Thanks Mike for the positive review and top3 position for our Freezer 34 eSports. For the 34 CO, Let me add the mention about the dual ball bearing of the fan that makes it lives for like forever. Congratulations on completing such extensive round-up.
Remember the days when the CM Hyper 212 was the go to budget cooler? Seeing them at the bottom of this list, when they come in more expensive then a lot of the coolers shown here is really telling. Cooler Master hasn't done anything really unique with the design for so long and now they've been surpassed. Hopefully this gets them working on the line of Hyper 212 coolers to get more performance out of them because the only time I ever pick them up nowadays is when they go on sale for $20. Any other time I go with the other alternatives for $20-30 since $40 standard pricing for the Cooler Master brand name is NOT worth it.
To be fair to CM, the RGB version has a higher RPM fan which helps it perform better than the version here which uses a lower RPM fan. I'm not sure if that brings it in line with the rest here or not though.
I'd bet that a number of these other brands are also manufactured by Cooler Master since they're huge in the manufacturing side of things. They certainly have the capability to do better, but when the tooling is paid for and they keep selling there's not much of a need to improve.
Dunno mate I've been looking at one of them "esports" coolers tested here for a couple of months to replace my AMD stock cooler, they cost about 30 quid in the UK new so.....
Fantastic review! I've been using the Se224xt (white) for a month now and I'm pretty happy with it. Since it comes with an extra set of retention clips, I went ahead and bought another identical fan for a push pull config. Now I'm running the fans slower without changing the performance and having it too loud.
I really like this dude's delivery and calm demeanour. He keeps me focused on the video. Wish you guys did more videos like this. Cpu fans next, maybe?
This video was great. Was looking to upgrade my cpu cooler from a small cheap 92mm tower to a bigger 120mm tower. After watching I went with your pick of the ID Cooling SE-224, and I love it. I like having that extra headroom when it comes to the cooling, and a little extra noise under heavy load isn't too bad on my system. Thanks for all the work comparing all these coolers and making my decision easier.
I have the ID-Cooling SE-224-XT and tested it with several fans I have laying around; Noctua NF-P12 1700, Scythe Wonder Snail 120, Arctic P12, TT Toughfan 12. The cooler then goes to the next level.. says a lot about what an excellent heatsink ID-Cooling made.
Any chance you still have the results and could post them? I currently use a Scythe Mugen 5 but upgraded the fan to the Phanteks T30, would prefer having a smaller tower personally and seems like the SE-224-XT is a great performer despite being much smaller and having less heatsinks, it's not available here atm so next option was the Gammaxx 400 v2, sadly i can't find any reviews comparing heatsinks with standardized fans at different heat loads, wondering how the SE-224-XT and 400 v2 would do with the T30 on a 5900x or similar, compared to the Mugen 5
Did mine dirty by slapping two, 12-inch, industrial, 3000 rpm molex fans on the tower (push-pull config) and my worldly desire for Noctua ND-H15 is out the window. My PC sounds like a vacuum cleaner but temps are relatively low and fans go brrr haha
Amazon had the coupon check mark option that manufacturers can use to evade price check cites like CamelCamelCamel, so it's hard. To figure out msrp sometimes if your a reviewer just trying to do things imperically. 😅 I don't really fault Hardware Canucks or anyone else who gets fooled by deepcool. Deepcool also has like three different neer identical models that they shuffle around sales and are nearly called the same thing and have the same number of heat pipes. 🤔 So everyone could just look for deals if they want cheep cooler goodness.
This has got to be one of the toughest comparison challenges out there. Not for the reason that most people think. The ID Cooling SE-224-XT that is recommended is priced in the canuck market for almost 3x the price. The vetroo is 2x the price. Artic cooling Freezer 34 eSports is 2x that price. Still, even with all the variance in pricing, this is a great resource and the effort is to be lauded.
This was a great video. Informative and well researched. I do agree with the other comments about the 212 being a relic and not improving, but personally having had one in push, pull, it was still pretty good especially since we can't find many of the others here in South Africa. But that aside, I'm glad you made this. The Noctua is a bit above the pack, but when you're considering that people running 150w CPU's are probably paying a fair amount for them, I think it's valid to say they won't use a sub 50$ cooler on them. This is the reason I found LTT's video on the Noctua very shilly. You need comparisons when releasing new products, comparing it to those from the same manufacturer won't get you anything more than, more money more good. Keep up the great work!
