Features:

  • Well-balanced cooling performance provides fin optimizations with perfect balance between high and low speed operations
  • 4 Direct Contact heat pipes with the patented CDC(Continuous Direct Contact) technology - creating a perfect, sleek surface for heat conduction,Fan Rated Voltage:12V DC,Fan Noise Level:9 - 36 dBA
  • Wide-range PWM fan with unique wave-shaped blade design for excellent airflow. AM4 bracket available through Cooler Master USA
  • Fan Dimensions: 4.7 x 4.7 x 1 inches. Heat Sink Dimensions: 4.6 x 2.0 x 6.3 inches. Fan Speed: 600 – 2,000 RPM (PWM) ± 10%
  • CPU Socket: Intel LGA 2066 / 2011 / 1366 / 1156 / 1155 / 1151 / 1150 / ; AMD AM4 / AM3+ / AM3 / AM2 / FM2+ / FM2 / FM1 socket
  • Supports an optional 2nd 120mm fan to increase cooling performance
  • Fan Dimensions:120 x 120 x 25 mm (4.7 x 4.7 x 1 in)
  • Heatsink Dimensions: 116 x 51 x 159 mm (4.6 x 2 x 6.2 in)
Much better version of the 212 Plus!

This thing is capable of cooling an i7-9700k while doing it quietly. The highest I've seen my temps go has been while playing around with a 4.5ghz overclock, which went into the low 70's after a few minutes of prime. I may have been able to lower my voltages a little bit. I like running this processor at stock for now, surprisingly, and this thing never goes past 60 degrees. The top of the base section does have a bit more heatsink fins on the top compared to the 212 plus, which may or may not contribute to that. Not too bad! Looks nice in my case, too. I like how they changed the mounting system for this compared to the hyper 212 plus. Being able to easily line this up while screwing it down evenly is so much better since you don't have to keep the mounting bracket from falling off the little peg in the middle of the plate. I really hated installing that cooler, and I was pleased to see that this one was much easier to install. The fan is very quiet, being a silencio fan, and it hardly makes any noise under load. I can barely hear it in a Fractal Define Mini C. At idle, you can't even tell that it's on. Very happy with that!

One of the most important investments I've ever made for my Threadripper system

My main business and personal PC runs a 1950X Threadripper chip, which I occasionally run at 90%+ capacity when doing video work, encoding, or running BOINC research tasks. As you can imagine, finding a cooling solution for this beast, especially in my 40+C degrees summers, has been a challenge from the beginning. I tried an Arctic air cooler for my TR4 system and I could never run the Ripper at full hilt due to overheating problems, so I sold it. Then, I over a period of 6 nightmarish months, I went through not one, but TWO Enermax 360mm TR4 AIOs. BOTH of them failed within 3 months due to galvanic corrosion and pump failures (horrible horrible product, stay away from Enermax - their RMA system cost me money and was slow as well). After my last, and final Enermax AIO failed, I finally decided that I didn't want to take the risk with an AIO again for my business critical TR4 system. When I discovered that Cooler Master, a brand that has never let me down in the past, developed an air box for TR4, I immediately placed my order. I was concerned that a double tower cooler like this one would horribly bulky and ugly in my transparent side panel Gigabute AORUS case. However, take a look at the picture attached and judge for yourself (looks much better in person, though). For me, the cooler's sleek black facade looks very sexy and imposing and doesn't give the feeling of being "bulky" or "oversized." The LED fans (which you can control using an attached physical controller, which is great because I'm on Linux and it's tough to find LED controller software on my OS), also are gorgeous and the red color setting gives this hard core "cyclops" look in my case. Definitely not ugly and not an eyesore. Now, to talk about the cooling - this cooler not only gives me BETTER temps than my old Enermax 360mm AIO, but is MUCH quieter and the temperatures are more STABLE. Right now, I am running 30 tasks on BOINC with a CPU utilization of ~90%, and my temps are holding stable at 68C with an ambient summer temperature of ~38C. I expect the performance to be even better when the frigid winter comes. Keep in mind I am holding stable at 68C with the Cooler Master twin fans running in "silent mode" (from my BIOS) which currently have the fan speeds remaining at 900 RPM. 900 RPM is not whisper quiet - it's practically inaudible. Overall this is a fantastic product, typical of Cooler Master. If they had released this cooler when I first bought my 1950X, I would have purchased this first. This would have saved myself hundreds of dollars and months of noisy running and mediocre temps with my Enermax AIOs. If you're a Threadripper "power user" like me, and you love AIOs but are concerned about "hit and miss" reliability and noisy radiator setups, give air cooling with Cooler Master a try. You lose the graceful looks of a pump and hose system in your case but will benefit in nearly every other category (temps, noise, reliability, cost), and as I mentioned before, CM's design of the plastic shroud and LED fans look quite sleek, industrial, and modern - obviously larger than a waterblock on your CPU, but not an eyesore either. In conclusion, buying this air cooler from Cooler Master has been one of the best investments I've ever made for my Threadripper and they have made me a "believer" in the possibilities to air cool a 32 thread TR4 system.

