1: It has to be substantially cheaper than an AIO (sorry Noctua DH-15). 2: It has to be quiet and cool well. 3: It has to be easy to use it in progressive builds on different sockets. 4: It's nice if it fits in many cases.
that it stops the machine turning into a conflagration when it's doing significant work. Quieter fans help too (I have only gone for Noctua - NH-D15 and NH-U12A - so far and even given their reputation for low noise they're still not the quietest at full tilt.)
@@Jajalaatmaar Yes to all of this. I would enhance point 3 to say not only longevity in different systems, but installation complexity - period. The is no need for so many parts and cumbersome combinations to mount a cooler.
I love this thing! I just bought one for my new 13600K CPU and am able to overclock it to 5.5GHz (500Mhz upgrade from stock) on all cores, and 5.7GHz when it's using 2 or less cores. :) Temps never hit above 90 degrees, and when gaming, it usually hangs around the 80s, so I am absolutely excited about my purchase. I simply do not want to get into water-cooling, so this was perfect! It is indeed MASSIVE, lol!!! Like, really huge; it's almost funny. Appreciate the video. I give this cooler 5/5!
Hello, I want to buy an air cooler for the i5 13600KF processor, but I will not break its speed and I want the processor temperatures to be excellent while playing at resolution 2k. Do you advise me to buy it?
great cooler that and another win for the deepcool team. my mate has been rocking a deepcool case and cooler for a while, but they finally seem to be getting better visibility in the market now, which is good to see
AIO are always noisy. Had a few ones and you can always hear either the pump, some whine or bubbles. I am waiting to upgrade to the AK620. Best AIO price-to-performance.
and it also retains its performance, I have a 7 year old Corsair 280mm AIO and my R5 3600 in Time Spy ran at 70°C! That's crazy high meanwhile a friend's 1600X cooled by a Noctua U12S ran at 53°C
Right now I'm using a Deepcool AK500 Zero Dark with two of FK120's on it, in a Deepcool CK500 case it fits just well. Since in the AK500 ZD package you got a second pair of cooler mounting bracket free of charge, all you gotta do is buy one more single Deepcool FK120 cooler and fire it up. It's 100% well presented design and cooling performance. My favorite setup of all time.
@@charaznable8072 what were your temps before and after? i am debating whether to return my scythe fuma 3 for this and adding another fan to it i am using a ryzen 9 5950x at 160W PPT and getting 80C max in some multithreaded workloads, but wish I could get the temps down lower
i really like that they also put in a 2nd pair of clips for an additional fan. I really like that. Makes it possible to reduce the RPM on the fans, while keeping the performance at the same level. Maybe a test, if a 2nd fan has a noticable impact on the performance would be interesting. Also the waranty situation, is little bit "mehh". It does not fit the overall performance of the product. Maybe give this thing a 4 or even a 5 year waranty would fit better, and would blend it more into the top recomendation for air coolers. Thanks for the review.
Warranty on an air cooler doesn't really interest me. Unless you go for the super cheap options, I fail to see what could go wrong. No pump that can die, no evaporation, it's just a few heatpipes and lots of metal attached to it. I'm currently using a 13 year old tower cooler from Alpenföhn on my 12600K and it's completely fine. The fan had to be replaced a while ago, but the cooler itself is still working and the performance isn't bad, really. I could probably use it for another 10 years if it wasn't for mounting.
I am currently using the AK400 on Ryzen 3600, I love mATX builds so I care about ram clearance. I will probably get the AK500 later this year for my next build when 5070 becomes available.
Bought one of these to cool a 5950X. Fan died after 3 months, replaced it with a Thermalright TL-B12, which moves more air and hopefully will last longer.
Warranty on an air cooler doesn't bother me. The slim fan on my fuma 2 died in under a year I just swapped it out for a $6 fan and didnt bother. Like you said its a hunk of metal and a fan. This cooler is a bit average though, you install it and it cools the cpu. Im not too sold on it, feels like I should get something that looks nicer for similar money.