SE 224 XT is your go-to budget cpu air cooler if you can live with that noise. There are ways which you can do to reduce the noise levels, but to perform that good while being cheap is absolutely a win for me. A great video nonetheless!
Best tech TH-cam video I've watched since the start of the human malware situation. In depth, informative and yet still palatable. Must be something to do with the delivery :) Also it helps that it's something that we can buy.
Thank you. Finally a review for us 3rd world peasants. To put things in perspective, the case I've been desperately saving for almost a year now, the Cooler Master H500, costs 1/3 the average income here. I'd be fantastic if you guys add a segment to review really low budget hardware even once a month. There's no political correctness here so you can even call the suck to be you budget Keyboard etc. :D
The Deepcool Gammaxx 400S has a non-PWM fan that maxes at 1,300 RPMs. All the others have a PWM fan that maxes out at 2,000 RPMs. I switched out the fan for the Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 fan. There was only a one-degree Celsius difference between 1,300 and 2,000 RPMs. YMMV
While I'm a Noctua guy and totally admit to being biased when it comes to air cooling this is a great review as I'm often helping people put together systems who think Noctua prices are way too high. Sad to see the hyper 212 rank so low, I remember when it was the king of budget cooling and I installed quite a few of the initial version in quite a few systems. I know it would be a huge pain to do but I'd love to see how all these coolers do with better fans i.e. if some of the included fans are the limiting factor and not the cooler itself (which in the past has usually been the case).
ID cooling is great. its cheap and it works like a charm. i mean even their $33 GPU AIO is amazing. it managed to cool my overheating overclocked RX580. its been 2 years and it still works its charm
I’ve been trying to decide between the Vetroo V5 and the Arctic 34 esports. Where I’m at the vetroo goes for 45$ whereas the Arctic is 80$. Your reviews and comparisons really helped me decide that based on the price difference vs relative performance difference that the v5 is good enough for me. Thanks a bunch for these!
That Thermaltake ToughAir 310 is blowing my mind! I would be happy to recommend it to anyone since that’s the one thing they can do is make good fans and it’s the cleanest looking one
The gammaxx 400 was my low cost go to for a long time, because I just dont like the stock fans from intel, AMD not so bad but why not something a little better. But the Gammaxx 400 has gone up in price, so when I saw these ID-Cooling SE244XTT locally for real cheap, it looked good. So glad I came upon your review, as this might be my new default cheap replacement for stock CPU coolers. Nice review!
agreed. but there is something about the CPU area being accessible and visible that is very appealing. I keep switching between my AIO and tower air cooler every now and then.
For me its access to the case. With an AIO I have a lot of room to work and I dont have to pop off the AIO to get access to the area around the CPU. A good AIO will last you at least 5-6 years if you dont position it in a stupid way.
I’ve been super loyal to the Arctic esports 34 duo for $40/$50 and I am betting it doesn’t let me down. Freaking solid price to performance! I am at the start of the video and betting it’s at least top 2!
@@HardwareCanucks fair enough. I have been estacted to find it for $43 lately in all varieties including the “grey” one that is actually the all white edition! Ari ie the techbuyersguru has some amazing fan related content for everyone who is itching for more case fan content. Amazing channel and I was insanely happy and surprised to meet him in real life. It’s crazy when your favorite content creators live in your neighborhoods :)
I just saw this now but props for the great list of CPU coolers. Love that you threw in one of the cheapest/best selling coolers on Aliexpress too. Awesome awesome.
Not surprise at all about ID-Cooling, been screaming in the comment section for you to notice it and I'm really happy that you actually finally get it for the series. ID-Cooling also has a few slightly more expensive cooler that would 100% beat the U12S.
A great follow up test would be to normalize the fan to test the performance of just the coolers' heatsinks. In other words, run the tests with all the coolers again but use the same fan on all the coolers.
Ooh that's actually a good experiment to perform! They can also try testing different 120mm fans on different heat sinks to see which fans move air more efficiently through the fins. I'd love to see the data on each of those!
That would be a awesome to see the results of that test! Maybe with an Arctic P12 PWM PST CO fan, since that seems like a most likely purchase for... "frugal" gamers. I'd like to see someone cover the recently released ID-COOLING A410 also. No one has reviewed it yet afaik.
I’ve been using the white ID Cooling cooler on my Ryzen 5 2600X for the past few months and love it! It was on sale for $25 with free 2-day shipping. I use an Antec Prism fan on it instead of the stock one but the temps and noise are phenomenal. It pulls around 110-120 watts at full load and has only seen a max of 70C. I also used Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste as I will never trust a generic paste that comes with cheaper coolers.