I get my case window back.

So far so good. Easy install. Comes with a remote for the rgb. I was using hyper evo 212. That thing was a great cooler but very big and weighed a bit more than this one. Temps on my cores are the same.. I'll update if necessary on longevity. Evo ran 2years flawless. So... Will see.

It Just fits over the top of my G.Skill RGB Z ram!

I can breath again. Not only has Cooler master saved me from a terrible Thermaltake AIO and it's harbinger of processor doom. But it clears the tallest ram I have ever owned by about half a millimeter on an X399 Gigabyte Designare MB with a 1920X Threadripper! The fans can scoot a touch up and the fins litterally sit a human hair or two above the closest ram slots. When this thing comes out of hiding from the huge box it ships in, It is shockingly massive. The cooler weighs almost two Lbs. with twin towers, massive pipes, and two 120mm "silent" RGB fans. The pictures online simply do not tell the story of this cooler well enough. There must be larger cooling units... there must be? That matters not. I am stress testing this tommorrow for 24 hours to see what the Cooler master can do. So far the temps head for 60C then rocker between 58C and 60C at 80-100% CPU demand. That was for only two hours compressing video - oh and two videos simultaneously. This isn't a gaming PC. It is a workhorse for crunching data, virtualizing, making film and music and photography. So I needed to consider the massive cooling requirements. I was sold on the idea that I needed liquid cooling. All I heard from techs locally and reviews online was be prepared to go liquid this year. What a load of bull. Honestly I was surprised by the results difference. The AIO caused BSOD after BSOD from thermal overload. I have been building PC's for years and never have I had lockups from Linux and BSODS from windoze be so constant. I thought I had lost my ability to trouble shoot. I rebuilt both PC's from the ground up twice each. I tested the AIO on both AMD systems twice. It turns out that Thermaltake just doesn't tell the truth about their new AIO's heat dissipation levels and their troubled software. Get this Cooler Master for your new AM4 and TR4 system if you don't want to be bothered with liquid. Glowing coolant pipes are damned sweet to look at. But so is this monster of a dual tower - dual RGB fan - behemoth. PLUS this unit costs one third of a comparable AIO.

Great performance and looks

I replaced the stock intel cooler on my 4790k with this when I learned that I was sitting at 60C idle and had thermal throttling under load (AIDA64 stress test was quickly approaching 100C before I shut it down). This new cooler keeps me idle at about 30C, and even under full load (again using AIDA64) it is hovering around 60-65C. Very satisfied with the performance. I have previously installed an older model hyper 212 on another computer, and like there, the installation was pretty easy. The cooler looks much nicer than the older metal color model, and the RGB just adds to it. Honestly couldn't be much happier about it. Highly recommend.

25 degrees lower average compared to stock fan

This thing is huge, a little more complicated to put on than a stock fan, but the benefits are even bigger. Pros: - CPU temperature went 25 degrees lower average. System is ridiculously cold as well because of the air flow (see next pro). - Air flow is way easier to design with with a stand-up fan blowing from front to back - Optional second 120mm fan can be mounted with provided attachment - Cheap - Versatile, can be used for many chipsets, so if you ever make a new build you will most likely be able to use it again (see product description) Not really cons, but to keep in mind: - No preset thermal paste (tube included) - If your RAM has extra metal on top (heatsink), it might be tight/hard to fit/not fit (easy-breezy with low-profile Ballistix) - If it's an upgrade, you will have to remove your motherboard as there is a part to attach at the bottom. - Assembly requires some attention. The provided instructions have no words, just drawings, which can be confusing. Also, they mixed multiple chipset AMD/INTEL setup instructions so pay attention to the top left corner of each drawing. I recommend looking for a video instruction on YouTube with your chipset. The instructions weren't exactly in the same order as the paper's and felt more logical to me. Worked perfectly,