@@BadWeatherfreak 12400, 65w, the hottest it got was 58 degrees under stress test/cinebench. It won't be winning any cooling competition on 13900 but for £25 it's excellent.
Can you compare the Dark Rock Pro 4, Phantom Spirit, Frost Commander, Peerless Assassin, D15, AK620, AG620 and any other heavy hitters you can think of, especially if they are unknown to most people? I keep seeing coolers that I NEVER hear about as I visit different manufacturers' sites.
As far as the warranty, I personally dont find that to be an important point. People that go the route of air cooling do it for the simplicity and reliability of it. That is to say, the only point of failure is the fan. So, in theory, you dont even need a warranty anyways, when the fan can be replaced for as little as $10 and as much as $35 (Arctic P12 or Noctua NF-A12 respectively or similar options )
Sub-500 RPM is fine on a lot of competing brands, so that's perhaps not the case. 500 RPM is indeed very quiet, though some people will want lower speeds than that for some scenarios. At this price point, the competitors offer the control and granularity on the low-speed side, but Deepcool do not. So that's a factor that needs noting. Luke
How about reviewing an AIO or air cooler from a brand that isn't always touted? Go for a substantially built one instead of the lightweights that only do well in AC with a cooler CPU.
I’m running the DeepCool ak620 on a 5800x3d. At its hottest I seen 57 degree Celsius. At idle 25 degrees. I am running curve optimizer at -20. With 4x8 gskill 3533cl14 at 1.4volts.
i have i intel i5 12600k with a corsair 150i capelix on it. but the cooler for some reason must replaced with warranty . the interval until the change is made, I thought of putting a relatively cheap air cooler. I want to buy the ak 500. what is your opinion or you suggest something else. pc is made for gaming with 3060ti
This appears to be a direct competitor to the Be Quiet Shadow Rock 3. Same number of heat pipes, same offset mounting and color scheme, and the same price. Might be interesting to do a side by side comparison.
We had the Shadow Rock 3 in some of our older data comparison charts. It is quite a step below this cooler and some of the other air coolers we have tested more recently, so its data is omitted from the charts. Luke
We have seen a few like that for some quirky mITX cases. Not sure I'd personally want that for full ATX though. Would you want it? Or prefer to keep upgradability? Luke
This chart is pointless unless you have a motherboard with notoriously bad vrms - but that usually means the buyer has gone bargain and wont be spending £50 on a cooler. What about the lack of vrm cooling from water coolers (other than Arctic LF II's) - they supply none - so it really isn't a metric of much relevance.
I do love Deepcool, one of the better asian brands - glad to see Kitguru helping promote the brand to a wider audience - amazon seem to stock a lot of their stuff
Depends what clock speed you're aiming for and which use cases. The 12700K is a tough one to cool, but the power is often similar to what we put through this Ryzen 9 test CPU. Luke
@@heracles2103 Understood. Not everyone is comfortable with a AIO. You may wish to also look at reviews for the Deepcool AK620 and the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120. They're both fierce competitors with the Noctua NH-D15, but less expensive.
You can check back to some of our previous reviews for data from the Noctua NH-D15 in our charts. That is a much larger and more expensive cooler though, and we don't have access to the Noctua competitors in this price range unfortunately. Luke
It has to be substantially cheaper than an aio, it had to cool i7 or R9 to a level that provides similar factory overclocking/ out of the box speeds as an AIO. It should be either no lights or RGB, or have the ability to run the fan without the lights being powered. It has to be quiet when not under full load (so if I am working there are no distractions). Ideally I should be able to reasonably replace the fans with another brands if they fail, or provide cheap replacement fans.
@@JayzBeerz damn really with just 1 fan?! I didnt expect that thats cool. I got a Noctua NH-U12s with 2 fans currently on a 3700x its keeping it stone cold. From what Ive seen and read in terms of benchmarks and stuff I dont actually seen any major difference between my current cooler and the AK500. Will see how it performs when I get the CPU I guess. Thanks for the reply.