Great video. I am sure I can speak on behalf of a large part of the community and say this is exactly of type of content we look for and enjoy. We appreciate your efforts.
Back when I started getting into building PCs, these would've been $150 and loud. Just got myself a Pure Rock 2 for the living room HTPC/Gaming rig, and it's amazing how much it cools for how little sound it makes. Pretty awesome.
I have the ID Cooling XT224 RGB on my 5600X and I love the way it looks (I'm using a different fan). Had the Freezer 34 Duo before and it was decent too!
I have seen a few of your videos in the last month or so as I help my son research and choose components for his first build.... this was a really good video, thanks for the content... this video has me deciding to click the subscribe button and heading over to check out what other previous content I have missed... cheers!
If this is ever revisited, it would be awesome to include the various stock coolers as a comparison point. The main thing with budget coolers is that the performance needs to be proven to be substantially greater than the stock coolers to convince me to spend my $30 for example. The other thing that I think can be explained better is the noise output - you provide decibels as a measurement, but it is real hard convert that to real world experiences. Decibels being on a logarithmic scale, I think it may be better to provide a perceived loudness for us (Tech Jesus does a good job at this, where his comparisons may include something like "3dba is where things are noticeably louder" or "X vs Y is twice as loud," or "multiple times as loud in acoustic perception". Love the good work though, doing this many tests is definitely tedious!
What a great video. I personally own Arctic Freezer 34 (non duo, with just one fan) and it's the best cooler I ever had. Not only it cools great, but it's so silent I don't even hear it at all, even when gaming.
Thanks for a great video. I love building computers and the average person I help spec out a system will seriously benefit from this information. Also Dmitry's ad spot... "well, well, well..." lol just his voice alone made me watch the whole ad. Haha.
hey social media influencer, thanks to you, the price of the top fans are through the roof. 😂 love the group reviews. thank you for your hard work. i hope you can incorporate some comparison component in your future videos.
I had the unfortunate privilege of using a CM cooler for my first build a decade ago and I remember tearing my hair out at the finnicky mount and backplate. If you're a first-time builder, it's better to get something more user-friendly like a Noctua if you plan on going the aftermarket route.
I'd love to see a fan normalised test on these, I mean it's all well and good to test them with their included fans but I have a few spare arctic fans left over from downsizing my rig and would be really interested to know which heatsinks have the best raw performance. It would also answer the question of how much of the performance of these coolers is purely down to the fan.
for an extra like 10usd, the scythe mugen 5 is an awesome cooler. the heatsink itself isnt anything special but the fans scythe makes are the quietest ive ever seen. i threw 4 of them in my pc including the one on the cooler and pretty much any noise drowns them out, like any gpu fans or a ceiling fan or your home AC.
I bought 4 right when Jay first dropped that video. 4 accounts to leverage 4 Amazon coupons = 4 20 dollar coolers. Had my family bring over their computers and en masse upgraded their crappy coolers to those bad boys.
I’ve got an Arctic Freezer 34CO with a second fan for push pull. It’s mounted On a ryzen 3900x. When playing cyberpunk I get between 54-65degrees depending on areas of the game missions. On doom eternal and forza I get a range of 45-50degrees. As I go into animation and 3D design I am getting high 80s on a blender render. Will go for artic freezer 50 or Ndh15 chromax
i missed the Scythe Kotetsu Mark II. 35€. nickel plated copper baseplate. very good mounting system. if you have someone (like me) who has some skill, you can make a 2nd pair of fanclips, because the cooler is build in way to put a 2nd fan on it (its just not included in the package). But a big thanks to you, fo doin this massive review.
Thanks for the tests. I have the Gammaxx v2 400, which is a good performer, but the fan was noticeable at too many RPMs. Swapped the fan out for an Arctic Bionix P120 ARGB & things are so much quieter now, with more flexibility in the RPM range too. I wonder if for future videos, you could do a 'Heatsink + fan' combo comparison. Say, focussing on one of these cheap heatsinks in a video & then swapping out its fan for a range of higher quality ones to see how the performance/noise differs.
