IDCOOLING IS-55

The IS-55 is the latest low profile cooler from IDCOOLING. The cooler is 55mm tall and can be mounted in either orientation without affecting performance. The IS-55 comes in either white or black variants.

SPECIFICATIONS

MODELIS-55
DIMENSIONSL: 120 x W: 120 x H: 55mm (including 15mm thick fan)
MATERIALS5x 6mm copper heat-pipes, copper base (nickel plated), aluminium cooling fins
COMPATIBILITYIntel: 1200/1700
AMD: AM4/AM5
FANS1x 120x15mm (2000RPM)
RAM CLEARANCE33mm
THERMAL COMPOUND (INCLUDED) Y

TEST SYSTEM

Testing is carried out on BC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench), using the following hardware in 20°C ambient room temperature.

CASEBC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench)
MOTHERBOARDRog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi (paid link)
CPUR5 7600X / R7 7700X (paid links)
CPU COOLERIDCOOLING IS-55 (paid link)
PSU Extreme 850R (paid link)
RAM32GB Gskill DDR5, 6000MHz, CL30 (paid link)

THERMAL BENCHMARKS

We use Cinebench R23 multicore (stability test), for CPU thermal testing. This provides worse case scenario for given CPUs thermal output.

CONCLUSIONS

The IS-55 is LP cooler that has been designed with focus on LGA1700 & AM5. It has good build quality and simple; effective mounting system.

In pursuit of performance, the IS-55 has a downside, which limits RAM or motherboard I/O shield compatibility height to 33mm. This rules out using the I/O side on majority of LGA1700 & AM5 motherboards. It also has very limited RAM compatibility list for both DDR4 & DDR5.