@@cskaismful dude the 3700X is easy to cool. I have the stock cooler on my wife’s 3700X and it never even gets close to 60C during work loads. You can buy a $20.00 cooler for a 3700X.
@@JayzBeerz well I dunno every system is different. I was getting close to 85c with the stock cooler thats why I got the U12s. Has never went above 70c since. Gets close to 75c on Cinebench when slightly overclocked but thats pretty much it. I didnt have exhaust fans when I had the stock cooler tho, added them as well when I got the U12s. But yeah I get what ur saying, back when I got the 3700x it had come out like 6 months ago or so and it was a top tier CPU so I had to cool it better cause 85c aint pretty.
@@cskaismful ok. Well I always use a rear fan and use a case with a mesh front. I have the Deep cool AG500 on a 5900X and it keeps it at 60c while gaming. The Noctua U12A which cost $120.00 couldn’t even do that.
great looking cooler but im sorry this review Luke doesnt give me enough information to make a buying decision, needs better cooler compare selection like from noctua
Unfortunately, I haven't been assigned Noctua coolers for review, so I don't have access to many of their offerings other than the D15. There is comparative data from the NH-D15 in some of our previous charts, but that is a much larger and more expensive air cooler than this, so is not a reasonable comparison. Which Noctuas would you like to see? Luke
Sry when you are so hui warrenty by Noctua, for this price tag this is in my eyes a punch in everyones stomach, when I see buying a fan and pay at amazon for +3 years that you have then the same as Arctic. Ohhh no I was wrong when you are near Arctic, they are from 6-10 years amd even not so greedy like the Össis.
You happily compare this cooler against vastly more expensive AIOs but where are the comparisons against the Noctua D15, the Fuma 2, Dark Rock Pro, and other good and premium air coolers? Indeed the Noctua NH-D15 only gets mentioned at 8:19; why do you only include it in only that chart and not the others? Sorry but this video is just not useful. This is a rare epic fail on your part; I know you'll do better next time.
You think the video is not useful because a £50, single-tower air cooler is not compared against dual-fan, dual-tower air coolers ranging from £90-100? That's just not a realistic comparison. We have plenty of AIOs in the charts (including expensive ones) because they are what we have reviewed recently. We have previous data from the Noctua NH-D15 in previous charts, but I removed this from the main OC/40dBA comparisons as I am not happy with how representative that (old) test data is due to some testing changes. Luke
@@lukehill5739 You say that luke, yet you have £150 air coolers in that chart so your point is moot. People want to see how these compare to other coolers, and as the ND-D15 has been the benchmark for a long time it needs to be in there as reference. There are also a lot of other good coolers for way less money than the D15 such as several from Scythe, Thermaltake and Alpenfohn.
what's your top priority when looking for a new air cooler?
1: It has to be substantially cheaper than an AIO (sorry Noctua DH-15).
2: It has to be quiet and cool well.
3: It has to be easy to use it in progressive builds on different sockets.
4: It's nice if it fits in many cases.
how's their 3 case fan kit can you recommend those
that it stops the machine turning into a conflagration when it's doing significant work. Quieter fans help too (I have only gone for Noctua - NH-D15 and NH-U12A - so far and even given their reputation for low noise they're still not the quietest at full tilt.)
@@Jajalaatmaar Yes to all of this. I would enhance point 3 to say not only longevity in different systems, but installation complexity - period. The is no need for so many parts and cumbersome combinations to mount a cooler.
Cooling performance
Like the simplicity. No fuss, no RGB just a massive heatsink and a fan.
I like that concept too, no messing around, just go for the kill!
I love this thing! I just bought one for my new 13600K CPU and am able to overclock it to 5.5GHz (500Mhz upgrade from stock) on all cores, and 5.7GHz when it's using 2 or less cores. :) Temps never hit above 90 degrees, and when gaming, it usually hangs around the 80s, so I am absolutely excited about my purchase. I simply do not want to get into water-cooling, so this was perfect! It is indeed MASSIVE, lol!!! Like, really huge; it's almost funny. Appreciate the video. I give this cooler 5/5!
