Raijintek Zelos low profile cpu cooler?

Defy Belief · 13 May 2019 at 11:21

I am doing a build in a Silverstone ML09B - it's compact - 7 litres.

The cpu is a 4590S - so a lower power version of the 4590 which should help the temps but I want something better than the stock cooler.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raijintek-zelos-low-profile-cpu-cooler-hs-010-rt.html

I have been looking at the Zelos, it's a good price but want to know if there are any user experiences of this?

Have seen the Noctua is highly regarded but it's basically double the cost.

doyll · 13 May 2019 at 17:30

While I have never used / tested the Zelos, I have tested several others similar to it. With all of them I found turning the fan over so it was pulling air out of cooler gave lower CPU temps.

Defy Belief · 14 May 2019 at 10:03

doyll said:
While I have never used / tested the Zelos, I have tested several others similar to it. With all of them I found turning the fan over so it was pulling air out of cooler gave lower CPU temps.

That's interesting, it'd be right by the vent of the case to exhaust if thats the case so that'd be good

doyll · 14 May 2019 at 14:01

Defy Belief said:
That's interesting, it'd be right by the vent of the case to exhaust if thats the case so that'd be good

Indeed, but air flowing down still has to come back up around cooler. Air flowing up only need to then move back and out of case.