this cpu cooler any good?

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i have a Mars branded cooler that looks like this, but it doesnt support AM4, so that one is going to my intel, i thought the design was good and quiet, this one im asking about is by i guess a higher brand, but also has RGB which is a thing im going for at the moment ha.


i want it to cool my ryzen 1200 as the wraith fan is noisy, i probably wont overclock as ive sort of given up, so a 70w TDP cooler might be ideal, but would i just be paying for RGB or is it actually a decent cooler?
 
It's pretty awful. Reviews say it runs hotter and louder than the stock cooler.
 
thanks for replies.

ah right okay then i thought it might have been RGB youd be paying more, that mars one is of same design and i didnt have issues with cooling or sound, but then it might be down to fan choice and whether it just looks the same design, but both coolers are different.

im guessing my sig isnt showing, but i have a GameMax Expedition Blck M-atx case, i dont need low profile, but i prefer them to the tower style, plus dont want to faff too much with backplates as i found the wraith one slightly annoying.


i dont know the cooler limits without looking, but heres a picture

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i have this new crave for RGB lol, so i would like a cooler that supports RGB while being useful without costing stupid money and with this case the fans you see are the amount it can have, so id say a AIO be out the question.
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You will get much better cooling with much less noise using a small tower cooler than with these flat coolers. Reason is these flat coolers pull air toward motherboard where it turns out hitting RAM, GPU, etc. and turn back along side of cooler and it's fan and is then drawn back into it's own fan. With a tower cooler cool air flows from front of case to cooler and then out back of cooler to back of case ... none of it's heated air gets back into it's cool airflow. Only heated air getting into it's cool airflow is coming off of GPU.

I suggest something with a 120mm fan because bigger fans run quieter and a half decent 120mm fanned cooler is £20-30.
Below is link to £20-40 coolers. If you want to waste money of RGB bling use a RGB fan as others have suggested.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/air-cooling/coolers/cpu?ckMin=1029&ckMax=3986&ckTab=0&sSort=2
 
was thinking, what about a single AIO? id imagine id have to lose a fan, but losing the blue one be a small sacrifice.
 
Most AIOs are really CLC with aluminum radiators, not way to add coolant or change parts as needed for repairs, make more noise than air coolers (pumps always make some noise even at idle), cost more than air coolers, don't last near as long, and when CLC dies 99.99% of the time it's the pump (usually because of low coolant level) you have no cooling until cooler is changed. With air cooling the only thing that can wear out is fan and fans are easy to change, low cost and system still works at low load or any fan can be held on with rubber band until new fan is in hand.

A decent air cooler is only £25-45 ..
Alpenfohn Matterhorn Pure is only £33.95
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpenfohn-matterhorn-pure-edition-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-037-al.html

some top tier can be had for around £53. Phanteks PH-TC14PE is £52.99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-ph-tc14pe-cpu-cooler-black-hs-009-pt.html

But your GameMax Expedition has only 155 CPU clearance so you need something a little shorter, like Cryorig H7 for £34.99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cryorig-h7-single-tower-heatsink-with-120mm-fan-hs-008-cy.html

Or be quiet! Pure Rock for £25.99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/be-quiet-pure-rock-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-010-bq.html
 
thanks for the suggests, will look in to them, obviously RGB not a key selling point, just a nice feature ha.

are the suggested coolers good for overclocking? i know some types dont do as well as others.
 
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