Hello, I want to buy an air cooler for the i5 13600KF processor, but I will not break its speed and I want the processor temperatures to be excellent while playing at resolution 2k. Do you advise me to buy it?
great to hear i just ordered this identical setup
great cooler that and another win for the deepcool team. my mate has been rocking a deepcool case and cooler for a while, but they finally seem to be getting better visibility in the market now, which is good to see
The first time Luke said "this is a 50 pounds cooler", I thought "wow, that's a bit heavy"? Then yea, I got it, lol.
Deepcool is killing it with these new coolers - AIOs and Air. I can't wait to see you guys review the Assassin IV.
Yes. It's a good company.
That is a proper work of art that cooler. The amount of fins…
Have to say this is sort of a better option than an AIO - at least you know its not going to leak!
Depending upon your CPU, that's very true. Also, AIO's will deteriorate over time; whereas, these air coolers may only require a fan changeout.
AIO are always noisy. Had a few ones and you can always hear either the pump, some whine or bubbles. I am waiting to upgrade to the AK620. Best AIO price-to-performance.
and it also retains its performance, I have a 7 year old Corsair 280mm AIO and my R5 3600 in Time Spy ran at 70°C! That's crazy high meanwhile a friend's 1600X cooled by a Noctua U12S ran at 53°C
@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 Yeah. After about 5 years, they need to be sent for recycling.
@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 That's not exactly a fair comparison given the difference in speed and power consumption between 1600x and 3600
Right now I'm using a Deepcool AK500 Zero Dark with two of FK120's on it, in a Deepcool CK500 case it fits just well. Since in the AK500 ZD package you got a second pair of cooler mounting bracket free of charge, all you gotta do is buy one more single Deepcool FK120 cooler and fire it up. It's 100% well presented design and cooling performance. My favorite setup of all time.
This cooler is amazing I put another fan on the other end and it's cooling a 13700k amazingly well.
does that make it louder or no
@@dylan-nv5bd No
@@charaznable8072 what were your temps before and after? i am debating whether to return my scythe fuma 3 for this and adding another fan to it
i am using a ryzen 9 5950x at 160W PPT and getting 80C max in some multithreaded workloads, but wish I could get the temps down lower
Max temp in stress test? @@charaznable8072
i really like that they also put in a 2nd pair of clips for an additional fan. I really like that. Makes it possible to reduce the RPM on the fans, while keeping the performance at the same level. Maybe a test, if a 2nd fan has a noticable impact on the performance would be interesting. Also the waranty situation, is little bit "mehh". It does not fit the overall performance of the product. Maybe give this thing a 4 or even a 5 year waranty would fit better, and would blend it more into the top recomendation for air coolers. Thanks for the review.
Warranty on an air cooler doesn't really interest me. Unless you go for the super cheap options, I fail to see what could go wrong. No pump that can die, no evaporation, it's just a few heatpipes and lots of metal attached to it.
I'm currently using a 13 year old tower cooler from Alpenföhn on my 12600K and it's completely fine. The fan had to be replaced a while ago, but the cooler itself is still working and the performance isn't bad, really. I could probably use it for another 10 years if it wasn't for mounting.
I never used warranty on 100 usd below stuff.. Warranty is hassle, just basically increasing the upfront cost.
I am currently using the AK400 on Ryzen 3600,
I love mATX builds so I care about ram clearance. I will probably get the AK500 later this year for my next build when 5070 becomes available.
I ordered a white one of these from Scan, can't wait to install it. I didn't want to go for a dual tower so this seemed like a perfect choice!!
Bought one of these to cool a 5950X. Fan died after 3 months, replaced it with a Thermalright TL-B12, which moves more air and hopefully will last longer.
I suggest changing the colors of AIOs and Tower Air coolers on the graphs. Maybe blue for water and green for air.
