Review : Silverstone Vida 240 Slim

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Temperatures

Processor at 65W :

Despite a more violent 65W profile, this still represents the least stressful phase of this protocol. It allows to highlight the performances obtained with compact/entry-level heatsinks. These results are only indicative for the largest heatsinks (AIO, large dual tower heatsink, etc.).

Vida 240 Slim température 65W

With a low power consumption of 65W, the little Vida does well and stabilizes our CPU at less than 40°C at low rpm. However, on these higher speeds, it does slightly less well than the Pure Loop 240 from be quiet!

Processor at 95W :

Here, our CPU will run at 3.90GHz constantly and on all its cores. We apply a VCore of 1.375V to obtain a consumption of 95W approximately. To simplify the reading of the graph, we may have rounded some values to the nearest integer.

Vida 240 Slim température 95W

At 95W, the situation gets tighter, especially at low speeds where temperatures rise quite rapidly. As it is, Silverstone’s kit is positioned against the Kraken X53 RGB and the PL240 Flux from Cooler Master. On the other hand at high speeds, it stands out quite clearly from the Kraken from NZXT.

Processor at 125W:

Finally, we finish with our 125W profile. Here the heat release is more important, let’s see how our coolings do!

Vida 240 Slim température 125W

On our 125W profile, the Silverstone kit does not do too badly when the fans are running at high speed and mid-range. In these conditions, it falls slightly behind Thermaltake’s ToughLiquid Ultra 240. On the other hand, at low speeds, temperatures soar again. We can feel that, despite the fairly fast fans, the radiator has trouble handling high power consumption.

Summary:

Despite a slim radiator and fans, the Vida 240 Slim remains a rather interesting kit thermally. It’s resourceful, especially with the fan and pump set to full speed. Nevertheless, as the power consumption increases, it is more and more in trouble at low speed, despite faster than average fans. We feel that the radiator is penalizing in these conditions.