Cooper Cooler. Drink Cooler

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Remember that, all else being equal, more fans equals better cooling, but more noise. The coolers that do the best job of moving warm air away from your CPU and out of your case are also often the loudest. If fan noise is an issue for you, you’ll want a cooler that does a good job of balancing noise and cooling. If you can set your cooler's fan speeds based on temperatures in your motherboard's BIOS, that should also help. There are three heat pipes for each heatsink section. They cross each other intricately before entering the heatsink fins. So from my understanding copper draws heat from cpu the water heats up and rises to the fins of the cooler and the fans cools the fins and the water cools down lowers and process starts all over again again and again, how simple but so affective is that.

As we found out, the Rasetsu is 4°C more effective when the heat pipes are oriented horizontally (the right photo) rather than otherwise (the left photo) although the convex CPU cap may have influenced the results. Anyway, we installed the cooler so that its heat pipes were horizontal for our tests. Before going any further, if you're a PC-building beginner, you'll want to read our deep-dive PC Cooling 101 guide to learn everything you need to know about CPU coolers. We'll summarize a few points from that article here, but won't be covering it in anywhere near the same depth. The outline of the Scythe Yasya heatsink can be seen easily. It looks like a Yasya tower put on its side and split into two halves which are hung on six 6mm heat pipes.All in all, it's an easy cooler to install, and an extra positive is that it can be installed in any orientation, which is helpful when trying to avoid impeding on your other components.

The cooler uses the well-known T-shaped "down draft" design, in which the air flow is directed perpendicular to the mainboard, which allows the cooling of the surrounding motherboard components at the same time. The included TY-100BP fan is a 100mm spinner, with a range of 900 to 2,500 RPM, and PWM input. This is what happens when the cooling fan is attached to the heat sink body of Thermalright AXP-100 Full Copper. The AXP-100 Full Copper handled this testing really well. The Full Copper ran a few degrees cooler in every test, averaging out the results I found that the AXP-100H Muscle averaged 68C where the AXP-100 Full Copper came in at 65C so three degrees cooler on average. That is an impressive performance jump with the same heatsink and fan design, just with a material swap.base plate and that big gap and it wobbles a lot when you stand it up is not good, but is this how coolers are?? It's amazing how high wattage can support so small cooler. That said, before going any further, let's take a closer look at the specifications before torturing this tiny cooler on the test bench.

Two pairs of fasteners, wire clips for a fan, an installation guide and Scythe thermal grease are included with the cooler. Both of these factors have vastly expanded the options available for keeping PCs and chips cool. And that explosion of gear has been great for experienced system builders, while creating some confusion for those new to the scene. In this article, we've combined a brief tutorial with a list of some of the best CPU coolers now available. You'll want to read closely to ensure you get one that will work in your system. Normal coolers sandwich/solder heatpipes between base plates, but direct touch (cost cutting measure) might just have them pressed into grooves in bottom of the base and even with solder are certainly less firmly attached: The Rasetsu can be installed without taking the mainboard out of the system case and without using any tools. Featuring the Versatile Tool-Free Multiplatform System, it can be mounted easily on the CPU. First, you insert the fasteners into the cooler’s bottom heatsink. Due to the use of copper, the heatsink is extremely heavy for the size at 640 g. While the weight is not surprising considering the material choice, it does have added benefits, of which one is a stiffer, stronger design. The fins themselves feel solid with very little flex, and as a result, I found none of them bent upon initial inspection. Other benefits of copper include the ability for it to absorb more heat than aluminium. However, while that is true, aluminium tends to absorb and dissipate heat faster.Single bump should leave at least uppermost fan attached and it would need more like some shaking to detach both fans.

There are no grooves for heat pipes in the cooler’s base. Perhaps they will be implemented in the third revision. The cooler’s sole is ideally finished and flat. To crown it answer he got from Noctua's support when asking about noise was basically that you should avoid those RPMs!

Not only does Corsair's iCUE H100i Elite Capellix cooler have an enticing aesthetic design, it also has one of the lowest-rated noise production levels that we've seen on a CPU water cooler. To be fair, the cooler can get a bit loud when the fans and pump are operating at full speed—when everything's revved up, Corsair says, the noise can climb to 37dBA. At ideal temperatures, however, the Elite Capellix is rated for as little as 10dBA, which is practically inaudible assuming the number holds in your specific build. All of the mounting plates are constructed from solid metal. Only the washers are made from plastic. If you’re not sure if you want to go the air cooling route (a big metal heatsink with fans) or opt for a liquid-cooled AIO (a pump attached to a radiator and fans), there are a few things to consider. Large air coolers tend to take up more internal space in your PC case, or at the very least they need more vertical clearance off your best motherboard, which can limit your case options. Air coolers can also be louder and less efficient than liquid coolers at moving heat away from your CPUand out of the chassis. These days, though, that’s not cut and dry. If you can go the extreme route, there are fanless air cooling options like Noctua's Colossal NH-P1 as well for the ultimate truly silent cooling option, although you'll still need case fans to move the warmed air out of your case.