Warranty on an air cooler doesn't bother me. The slim fan on my fuma 2 died in under a year I just swapped it out for a $6 fan and didnt bother. Like you said its a hunk of metal and a fan.
This cooler is a bit average though, you install it and it cools the cpu. Im not too sold on it, feels like I should get something that looks nicer for similar money.
Those slim fans can be bought separated, normally priced at 12 ish Euros.
I have the Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.B; it is a single tower and 6 heat pipes. It is very good and very quiet.
The mother of all big chunck single tower, one fan coolers. In fact, it should be the benchmark for these kind of coolers.
The design reminds me of Scythe's Mugen 5, great review.
The problem with this review is the only other serious air cooler in that list is the AK400.
I'm sporting Deepcool AK400 and it's amazing for the money!
With which cpu?
@@BadWeatherfreak 12400, 65w, the hottest it got was 58 degrees under stress test/cinebench. It won't be winning any cooling competition on 13900 but for £25 it's excellent.
Can you compare the Dark Rock Pro 4, Phantom Spirit, Frost Commander, Peerless Assassin, D15, AK620, AG620 and any other heavy hitters you can think of, especially if they are unknown to most people? I keep seeing coolers that I NEVER hear about as I visit different manufacturers' sites.
great review luke, love their coolers - always impressed me for the price. much cheaper bang for buck than some of the well known brands.
I have a AK500 on my 7700X and it does a great job. Really surprised because I got in a pinch because no Peerless assassins at MC. But it’s been great
As far as the warranty, I personally dont find that to be an important point. People that go the route of air cooling do it for the simplicity and reliability of it. That is to say, the only point of failure is the fan. So, in theory, you dont even need a warranty anyways, when the fan can be replaced for as little as $10 and as much as $35 (Arctic P12 or Noctua NF-A12 respectively or similar options )
great content!! I upgraded my cpu to r7 5800x3d, will this ak500 keep it below 80C while gaming/stress test?
I have the same setup and mine sits at about 55-60 celcius while gaming, I have the fan set to silent mode
I just bought it for $25 while knowing nothing about it, glad it's actually good 😂
you bought AG500 not Ak500 both are completely different 😊
Will this cooler be enough for i7-8700k at 4.7ghz?
Please review Scythe Kotetsu Mark 3!! It is said to be the champ in 4 heat pipe coolers category.
for r7 5700x? which is better coolermaster ma612 or ak500?
Is it possible that sub 500 rpm would not be optimal for the bearing(s) ? In either case 500rpm is inaudible. Why would you want it to go lower?
Sub-500 RPM is fine on a lot of competing brands, so that's perhaps not the case. 500 RPM is indeed very quiet, though some people will want lower speeds than that for some scenarios. At this price point, the competitors offer the control and granularity on the low-speed side, but Deepcool do not. So that's a factor that needs noting. Luke
Can you compare this AK500 to ID COOLING 226XT ???
How about reviewing an AIO or air cooler from a brand that isn't always touted? Go for a substantially built one instead of the lightweights that only do well in AC with a cooler CPU.
why no Noctua coolers?
I’m running the DeepCool ak620 on a 5800x3d. At its hottest I seen 57 degree Celsius. At idle 25 degrees. I am running curve optimizer at -20. With 4x8 gskill 3533cl14 at 1.4volts.
Csn I use a ak500 with the 5900x?
@@BadWeatherfreak I would say so.
@@grizzzlyadamz bro what is ur room temp?
@@aamaadmi98 65 degrees Fahrenheit
@@grizzzlyadamz here 105 F
Quality stuff. Not a bad price for 50 quid. Struggle to find a water cooled solution for that.
You would be surprised at the performance of the "ID-Cooling FrostFlow X 240" at about the same price as this ($54 US Dollars).
What about my Ryzen 7 5800x
Will it be enough ??
