CPU Cooler Performance Tier List

[macforever]

I want Aardwolf APCS10H 10 Optima, but it is not available in retail. What to do?
 

[jm_bmw]

Great topic! can someone give me an advice?

Those below are the coolers I liked based by either price, size or reviews available here in my country. Which one is the best in performance? and the best in cost benefit? -costs are converted to usd.

 

I have seem reviews pointing the Gammaxx 400 is a win-win but I am bit sceptical due the low cost and size when compared to the others.

 

-Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.B (83usd)

-Scythe Choten (62usd) -I liked this design as it may help cooling mb components, is that correct?

-DeepCool Gammaxx GT TGA TUF (68usd)

-DeepCool Frostwin V2.0 (65usd)

-Deepcool Neptwin RGB (63usd)

-DeepCool GAMMAXX 400 (28usd)

 

 

[WoodenMarker]

On 2/7/2020 at 2:36 AM, macforever said:

I want Aardwolf APCS10H 10 Optima, but it is not available in retail. What to do?

Why do you want that cooler in particular? 

What cpu are you cooling and what's your budget? What case and ram are you using?

1 hour ago, jm_bmw said:

Great topic! can someone give me an advice?

Those below are the coolers I liked based by either price, size or reviews available here in my country. Which one is the best in performance? and the best in cost benefit? -costs are converted to usd.

I have seem reviews pointing the Gammaxx 400 is a win-win but I am bit sceptical due the low cost and size when compared to the others.

 

-Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.B (83usd)

-Scythe Choten (62usd) -I liked this design as it may help cooling mb components, is that correct?

-DeepCool Gammaxx GT TGA TUF (68usd)

-DeepCool Frostwin V2.0 (65usd)

-Deepcool Neptwin RGB (63usd)

-DeepCool GAMMAXX 400 (28usd)

The Mugen 5 Rev. B and Neptwin are the best performers from what's mentioned. That being said, the Gammaxx 400 is a great value if you're aiming for a mild oc. 

There's not much point converting to usd if that's not what you're using. Where are you shopping / located?

[jm_bmw]

On 2/12/2020 at 2:22 AM, WoodenMarker said:

The Mugen 5 Rev. B and Neptwin are the best performers from what's mentioned. That being said, the Gammaxx 400 is a great value if you're aiming for a mild oc. 

There's not much point converting to usd if that's not what you're using. Where are you shopping / located?

If you have some time take a look, sorry I couldn't filter the watercoolers out, price I am looking at is the green ones:

https://www.kabum.com.br/hardware/coolers?string=&pagina=2&ordem=4&limite=30

[WoodenMarker]

4 hours ago, jm_bmw said:

If you have some time take a look, sorry I couldn't filter the watercoolers out, price I am looking at is the green ones:

https://www.kabum.com.br/hardware/coolers?string=&pagina=2&ordem=4&limite=30

The next clear upgrade from the Gammaxx 400 I see is the Neptwin RGB. Those two and the Mugen 5 Rev. B are all great options and hard to go wrong with. 

[jm_bmw]

6 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

The next clear upgrade from the Gammaxx 400 I see is the Neptwin RGB. Those two and the Mugen 5 Rev. B are all great options and hard to go wrong with. 

I was leaning towards the Mugen 5 mainly by it looks -massive- and overall built quality/simple installation. But the price difference (here) doesn't seems to justify the slight gains when compared to the others. I guess the Neptwin RGB will be a good choice then, thanks for clarifying.

[Apjue]

Scythe Fuma is not better than Fuma 2, it's the opposite.

[WoodenMarker]

56 minutes ago, Apjue said:

Scythe Fuma is not better than Fuma 2, it's the opposite.

Did you see the low / high pressure mounting results linked at the top of the thread? The Fuma comes with older HMPS mounting hardware that allows for overtightening and pulls performance closer to the NH-D15. 

[Apjue]

1 hour ago, WoodenMarker said:

Did you see the low / high pressure mounting results linked at the top of the thread? The Fuma comes with older HMPS mounting hardware that allows for overtightening and pulls performance closer to the NH-D15. 