My case only had a clearance of 150mm. Vetroo V5 was clearly the best choice for me and I got mine for under $25 (On amazon less than a year ago since this video was made). Great performance (I live in the Caribbean, so it's hot ALL THE TIME) and I can throw it in just about any matx case. I got a Ryzen 2600 and managed to overclock it to 4Ghz on all cores and it doesn't even crack 65 degrees when gaming (GPU also overclocked and some days it touches 80 degrees, which warms the case - Did I mention that I live in the Caribbean?). Solid cooler. What I would have loved to see (or just be made available) is the raw cooling performance of all the coolers. I don't mind some noise, as long as it's not obnoxiously loud then I'm fine - I just need to know what cools the best and unfortunately, that wasn't provided. Great video regardless.
Excellent Video! Will you do a comparison of large dual tower coolers? If you do please throw in the Deepcool AK620 in there. Thank you for your hard work. Really appreciate it.
I love comparisons like this. There are so many products nowadays and essays like this really help.
Thanks for calling it an essay! ;)
Thanks Mike for the positive review and top3 position for our Freezer 34 eSports. For the 34 CO, Let me add the mention about the dual ball bearing of the fan that makes it lives for like forever. Congratulations on completing such extensive round-up.
Remember the days when the CM Hyper 212 was the go to budget cooler? Seeing them at the bottom of this list, when they come in more expensive then a lot of the coolers shown here is really telling. Cooler Master hasn't done anything really unique with the design for so long and now they've been surpassed. Hopefully this gets them working on the line of Hyper 212 coolers to get more performance out of them because the only time I ever pick them up nowadays is when they go on sale for $20. Any other time I go with the other alternatives for $20-30 since $40 standard pricing for the Cooler Master brand name is NOT worth it.
In a way, they've been sitting back raking in the sales. Don't think that's enough anymore.
To be fair to CM, the RGB version has a higher RPM fan which helps it perform better than the version here which uses a lower RPM fan. I'm not sure if that brings it in line with the rest here or not though.
I'd bet that a number of these other brands are also manufactured by Cooler Master since they're huge in the manufacturing side of things. They certainly have the capability to do better, but when the tooling is paid for and they keep selling there's not much of a need to improve.
Dunno mate I've been looking at one of them "esports" coolers tested here for a couple of months to replace my AMD stock cooler, they cost about 30 quid in the UK new so.....
@@darthwiizius Not alone there, the Toughair 310 is like half the price of the Freezer 34 in my own country.
Fantastic review! I've been using the Se224xt (white) for a month now and I'm pretty happy with it. Since it comes with an extra set of retention clips, I went ahead and bought another identical fan for a push pull config. Now I'm running the fans slower without changing the performance and having it too loud.
I really like this dude's delivery and calm demeanour. He keeps me focused on the video. Wish you guys did more videos like this. Cpu fans next, maybe?
I feel there's a awkwardness in front of camera vibe. Sorry if I put that in a wrong way but yeah, I like the mood of this video.
@@gamtax Yeah I'm still not loving the camera. :( - Mike
Thanks!
How does this video only have 70k views? this is one of the best reviews for products that people can actually afford!
This video was great. Was looking to upgrade my cpu cooler from a small cheap 92mm tower to a bigger 120mm tower. After watching I went with your pick of the ID Cooling SE-224, and I love it. I like having that extra headroom when it comes to the cooling, and a little extra noise under heavy load isn't too bad on my system. Thanks for all the work comparing all these coolers and making my decision easier.
Just want to say it looks like a ton of time was spent on making this video. Good stuff guys
Thanks!
This is hella useful, thanks!
Thanks!
I have the ID-Cooling SE-224-XT and tested it with several fans I have laying around; Noctua NF-P12 1700, Scythe Wonder Snail 120, Arctic P12, TT Toughfan 12. The cooler then goes to the next level.. says a lot about what an excellent heatsink ID-Cooling made.
Any chance you still have the results and could post them? I currently use a Scythe Mugen 5 but upgraded the fan to the Phanteks T30, would prefer having a smaller tower personally and seems like the SE-224-XT is a great performer despite being much smaller and having less heatsinks, it's not available here atm so next option was the Gammaxx 400 v2, sadly i can't find any reviews comparing heatsinks with standardized fans at different heat loads, wondering how the SE-224-XT and 400 v2 would do with the T30 on a 5900x or similar, compared to the Mugen 5
Did mine dirty by slapping two, 12-inch, industrial, 3000 rpm molex fans on the tower (push-pull config) and my worldly desire for Noctua ND-H15 is out the window. My PC sounds like a vacuum cleaner but temps are relatively low and fans go brrr haha
I got DeepCool Gammaxx 400 V2 for $15. IMO, the best one is the cheapest one you can find where you live.