@hexrr340 yep
@hexrr340 I played continuously 5 hours and never goes above 75°c
Ordered one watching this
i have i intel i5 12600k with a corsair 150i capelix on it. but the cooler for some reason must replaced with warranty . the interval until the change is made, I thought of putting a relatively cheap air cooler. I want to buy the ak 500. what is your opinion or
you suggest something else. pc is made for gaming with 3060ti
This appears to be a direct competitor to the Be Quiet Shadow Rock 3. Same number of heat pipes, same offset mounting and color scheme, and the same price. Might be interesting to do a side by side comparison.
isn't the SR3 has 190w tdp while this has 250w
just check endorfy fortis 5 or old version silentium pc fortis 5, more heatpipes and 140mm fan.
@@kingofstrike1234 Yes I saw the TDP after the post. Not in the same class.
We had the Shadow Rock 3 in some of our older data comparison charts. It is quite a step below this cooler and some of the other air coolers we have tested more recently, so its data is omitted from the charts. Luke
Only one set of fan clips😢
Does this cooler pair well with a ryzen 5900x?
I will have one of these on i7 13700kf
I hope it will do the job.
But what do you guys think?
Anybody with similar confg?
bro do you think it can handle OC i7 11600k ?
Deepcool seem to get a lot of love here, are they really that good? can anyone who bought one of their coolers tell me?
I got the ak620 cooling a 7900x with no issue and it does a great job.
@@skaikey Thats reassuring cuz I ordered the same cooler for my 5800x
Can you mount it inverted ? Enough ram clearance ?
is it enough for the ryzen 5 7600x ?
will this fit in the asus tuf gt 501 case?
can it fanless
Is there any reason to get this over DeepCool AS500 that already exists? Maybe just case clearance?
Get the AS500 if you want RGB
is the fan replaceable?
Is it great for i9 12900k at full load?
How long till heatsinks just become part of the overall chassis?
We have seen a few like that for some quirky mITX cases. Not sure I'd personally want that for full ATX though. Would you want it? Or prefer to keep upgradability? Luke
I just want to get a second fan for mine.
why do you compare vrm cooling in the cooler review, shouldn't the mobo itself came with a good vrm temps, without using additional coolers
This chart is pointless unless you have a motherboard with notoriously bad vrms - but that usually means the buyer has gone bargain and wont be spending £50 on a cooler. What about the lack of vrm cooling from water coolers (other than Arctic LF II's) - they supply none - so it really isn't a metric of much relevance.
@@malphadour but why did they talk about it in this vid, isn't it just misleading
Bought ak500 3 months ago, fan is very noise. Got noctua instead.
did you try to change only fan not whole cooler ?
Damn boi, damn boi he THICC
I do love Deepcool, one of the better asian brands - glad to see Kitguru helping promote the brand to a wider audience - amazon seem to stock a lot of their stuff
I am fan of deepcool
would ak500 be decent choice for i7 12700k?
Depends what clock speed you're aiming for and which use cases. The 12700K is a tough one to cool, but the power is often similar to what we put through this Ryzen 9 test CPU. Luke
@@lukehill5739 Yes, that's why many people have suggested liquid cooling for it.
@@lukehill5739 I'm not going to overclock cpu, just base speed, mainly want pc for gaming
@@zingwilder9989 don't rly want liquid cooler, its pricey and fails easily, prefer to use air one instead
@@heracles2103 Understood. Not everyone is comfortable with a AIO. You may wish to also look at reviews for the Deepcool AK620 and the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120. They're both fierce competitors with the Noctua NH-D15, but less expensive.
weird not to see some good noctua compares on some of the graphs.
You can check back to some of our previous reviews for data from the Noctua NH-D15 in our charts. That is a much larger and more expensive cooler though, and we don't have access to the Noctua competitors in this price range unfortunately. Luke
It has to be substantially cheaper than an aio, it had to cool i7 or R9 to a level that provides similar factory overclocking/ out of the box speeds as an AIO. It should be either no lights or RGB, or have the ability to run the fan without the lights being powered. It has to be quiet when not under full load (so if I am working there are no distractions).
