)
• Noctua NH-D15 (tested here)
• NZXT Kraken X41 (tested here)

The temperatures

As we can see the performance of the Cryorig A40 is high level! Whether with 52 ° for the processor in 5V, 46 ° in 12V or even 49 ° when the fans are set to PWM, it goes without saying that the processor is largely well cooled. For comparison, the A40 is almost on par with the Corsair H110i GT and is a little more efficient than the Cooler Master Nepton 240M, which is not nothing!

Noise pollution

Warning: Part to be taken with a grain of salt, unfortunately not having access to the appropriate equipment and using an android application to take the readings The measurements below are only indicative! The readings were taken 15cm from the cooler.

This is where the bottom hurts in general on AIO kits, the Cryorig A40 was no exception in terms of noise pollution. Indeed although the fans are inaudible at 5V it is the pump which generates the most noise with its 36 dB, it is not huge but we cannot qualify the A40 as totally silent, it is a shame in terms of hearing the sound quality of the fans.

Once in 12V on the other hand there is a whole other world, at 2200 RPM the fans display a good fat 60 dB, which will make everything very clearly noisy and not pleasant to use (the fan on the pump as to It displays a 48 dB, already more respectable but drowned in the noise of the fans). It should be noted however that the fans even if they are noisy at this speed do not produce any parasitic noise (as in 5V), which is already a good thing.

The best of both worlds is on the other hand in PWM with a sound level which goes from 36 dB at rest (same as in 5V) to 37 dB under load, as much to say that the fans hardly increase in speed and the noise the most vocal is the pump.

That said, the A40 is not noisy at 5V or PWM, but the pump makes the thing audible, once in a box that said the noise should be more or less muffled.

Here we are at the end of this test, what to say about this Cryorig A40?
For a test run in the field of AIO Cryorig water cooling kits do not go with the back of the spoon, the build quality is as usual with the brand excellent, the materials used are of quality and the guarantee 6-year extension only reinforces these impressions.

The performance of the A40 is excellent, even with the fans set to minimum, it will take care of your processor without a hitch. Adding the fan to the pump can help cool the VRMs / other components around the processor, although as it is it is quite dispensable if the motherboard is well thought out.

In terms of noise pollution it is a little more mixed, even if the fans are flawless at a minimum and in PWM it is not the same when they are pushed to the limit and become very noisy. Likewise, the pump is not silent and spoils the landscape a bit, too bad otherwise the picture would have been perfect.
Offered at a price of around € 100, the Cryorig A40 is an AIO water-cooling kit that deserves to be looked at, it will be perfectly suited to a processor even overclocked, as long as we do not expect not a golden silence, but unfortunately this is the case in the vast majority of cases with this type of product.

Advantages

• Performance
• Build quality
• 3 + 3 year warranty
• Cooling of components around the socket

Disadvantages

• Audible pump
• Maximum noisy fans

A big thank you to Cryorig and Andy who allowed me to do this test.

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