Amazon had the coupon check mark option that manufacturers can use to evade price check cites like CamelCamelCamel, so it's hard. To figure out msrp sometimes if your a reviewer just trying to do things imperically. 😅 I don't really fault Hardware Canucks or anyone else who gets fooled by deepcool. Deepcool also has like three different neer identical models that they shuffle around sales and are nearly called the same thing and have the same number of heat pipes. 🤔 So everyone could just look for deals if they want cheep cooler goodness.
ID COOLING 224-XT user here. Love this cooler ♥️ Never regret buying it
As a proud owner of a black & red Arctic 34 Freezer Esports Duo cooler, I can only LOVE this video! :)
This has got to be one of the toughest comparison challenges out there. Not for the reason that most people think. The ID Cooling SE-224-XT that is recommended is priced in the canuck market for almost 3x the price. The vetroo is 2x the price. Artic cooling Freezer 34 eSports is 2x that price. Still, even with all the variance in pricing, this is a great resource and the effort is to be lauded.
lucky i am in SEA (indonesia) id cooling se224xtduet fan even cheaper than MSRP
@@kevin-sj3wt same here in SEA IDcooling is the way to go. it's the cheapest of them all
This was a great video. Informative and well researched. I do agree with the other comments about the 212 being a relic and not improving, but personally having had one in push, pull, it was still pretty good especially since we can't find many of the others here in South Africa.
But that aside, I'm glad you made this. The Noctua is a bit above the pack, but when you're considering that people running 150w CPU's are probably paying a fair amount for them, I think it's valid to say they won't use a sub 50$ cooler on them. This is the reason I found LTT's video on the Noctua very shilly. You need comparisons when releasing new products, comparing it to those from the same manufacturer won't get you anything more than, more money more good.
Keep up the great work!
Just built my mates PC today, and bought him the 224-XT Black. I was VERY impressed with the quality. Absolutely amazing for only AU$39!!!
Man I was really hoping to see the Esports Duo I stand by that cooler. Artic just makes some good coolers. Great video way to go guys keep it up!!
Over the price range.
@@HardwareCanucks Understood, I respect the process. You guys are great! Keep it up!
SE 224 XT is your go-to budget cpu air cooler if you can live with that noise. There are ways which you can do to reduce the noise levels, but to perform that good while being cheap is absolutely a win for me. A great video nonetheless!
Best tech TH-cam video I've watched since the start of the human malware situation. In depth, informative and yet still palatable. Must be something to do with the delivery :) Also it helps that it's something that we can buy.
Great roundup. Just found about ID Cooling and its SE-224 and the price is great.
This is by far the best comparison review ive ever seen! You should compare mid tier coolers and high end coolers in two seperate videos as well!
Wow. They know how to test these thing. In a professional, simple to understand format
That as probably one of the hardest aspects of these tests.....and not having an hour long video.
Thank you. Finally a review for us 3rd world peasants. To put things in perspective, the case I've been desperately saving for almost a year now, the Cooler Master H500, costs 1/3 the average income here. I'd be fantastic if you guys add a segment to review really low budget hardware even once a month. There's no political correctness here so you can even call the suck to be you budget Keyboard etc. :D
The Deepcool Gammaxx 400S has a non-PWM fan that maxes at 1,300 RPMs. All the others have a PWM fan that maxes out at 2,000 RPMs. I switched out the fan for the Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 fan. There was only a one-degree Celsius difference between 1,300 and 2,000 RPMs. YMMV
it's not just about fan speed though, especially when it comes to CPU coolers... static pressure is important too
"Yeoman's work" 😮 I learned something new today.
The best: AC eSports
Cheaper alternative for NA customers: Vetroo
Cheaper alternative for Asian customers: SE-225-XT
For SFF builds: Pure Rock Slim 2
snowman or gammaxx 400 v2?
i love how thorough this video is thank you!
ahh, finally.. ID Cooling SE-224-XT Basic
While I'm a Noctua guy and totally admit to being biased when it comes to air cooling this is a great review as I'm often helping people put together systems who think Noctua prices are way too high. Sad to see the hyper 212 rank so low, I remember when it was the king of budget cooling and I installed quite a few of the initial version in quite a few systems.
I know it would be a huge pain to do but I'd love to see how all these coolers do with better fans i.e. if some of the included fans are the limiting factor and not the cooler itself (which in the past has usually been the case).
