Benchmarks: Temperature and Noise
Cooling the overclocked Core i7-5820K isn't a problem for the Trinity 300 - Cooler Master's Seidon 120V liquid cooler is more than up to the task and keeps core temp to a respectable 65ºC under extreme load.
The graphics card poses more of a challenge. On a hot summer's day (actually the hottest July day ever recorded in England), it didn't take long for the GTX 980 GPU to begin dialling down frequency. During our benchmarks, the MSI card peaked at 1,266MHz but dropped back to 1,152MHz in order to keep core temp as close to the 80ºC target as possible.
Separate cabins aren't necessarily better than a traditional tower when it comes to cooling, and noise isn't reduced, either. Our sound meter recorded a noise reading of 39.6dB with the system idling, and that rose to 44.8dB while gaming. Translating those numbers to a real-world experience, the Trinity 300 is always clearly audible in a quiet room and can get quite loud when full load is applied.
