Intel’s Cryo Cooling has been featured in new liquid cooling solutions released by EKWB and Cooler Master. In this news article, we’ll take a quick look at what it’s really about.

Intel Cryo Cooling technology is based on a combination of the company’s software, hardware and firmware features. It naturally requires a technology-enabled cooler, a compatible motherboard, a multiplier-unlocked to operate. next-generation Core processor and the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility overclocking app. 10. next-generation processors also require a new firmware version to make the technology work as intended. You can find a list of currently supported motherboards at the end of the news.

Coolers that support Cryo Cooling technology are based on a thermoelectric peltier element (TEC, Thermal-Electric Cooling), in which an electric current is used to cool the cold plate. The hot side of the Peltier element, in turn, remains to be cooled by the liquid collector itself, be it an AIO or custom liquid circuit. The consumption of the Peltier element and thus the heat output is about 200 watts. The Peltier element allows the processor temperature to be lowered below room temperature and even below zero degrees under certain conditions. To prevent condensation, the Intel control unit constantly monitors not only the ambient temperature and processor load, but also the humidity and controls the operation of the element based on them. The user is also given the opportunity to adjust the operation manually instead of automatically.

Intel does not promise any specific clock frequency or performance for the processors supported in its documents, but promises that the technology will improve overclocking results, as cold silicon is able to bend to higher clock frequencies at lower voltages than warm silicon. At the same time, a new overclocking version of Velocity Boost technology was also released: OC-TVB or Over-Clocking Turbo Velocity Boost. OC-TVB allows the user to set separate coefficients for processor cores at low temperatures, the temperature limit at which to move to lower coefficients, and how many steps to lower coefficients the processor should then move.

According to Intel’s own tests, coolers using Cryo Cooling technology are either clearly better or, at their weakest, only slightly weaker than traditional liquid cooling, depending on the load. With Comet Lake processors below 100 watt loads (most games, low-scaling applications) Cryo Cooling collars are said to keep the processor temperature at about 20 – degrees lower than the liquid scooter and 100 – 180 watt loads (some games, medium loads) 5 – 20 degrees lower. 180 – 230 watt loads Cinebench, Prime 95 on all cores) Cryo Cooling should be roughly flush with the fluid circuits and eventually over 230 watt loads (overclocked Cinebench, Prime 95 with all cores) discard it sparingly.

Source: Intel slideshow, not publicly available for download