ID cooling is great. its cheap and it works like a charm. i mean even their $33 GPU AIO is amazing. it managed to cool my overheating overclocked RX580. its been 2 years and it still works its charm
Excellent work. These kinds of roundups provide the information we need when building our rigs.
I’ve been trying to decide between the Vetroo V5 and the Arctic 34 esports. Where I’m at the vetroo goes for 45$ whereas the Arctic is 80$. Your reviews and comparisons really helped me decide that based on the price difference vs relative performance difference that the v5 is good enough for me. Thanks a bunch for these!
Purchased the ID cooling a week ago and have been using it since! It's been fantastic! Thanka
It really is an awesome cooler
That Thermaltake ToughAir 310 is blowing my mind! I would be happy to recommend it to anyone since that’s the one thing they can do is make good fans and it’s the cleanest looking one
It's also way slimmer than all the rest while doing better than most of them.
The gammaxx 400 was my low cost go to for a long time, because I just dont like the stock fans from intel, AMD not so bad but why not something a little better. But the Gammaxx 400 has gone up in price, so when I saw these ID-Cooling SE244XTT locally for real cheap, it looked good. So glad I came upon your review, as this might be my new default cheap replacement for stock CPU coolers. Nice review!
The quality of this video is amazing, truly 4k 😱
I definitely prefer air coolers.
I’d only go AIO if I didn’t have space in the case
and aircoolers can usually be used for a decade, while AIOs...
AIO probably is mostly only for aestetics
agreed. but there is something about the CPU area being accessible and visible that is very appealing. I keep switching between my AIO and tower air cooler every now and then.
For me its access to the case. With an AIO I have a lot of room to work and I dont have to pop off the AIO to get access to the area around the CPU.
A good AIO will last you at least 5-6 years if you dont position it in a stupid way.
@Angela Merkel I prefer black with or without RGB
I’ve been super loyal to the Arctic esports 34 duo for $40/$50 and I am betting it doesn’t let me down. Freaking solid price to performance! I am at the start of the video and betting it’s at least top 2!
No duo…hmmm ok. Still have faith in my single fan heat slayer
@@narcoleptic-insomniac4663 The DUO busted the budget.
@@HardwareCanucks fair enough. I have been estacted to find it for $43 lately in all varieties including the “grey” one that is actually the all white edition!
Ari ie the techbuyersguru has some amazing fan related content for everyone who is itching for more case fan content. Amazing channel and I was insanely happy and surprised to meet him in real life. It’s crazy when your favorite content creators live in your neighborhoods :)
Thank you very much for working with and sharing these things!
I just saw this now but props for the great list of CPU coolers. Love that you threw in one of the cheapest/best selling coolers on Aliexpress too. Awesome awesome.
Glad to see no regret in my purchase of my Vetroo V5 over the NH-U12S for my 5600x. Woohoo!
Good to know I've been making the right decision using the Esports Duo for budget silent builds :D
Not surprise at all about ID-Cooling, been screaming in the comment section for you to notice it and I'm really happy that you actually finally get it for the series. ID-Cooling also has a few slightly more expensive cooler that would 100% beat the U12S.
I heard. - Mike
Glad that your back in school Carri! Also.....I need everything you got in the bag. ITS SO CUTE
A great follow up test would be to normalize the fan to test the performance of just the coolers' heatsinks. In other words, run the tests with all the coolers again but use the same fan on all the coolers.
Ooh that's actually a good experiment to perform! They can also try testing different 120mm fans on different heat sinks to see which fans move air more efficiently through the fins. I'd love to see the data on each of those!
Interesting idea!
That would be a awesome to see the results of that test! Maybe with an Arctic P12 PWM PST CO fan, since that seems like a most likely purchase for... "frugal" gamers.
I'd like to see someone cover the recently released ID-COOLING A410 also. No one has reviewed it yet afaik.
Awesome video, brilliant to know I can rely on you guys!
Great video and I find your presentation very natural already, great job 👏
FYI In Indonesia you get 2 fans instead of 1 for SE-224 XT Basic for $28.
Wow, THAT'S a deal!
I think that's the se-225 version though. I'm from SEA too and the se-224 always comes with 1 fan while the se-225 comes with 2.
No, 224 xt basic as well. Only basic tho, not other variants.
