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welcome back to harbor unboxed today we're doing a little bit of overclocking with the core i5 8600 k it actually just occurred to me that while i have overclocked and fully tested the core i7 87 okay and even the core i3 83 50k i'm get to overclock the core i5 8600 k generally speaking the 87 or k is good for around 5 gigahertz and with the 86 enrique you should be aiming for around that figure as well before any multipliers can be adjusted or voltages can be cranked up we need a good cooler traditionally I like to use all-in-one liquid coolers and my go-to model for a while now has been courses hydro Series H 100 IV - it's a proven solution that comes in at a reasonable $110 us or 140 dollar ozzie asking price I am however always on the lookout for something new something different and if I'm lucky something better earlier in the you during the Computex trade show in Taiwan I spotted something that was indeed very new in fact so new it was upcoming at the time on display over at the Aero cool booth was the new p7 L 240 all-in-one liquid cooler as part of the company's new project seven brand it was advertised as being able to do it all and by that I mean cool high-end cps while also looking cool armed with a 240 millimeter radio that's 28 millimeters thick a pump and reservoir package that's serviceable and more lighting than a Christmas tree this all-in-one looks to have it all that said though it would want to a0 cool are charging 130 dollars u.s. so around $20 us more than the tried-and-true H 100 Ivy - that said it is slightly cheaper than course as flagship the H 115 I and when it comes to bling the p7 L 240 wins hands down but how well does it actually work to find out I've overclocked my core i5 8600 K to 5 ug Hertz using 1.3 3 volts on the gigabyte z 370 or a scamming 7 motherboard I should note though that my 6 core CPU hasn't been deleted so overclocked to this frequency it boils most budget liquid coolers with a how much effort the H 100 Ivy to peaks at around 80 reason the i-264 stress test which is actually very respectable particularly given how quiet that cooler is that said though the massive knocked to our NHD 15 air cooler peaks at just 75 degrees which is an exceptional result but there are a few drawbacks to installing such a large cooler the big one of course being compatibility with other components so the first step was to strap on the arrow called p7 L 240 and see how well it manages the overclocked 8600 k couldn't avoid running into throttling issues at 5 gigahertz well let's go find out right off the bat I fired up the Ida 64 stress tests and started stressing just the cpu after a short period the p7 L 240 peak to just 61 degrees which is already true degrees cooler than the H 100 IV to after the same period of time I then enabled the FPU stress test and left the system running for an hour after which point a maximum temperature of just 77 degrees was logged that's two degrees hotter than the NHD 15 but five degrees cooler than the H 100 IV - so an impressive result indeed I should note that for all the testing I maintain an ambient room temperature of just 21 degrees next I tried a real-world application of the gooseberry workload in blender which takes the overclocked 8600 K about an hour to complete in that time the p7 L 240 picked adjust 71 degrees which is considerably better than the H 100 IV - which weren't as high as 77 degrees the not so an air cooler meanwhile maxed out at just 68 degrees so again it is the best performer but that probably isn't entirely unexpected then finally give Cinebench r15 a shot running the multi-core test three times in concession and reporting the maximum temperature for this test the p7 L 240 at 73 degrees while the H 100 IV - when as high as 79 degrees meanwhile the monstrous NHD 15 never went above 70 degrees for those wondering the multi-threaded score went for around 1050 points at these stock operating clock speeds - 1220 points with all cores clocked at 5 gigahertz so by keeping temperatures in check performance in this test was boosted by 16% in terms of cooling performance the Aero cool piece ever L 240 stop rattling he's on par with the best sub $150 us all in one liquid coolers that I've tested although it wasn't able to match the nock to our NHD 15 air cooler it's well worth noting the Corsair crystal 570 X case used for testing provided boatloads of airflow as the front and top glass panels were removed for the tests with three 120 millimeter front mounted intake fans the NHD 15 was fed loads of cool air and the hot air it dumped back in the case was quickly extracted in a more confined space or sat with less airflow the P 7 l 240 could potentially perform better as almost all the heat generated by the CPU is dumped directly outside the case in addition to the strong performance there are a number of other positive attributes the all-important installation process is very straightforward and I really appreciate the inclusion of double-sided tape for sticking the mounting bracket to the backside of the motherboard this made the installation process considerably easier the only hitch here being that the back plate features yellow tabs and for those that care about aesthetics which I feel be most people buying this kind of cooler this could be a bit off-putting yellow tabs aside though this flexible backplate does allow the p7 L 240 to be installing almost all current desktop platforms in fact the only exception here is aimed each thread ripper tr4 socket thankfully though the am floor platform is supported along with all current Intel platforms including the LGA 2066 socket other than the 240 millimeter radiator which measured 275 millimeters in length and a 121 millimeters wide there's the block pump and reservoir unit which stands 62 millimetres tall and 95 millimeters at its widest this does make it pretty large for an a io but this is because we do have a reasonably large 100ml reservoir here which can be topped up with extra fluid if need be rather than your more typical or even square block housing air oh cool went with a hexagon shape which looks very unique and thanks to the clear acrylic housing looks amazing when lit up the two 120 millimeter fans on the radiator also feature translucent blades which are backlit for a cool effect this all ties together very nicely when connected to the arrow cool hub which allows you to control everything via software that said though the p7h hub is sold separately and without it you will require a motherboard that offers an RGB header the only downside to all this RGB goodness are the cables there are four cables in total coming from the fans and two from the Warner blocks we totally have half a dozen wires that you need to deal with and that can be a bit of a pain for the cable management department I have to say I've been pleasantly surprised with what the error call p7 240 has to offer I was really just expecting a bit of a light show from this thing and not much substance when it came time to perform but it's really proven that it's a serious all-in-one liquid cooler and it's more than just an RGB light show in a nutshell I appreciate the easy installation process the quiet operating volume solid build quality a unique appearance and of course the performance the negative aspects of this product I would say include the fact that the p7 h1 that's the RGB controller and fan controller isn't included in the package with an MSRP of 130 dollars us buying that thing separately will be a costly affair the only other negative aspect I'd say is probably the massive amount of cables that hang off this thing to take advantage of those RGB effects there are plenty of cables as you can see here and that while the installation process of the block itself onto the CPU socket is quite easy having to our deal with these in a neat and tidy fashion is a bit time-consuming I have to say overall arrow calls p7 L 240 performs great and well it looks great as well I highly recommend it for anyone looking for an all-in-one that will give their rig that special look and of course if you plan to overclock your core i5 8600 cater 5 gigahertz assuming the chip can do it this cooler will keep the temps in check and well that's going to do it for this one I'm your host Steve see you again next time you