A monster heatsink for a Monster CPU

I bought this because it had 15% more maximum airflow and more than twice the surface area of my Noctua Heatsink. The noctua heatsink I was using had a surface area of 6000CM^2 This heatsink has a surface area of 13,134CM^2 which is a huge improvement over the noctua. The CPU can be a little snug when going into the motherboard. if you have an MSI x399 pro carbon or meg you might find that the heatsink rubs up against the VRM heatsink. I have bench tested any implications of this and can say that it does not negatively affect the VRM in terms of thermals. however it will also obscure the 4 RAM slots closest to the CPU so make sure you insert those first otherwise you will have to re-seat this heatsink to put anything in them. my old Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 would keep my CPU cool idle at 28c average and 58c under full load. The cooler master Wraith ripper gives you idle average of 29c and 48c under full load. I imagine the one degree of difference in idle is because its making contact with the VRM however it noticeably keeps the CPU cooler under max loads than the noctua does. Edit: I should mention this is being used with a threadripper 1950X, woops UPDATE: 11/15/2018 I was getting some abnormal temperature fluctuations so i did some investigating as to why. what i found is that the fan was inserted BACKWARDS at the factory meaning that it was fighting the airflow of my case. after fixing the orientation of the fan my idle temp went down from 29c to 24c which is a huge difference. My max temps appear to be stable now as well. It took me an hour to properly disassembly the heatsink without damaging it. (the adhesive keeping the silicone bracers on for the mounting screws is reusable, dont be afraid to press on the mounting screws to detach them from the shroud with something like a screwdriver. (yes i said the screws not the silicone bracers) The adhesive will re-attach to the shroud once you screw it back in just fine.

Bigger than I thought but still pretty quiet

I was looking for a effective and quiet cpu fan. This fits that definition but I didn't really realize just how big it is. It covers most of my mini-ITX motherboard. I joke about I have a UFO in a box. Seriously though it seems to do a good job of keeping things cool and is fairly quiet when I'm doing work and not as quiet when gaming. While I wasn't wanting a light show, it has controls that adjust the brightness level, pattern and such. it wasn't very hard to install but really needs to be attached with your motherboard out of the case because there is a bracket that goes on the bottom of the motherboard. I would buy this again and recommend it.

I was surprised by the peak performance of 62 ° C in Ryzen 5 1500X

Many do not believe in the potential it has, some others abuse it in the sense that they buy it for a processor like i5-8600k or i7-7700 or similar, but the important thing is that it can with a Ryzen 5 1500x. Incredibly the temperatures are not the coldest you could wish, but we give the credit it deserves, maintaining a light OC at 3.8Ghz the maximum temperature reached was 62 ° C which for me is acceptable taking into account the ambient temperature of my locality It oscillated at 28-30 ° C. Also its design makes it perfect for ITX assemblies because of its low dimensions, it also has RGB controlled by a program of the same company, the curious thing in this sense is that it was not recognized by the Mystic Light application, which according to the specifications is compatible with said application. Aaaah, forget the easy installation as I have noticed in all the latest products of this brand, even all are compatible, jejejeje. NOTE: I do not recommend it for processors with a TDP greater than 65w.

Excellent Low-Cost Option for Overclocked 8700K

I needed a cheap heat sink for temporary use while my Tt Floe Riing 360mm AIO was being replaced under warranty due to a leaking pump. I have to admit that this is way better than I expected it to be. My CPU temps at 5.0GHz in Cinebench are roughly the same as they were at 5.2GHz in Cinebench using water cooling. I added a second fan for push/pull. The temps are good enough that I don't have to be bored or impatient running stock clocks or a mickey mouse overclock while wait for the RMA. If you are on a tight budget and cannot afford liquid cooling, I highly recommend this cooler.

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