@@svetta3003 Only in Indonesia you get SE-224 XT Basic Dual Fan Version :)
@@svetta3003 its Indonesian only exclusive i think, CMIIW
I’ve been using the white ID Cooling cooler on my Ryzen 5 2600X for the past few months and love it! It was on sale for $25 with free 2-day shipping. I use an Antec Prism fan on it instead of the stock one but the temps and noise are phenomenal. It pulls around 110-120 watts at full load and has only seen a max of 70C. I also used Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste as I will never trust a generic paste that comes with cheaper coolers.
ID Cooling making its own thermal paste and it's actually rated above average in most tests.
Great video. I am sure I can speak on behalf of a large part of the community and say this is exactly of type of content we look for and enjoy. We appreciate your efforts.
Thanks! I'll look into doing more of it!
Excellent review with affordable coolers thank you
Back when I started getting into building PCs, these would've been $150 and loud. Just got myself a Pure Rock 2 for the living room HTPC/Gaming rig, and it's amazing how much it cools for how little sound it makes.
Pretty awesome.
hello my friend , can you pls tell me if pure rock 2 is a good one , im planing to buy pure rock 2 fx and put it on i5 12400 ? thank you !
@@borcepecale216 Hi, it should work great.
This was very helpful. Still a challenge making a choice. but along with user reviews this is an excellent tool, thanks!
One of the best videos I've seen all year, awesome job.
Thanks!
I have the ID Cooling XT224 RGB on my 5600X and I love the way it looks (I'm using a different fan). Had the Freezer 34 Duo before and it was decent too!
How do the fans run now a little morw quiet
Great job. I hope the same video will be with super coolers.
Huge help towards stretching my budget build a little further
I have seen a few of your videos in the last month or so as I help my son research and choose components for his first build.... this was a really good video, thanks for the content... this video has me deciding to click the subscribe button and heading over to check out what other previous content I have missed... cheers!
So useful, Thanks. I'm rocking my EVO 212 on a 5600X, it gets the job done but I think right now there are better options in the price range.
If this is ever revisited, it would be awesome to include the various stock coolers as a comparison point. The main thing with budget coolers is that the performance needs to be proven to be substantially greater than the stock coolers to convince me to spend my $30 for example.
The other thing that I think can be explained better is the noise output - you provide decibels as a measurement, but it is real hard convert that to real world experiences. Decibels being on a logarithmic scale, I think it may be better to provide a perceived loudness for us (Tech Jesus does a good job at this, where his comparisons may include something like "3dba is where things are noticeably louder" or "X vs Y is twice as loud," or "multiple times as loud in acoustic perception".
Love the good work though, doing this many tests is definitely tedious!
Loved the whole series, and I'm glad you had a lot of fun making it
Thanks!
Amazing round-up! This is a fantastic resource.
Thanks for this roundup! Finally know to get the SE224 XT
This is really helpful. Thanks for your hard work!.
I got my Pure Rock 2 a year ago for 35 Euros. Im really happy with the temps on my r5 2600. I bought it mainly because of the look
Great video, a lot of work clearly went into it, and the presentation was clear and informative. Thanks! Also, air coolers is my jam.
What a great video. I personally own Arctic Freezer 34 (non duo, with just one fan) and it's the best cooler I ever had. Not only it cools great, but it's so silent I don't even hear it at all, even when gaming.
Thanks man! Since I posted this there may be another dozen competitors...maybe a new video?
Thanks for a great video. I love building computers and the average person I help spec out a system will seriously benefit from this information. Also Dmitry's ad spot... "well, well, well..." lol just his voice alone made me watch the whole ad. Haha.
I would love a comparison with the Scythe Fuma 2.
hey social media influencer,
thanks to you, the price of the top fans are through the roof. 😂
love the group reviews. thank you for your hard work. i hope you can incorporate some comparison component in your future videos.
I had the unfortunate privilege of using a CM cooler for my first build a decade ago and I remember tearing my hair out at the finnicky mount and backplate. If you're a first-time builder, it's better to get something more user-friendly like a Noctua if you plan on going the aftermarket route.
This was very good information. I appreciate you efforts!
212 BE works fine for me. 26C idle, 55-60C load (Warzone), 75C max after 30 min of Cinebench. CPU: R5 2600X oc to 4.2GHz (1,35V)
Very nice test video, thanks a lot!