Whoops, haven't seen it.

I don't understand something though, if there's such a nice difference why doesn't the linked test recommend to overtighten the mount in order to have a high pressure? Is it safe?

[WoodenMarker]

On 2/16/2020 at 9:03 AM, Apjue said:

Whoops, haven't seen it.

I don't understand something though, if there's such a nice difference why doesn't the linked test recommend to overtighten the mount in order to have a high pressure? Is it safe?

It's hard to confirm about how safe such a tight mount is but Scythe's update to the mounting system by sending out additional washers for thinner pcb cpus like Skylake indicates that it might not be safe for those cpus. I think it's generally safe to do and that the worse that would happen with a mount that's too tight is that the system wouldn't post. Backing off the tightness a bit should get the system to post again. 

[Ralf]

I would like to request to move all the Hyper 212's to Tier 0 - Absolute King. Because -you know- while people may struggle to keep their i9/R9 cool even with NexXxoS Monsta, the 212 has no problems with it whatsoever while being dead silent. Just look at user feedbacks on amazon or other forums.

[rtask]

I just bought this cooler.. it's supposed to be an upgrade to the Thermax Eclipse 3, but I can't find any documentation on it.  Does anyone have any experience with this cooler - Spire Aeris XL

 

[WoodenMarker]

On 3/17/2020 at 2:30 PM, rtask said:

I just bought this cooler.. it's supposed to be an upgrade to the Thermax Eclipse 3, but I can't find any documentation on it.  Does anyone have any experience with this cooler - Spire Aeris XL

No idea. Do you have any coolers to compare it to?

[rtask]

I have a Zalman 9900NT I can test it against.  And a Corsair h60.  Will let you know how it does.

[HanZie82]

I wonder, why is the Scythe Ninja 5 2 tiers away from the almost similar temped Noctua NH-D15? They differ not a C degree in most test ive seen.
I mean im not advocating for change, i just want to know the reason.

[WoodenMarker]

8 hours ago, HanZie82 said:

I wonder, why is the Scythe Ninja 5 2 tiers away from the almost similar temped Noctua NH-D15? They differ not a C degree in most test ive seen.
I mean im not advocating for change, i just want to know the reason.

There are some good showings but it's similar to the NH-D15 at best. There are plenty of worse showings of it and it falls behind at higher loads. It's held back by its low fan speeds.

https://www.hwcooling.net/en/test-scythe-ninja-5-evolution-of-the-revolutionary-predecessor/4/

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8925/scythe-ninja-5-cpu-cooler-review/index6.html

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/scythe-ninja-5-cpu-cooler,5939-2.html

https://www.ocinside.de/test/scythe_ninja_5_d/5/

http://game2gether.de/os_hardware/scythe-ninja-5-test-review/

https://www.eteknix.com/scythe-ninja-5-cpu-cooler-review/5/

https://youtu.be/mNg9VAV3mtA?t=425

https://youtu.be/YHOse3Kgjh8?t=216

[MrIronGolem27]

Hello, first time user here! I'm not entirely new to the various PC component tier lists on this website so I'm willing to take this list with only a very small pinch of salt, but one thing that threw me off as I was looking at it was the placement of the Deepcool Gammaxx 400, which is all the way up in Tier 6 for merely $21 where I live.

 

Compare this to the be quiet! Pure Rock Slim, which would seem to at least be on even footing as far as TDP ratings go (not that I haven't learned to take those with a grain of salt; I know manfacturer TDPs are rarely what they're cracked up to be) but appears to perform quite worse depsite being $10 more where I live.

 

Again, I'm not trying to debase the claims of this list; this is mostly just the ramblings of someone who is seeing the list for the first time and was moderately surprised by a lot of the results. By any chance, do you know of any direct comparisons between the Gammaxx 400 and Pure Rock Slim?

[WoodenMarker]

35 minutes ago, MrIronGolem27 said:

Pure Rock Slim appears to perform quite worse depsite being $10 more where I live.

do you know of any direct comparisons between the Gammaxx 400 and Pure Rock Slim?

