Cooler Master Cosmos II: Large and in Charge

Noise and Thermal Testing, Overclocked

Once again, we separate the men from the boys with the overclocked performance testing. While the Cooler Master Cosmos II sat on top of the charts at our stock settings, the substantially increased thermal load (and cooler noise) of our overclocked bed produces a greater performance spread between the cases we test.

The Cosmos II continues to basically trade blows with Rosewill's enclosure, but the medium fan setting continues to be the ideal choice. That said, remember that the Thor v2 also includes fan controls; we tested them at minimum and maximum speeds (minimum speed performance is presented here), but if you're willing to tweak them a little odds are good you can hit the same thermal performance.

We can't really argue with these numbers, though. The medium fan setting is definitely where it's at for the Cosmos II, at least in its stock configuration. Cooling performance is superior all around, with noise levels to match. The high fan setting is next to useless.