I'd love to see a fan normalised test on these, I mean it's all well and good to test them with their included fans but I have a few spare arctic fans left over from downsizing my rig and would be really interested to know which heatsinks have the best raw performance. It would also answer the question of how much of the performance of these coolers is purely down to the fan.
for an extra like 10usd, the scythe mugen 5 is an awesome cooler. the heatsink itself isnt anything special but the fans scythe makes are the quietest ive ever seen. i threw 4 of them in my pc including the one on the cooler and pretty much any noise drowns them out, like any gpu fans or a ceiling fan or your home AC.
Mate I'm looking am4 to replace wraith stock, you have done it professionally!! Congrats even now
Great video! Really appreciate the effort and thought put into it. This helped a ton
I'm glad I just bought the Vetroo V5 like a week ago 😂
I bought 4 right when Jay first dropped that video. 4 accounts to leverage 4 Amazon coupons = 4 20 dollar coolers. Had my family bring over their computers and en masse upgraded their crappy coolers to those bad boys.
I have the Cooler Master hyper H410r on my Ryzen 3600, loved this video
Good work wish I had seen this before but still happy with gymaaxx 400
Excellent rundown. I'm preparing to build a new rig in the next 6mo or so (I'll be reusing my current GPU), so thanks for this!
I’ve got an Arctic Freezer 34CO with a second fan for push pull. It’s mounted On a ryzen 3900x. When playing cyberpunk I get between 54-65degrees depending on areas of the game missions. On doom eternal and forza I get a range of 45-50degrees. As I go into animation and 3D design I am getting high 80s on a blender render. Will go for artic freezer 50 or Ndh15 chromax
I’m gonna have to go with the AC Freezer 34 eSports. It’s price is really good for the performance you get from it.
looks good too
I'd like to see this type of enthusiasm on all sorts of other products.
I started using 212 Evo's in my first few builds but I am 100% a Noctua fanboy now. I've stuck with the Noctua NH-U12S for my last 2 family builds.
what's the fan sound like, the 212 rgb version i have the fan has an annoying whine to it especially at low speeds.
Thank you for this comparision and all the hard work. I subscribed!!!
The pricing on the Arctic 34 ESports surprises me. Here in Germany it's 28€ (32$). The lowest price in the last month was 19€ (22$)
50 euros in Serbia Noctua u 12s 100 euros
thanks for making this! it is so extremely helpful! mike you are the man!
i missed the Scythe Kotetsu Mark II. 35€. nickel plated copper baseplate. very good mounting system. if you have someone (like me) who has some skill, you can make a 2nd pair of fanclips, because the cooler is build in way to put a 2nd fan on it (its just not included in the package). But a big thanks to you, fo doin this massive review.
Thanks for the tests. I have the Gammaxx v2 400, which is a good performer, but the fan was noticeable at too many RPMs. Swapped the fan out for an Arctic Bionix P120 ARGB & things are so much quieter now, with more flexibility in the RPM range too.
I wonder if for future videos, you could do a 'Heatsink + fan' combo comparison. Say, focussing on one of these cheap heatsinks in a video & then swapping out its fan for a range of higher quality ones to see how the performance/noise differs.
Best material ever. Thank you so much
How refreshing. Great show. You speak well.
I'm still rocking my Gammax Gt
I have 3 versions of the coolermaster 212 on my desk right now! Evo from 6 years ago, Black with Silencio fan and black with the RGB fan!
Great work. Top flow air coolers would be interesting. TT Toughair 110, Be Quiet Shadow Rock TF2
My case only had a clearance of 150mm. Vetroo V5 was clearly the best choice for me and I got mine for under $25 (On amazon less than a year ago since this video was made). Great performance (I live in the Caribbean, so it's hot ALL THE TIME) and I can throw it in just about any matx case. I got a Ryzen 2600 and managed to overclock it to 4Ghz on all cores and it doesn't even crack 65 degrees when gaming (GPU also overclocked and some days it touches 80 degrees, which warms the case - Did I mention that I live in the Caribbean?). Solid cooler. What I would have loved to see (or just be made available) is the raw cooling performance of all the coolers. I don't mind some noise, as long as it's not obnoxiously loud then I'm fine - I just need to know what cools the best and unfortunately, that wasn't provided. Great video regardless.
I bought the ID Cooling almost a year ago for 22$. No regrets with my 3600xt.
Excellent Video! Will you do a comparison of large dual tower coolers? If you do please throw in the Deepcool AK620 in there. Thank you for your hard work. Really appreciate it.
Great video. I wish up in Canada these components were priced like they are in the US. For example, the Freezer 34 eSports up here is $80! Ridiculous.