Ideally I should be able to reasonably replace the fans with another brands if they fail, or provide cheap replacement fans.
Is it gonna be able to cool a 5800x3d with say 2 fans in a push pull config?
you don't need 2 fans and it will cool a 5800X3D
@@JayzBeerz damn really with just 1 fan?! I didnt expect that thats cool.
I got a Noctua NH-U12s with 2 fans currently on a 3700x its keeping it stone cold. From what Ive seen and read in terms of benchmarks and stuff I dont actually seen any major difference between my current cooler and the AK500. Will see how it performs when I get the CPU I guess. Thanks for the reply.
@@cskaismful dude the 3700X is easy to cool. I have the stock cooler on my wife’s 3700X and it never even gets close to 60C during work loads. You can buy a $20.00 cooler for a 3700X.
@@JayzBeerz well I dunno every system is different. I was getting close to 85c with the stock cooler thats why I got the U12s. Has never went above 70c since. Gets close to 75c on Cinebench when slightly overclocked but thats pretty much it. I didnt have exhaust fans when I had the stock cooler tho, added them as well when I got the U12s.
But yeah I get what ur saying, back when I got the 3700x it had come out like 6 months ago or so and it was a top tier CPU so I had to cool it better cause 85c aint pretty.
@@cskaismful ok. Well I always use a rear fan and use a case with a mesh front. I have the Deep cool AG500 on a 5900X and it keeps it at 60c while gaming. The Noctua U12A which cost $120.00 couldn’t even do that.
Miss the cheese board Luke!
i just couldnt stand the green color for the logo. it kills the all black theme for a build
It's a nice heatsink, but I would add another fan. However, unfortunately, you'll be looking at additional cost.
not just additional cost but it probably will not fit since bc of vrm heatsinks
@@kingofstrike1234 Good point!
Quite q quiet fan that given the money.
great looking cooler but im sorry this review Luke doesnt give me enough information to make a buying decision, needs better cooler compare selection like from noctua
Unfortunately, I haven't been assigned Noctua coolers for review, so I don't have access to many of their offerings other than the D15. There is comparative data from the NH-D15 in some of our previous charts, but that is a much larger and more expensive air cooler than this, so is not a reasonable comparison. Which Noctuas would you like to see? Luke
That’s a very chunky fan.
thermalright peerless assassin 120 over this.
Yes.
we'll have to try and get one in!
Sry when you are so hui warrenty by Noctua, for this price tag this is in my eyes a punch in everyones stomach, when I see buying a fan and pay at amazon for +3 years that you have then the same as Arctic. Ohhh no I was wrong when you are near Arctic, they are from 6-10 years amd even not so greedy like the Össis.
that's one thicc boi!
Heatsinks are taking up more and more room.
The laws of thermodynamics - harsh mistresses they be!
You happily compare this cooler against vastly more expensive AIOs but where are the comparisons against the Noctua D15, the Fuma 2, Dark Rock Pro, and other good and premium air coolers? Indeed the Noctua NH-D15 only gets mentioned at 8:19; why do you only include it in only that chart and not the others? Sorry but this video is just not useful.
This is a rare epic fail on your part; I know you'll do better next time.
You think the video is not useful because a £50, single-tower air cooler is not compared against dual-fan, dual-tower air coolers ranging from £90-100? That's just not a realistic comparison.
We have plenty of AIOs in the charts (including expensive ones) because they are what we have reviewed recently. We have previous data from the Noctua NH-D15 in previous charts, but I removed this from the main OC/40dBA comparisons as I am not happy with how representative that (old) test data is due to some testing changes. Luke
@@lukehill5739 You say that luke, yet you have £150 air coolers in that chart so your point is moot. People want to see how these compare to other coolers, and as the ND-D15 has been the benchmark for a long time it needs to be in there as reference. There are also a lot of other good coolers for way less money than the D15 such as several from Scythe, Thermaltake and Alpenfohn.