Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advance

[Relentless81]

Hi,

Major long shot here but wondering if anyone is using one of these and have any comments on it, particularly interested in performance and noise on Ryzen systems, currently on a 3600 but will be moving to more cores on the next release

I'm limited to max height of 153mm so please don't suggest any taller coolers if you're wondering why I'm looking at this cooler it's one of the only 120mm coolers that'll fit

I know they are cheap and I could just buy one but I'm also considering waiting for the Noctua NH-U9S Chromax to be released and can't decide between the two

Cheers

 

[Relentless81]

Don't have one but there's a review here with a 4770k

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?296791-Alpenfohn-Brocken-ECO-Advanced

Thanks for the link, I've read most of not all of them and was hoping someone had first hand experience on an AMD CPU but I'll have another look in case I missed anything

Might be worth measuring from surface of CPU IHS to case side to find out how accurate the 153mm spec is. Often spec is 3-5mm less than actual clearance. If this is true of your case you would be able to use coolers like Scythe Ninja or Fuma 2. If you cannot measure IHS to case, measure from surface of motherboard to case and subtract 8mm. 8mm is normally the distance from motherboard surface to IHS surface.

Scythe won't fit unless I get shorter motherboard stand offs and even then it's touch and go, some people have had success and others haven't so too risky for my taste it literally comes down to manufacture tolerances and how lucky you are I would rather something be guaranteed to fit