Question Which are the coolers with the best contact (better or worse on the top right) ?

[Filll999-]

Min 14:27
Merry Christmas everyone, could someone tell me in the table linked above if the models are classified in ascending or descending order from left to right or vice versa? I don't understand which ones are better, I think the best ones start from the left and towards the right there are increasingly worse ones, but I'm not sure.

 

[Colif]

i think the ones closest to 0 AKA the bottom are the best.

As a reminder, the pressure test isn’t a heightmap, but purely a pressure map. We have a different test for height and flatness. This chart uses a specialized depth testing tool that measures from a known 0-point to the coldplate. We spot-tested about 40 locations on the contact area of the plate for depth in microns. Ideally, this would be highly consistent for best contact.

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[Filll999-]

i think the ones closest to 0 AKA the bottom are the best.


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ok thanks, so for example between the noctua NH-D15 and Assassin III what changes? What does the different contact of the 2 models really matter? I would like to understand how much changes in practice, beyond the temperatures. One would be thinner and higher, and the noctua is closer and thicker, but I don't know what that means

 

[geofelt]

The link gives me a video and not a table.
Could you give a list of the make/model of the parts you will be using?
Probably lga1700 is the only platform where contact may be an issue.

 

[Filll999-]

The link gives me a video and not a table.
Could you give a list of the make/model of the parts you will be using?
Probably lga1700 is the only platform where contact may be an issue.

yes, the table is at minute 14:27, and I will be using an i5-13600k, so I wanted to ask. (+ Asus prime z790-p and 2x16GB ddr5 in OC). Compared to the table I was interested in the following models:
Deepcool assassin III
Zalman CNPS20X
Noctua NH-D15
Scythe FUMA 2
Scythe Ninja 5

And I wanted to know what changed about what is shown in the table (thus ignoring the benchmark results) and what value they have these differences.