Be Quiet! products tend to be a bit on the expensive side when it comes to raw performance. I'm guessing that part of it is due to their focus on low noise and maybe a premium for their brand. When their products are competitively priced, it's usually an older product -- particularly older fans which are still great. 

 

Here's what I could find:

https://youtu.be/5Rg8Ck3Rg0Q?t=362

https://youtu.be/kNJ1xNA6WiQ?t=286

Direct comparisons are generally lacking but their performance / standing is pretty consistent.

[HanZie82]

14 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

There are some good showings but it's similar to the NH-D15 at best. There are plenty of worse showings of it and it falls behind at higher loads. It's held back by its low fan speeds.

https://www.hwcooling.net/en/test-scythe-ninja-5-evolution-of-the-revolutionary-predecessor/4/

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8925/scythe-ninja-5-cpu-cooler-review/index6.html

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/scythe-ninja-5-cpu-cooler,5939-2.html

https://www.ocinside.de/test/scythe_ninja_5_d/5/

http://game2gether.de/os_hardware/scythe-ninja-5-test-review/

https://www.eteknix.com/scythe-ninja-5-cpu-cooler-review/5/

https://youtu.be/mNg9VAV3mtA?t=425

https://youtu.be/YHOse3Kgjh8?t=216

Thank you for this invaluable info, i knew there was a reason.

[MrIronGolem27]

By the way, any word on Arctic Freezer II 120?

[WoodenMarker]

11 hours ago, MrIronGolem27 said:

By the way, any word on Arctic Freezer II 120?

Only some posts on reddit, newegg, etc. saying it works pretty well but nothing in-depth. 

Closest thing to a useful comparison I've found is a newegg comment comparing it to the first version. 

https://www.newegg.com/arctic-cooling-liquid-freezer-ii-120-liquid-cooling-system/p/N82E16835186246

Quote

the Arctic 120 Series I radiator is 49 mm thick and this one, the
Series II is only 38 mm thick. But, the Series II cooled off my i7 4930k CPU 6 degrees cooler

 

[MrIronGolem27]

17 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

Only some posts on reddit, newegg, etc. saying it works pretty well but nothing in-depth. 

Closest thing to a useful comparison I've found is a newegg comment comparing it to the first version. 

https://www.newegg.com/arctic-cooling-liquid-freezer-ii-120-liquid-cooling-system/p/N82E16835186246

 

So...it's probably not worse then, is it? I hate it when there are no reviews for this stuff

[WoodenMarker]

5 hours ago, MrIronGolem27 said:

So...it's probably not worse then, is it? I hate it when there are no reviews for this stuff

Looking at how the other sizes have lined up against the competition, I'd guess that it's as good. 

[Vejnemojnen]

On 4/10/2020 at 8:03 AM, MrIronGolem27 said:

Hello, first time user here! I'm not entirely new to the various PC component tier lists on this website so I'm willing to take this list with only a very small pinch of salt, but one thing that threw me off as I was looking at it was the placement of the Deepcool Gammaxx 400, which is all the way up in Tier 6 for merely $21 where I live.

 

Compare this to the be quiet! Pure Rock Slim, which would seem to at least be on even footing as far as TDP ratings go (not that I haven't learned to take those with a grain of salt; I know manfacturer TDPs are rarely what they're cracked up to be) but appears to perform quite worse depsite being $10 more where I live.

 

Again, I'm not trying to debase the claims of this list; this is mostly just the ramblings of someone who is seeing the list for the first time and was moderately surprised by a lot of the results. By any chance, do you know of any direct comparisons between the Gammaxx 400 and Pure Rock Slim?

What is your location?  Do You have ID Cooling SE-224XT available in your area?  

[MrIronGolem27]

So uh, I just bought an Arctic Freezer 33 eSports ONE for my rig and an extra Bionix fan to go on the other side of the heat sink (because I'm a sucker for symmetry). Would this basically make what I have a 34 eSports Duo?