Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsEasy Mounting, Great Performance for Price
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020
Great cheap upgrade to the stock ryzen cooler. The wraith stealth cools just fine, but these budget tower coolers are a lot quieter. Cools well enough that with the right fan curve, it only needs to kick on at load. Remains cool at idle or minor load without the fan on, and I have high ambient temps.
Some things to note:
+ Mounts to your motherboard's stock back-plate. Install is as easy as it can get.
+ Comes with an extra set of fan clips, so you can upgrade it to a dual fan no problem. These are surprisingly hard to find sold separately, for coolers that don't come with extras!
+ Comes with MX-4 thermal paste, enough for 2-3 applications. MX-4 is A-tier and benchmarks within 1* of the best non-liquid metal pastes out there, save your money!
= If you're mounting it and your computer case has a cut-out behind the motherboard to mount after-market back plates, you will need to do something to keep presssure on the back plate throughout the install process. I used a book.
= fan clips bend out of shape every time you remove them. just grab the U-shaped part on the ends where they loop back on themselves and pinch every time you replace fans.
- fan clips have a tendency to scratch the finish off the cooler. mount the top side first so only the bottom gets scratched and it'll be invisible once mounted. alternatively you could stretch the clips to not scratch anything, and then pinch them tight once mounted. unless you have tiny hands you can only do this with either the cooler un-mounted, or your ram/gpu and vrm heatsinks uninstalled.
