Meet Wraith, AMD's whisper-quiet new stock CPU cooler

lehnerus2000 · 08 Jan 2016

About time.
The thing that generates the most noise in both of my desktops is the AMD CPU cooler.

stormy13 · 08 Jan 2016

My last three AMD CPU's, the stock cooler never even came out of the box. Currently have one of these,

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011 - Newegg.com

with one of these on it,

Noctua NF-F12 PWM Case Fan - Newegg.com

You want quiet, even at full load I can't hear the fan.

P.S. Only reason for the Noctua over the stock fan on the EVO, is the EVO fan's bearings started to go.

BunnyJ · 08 Jan 2016

I think AMD is doing too little and they're just too late to the club with better cooling units. When I upgraded my processor I got an after market cooler and it's been fantastic.

While it's nice that they're doing this I don't see any high end system users relying on an OEM cooler.

Dude · 08 Jan 2016

That's true Jeff, but it's nice to have a decent back up if the aftermarket one dies

meebers · 08 Jan 2016

stormy13 said:

My last three AMD CPU's, the stock cooler never even came out of the box. Currently have one of these,

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011 - Newegg.com

with one of these on it,

Noctua NF-F12 PWM Case Fan - Newegg.com

You want quiet, even at full load I can't hear the fan.

P.S. Only reason for the Noctua over the stock fan on the EVO, is the EVO fan's bearings started to go.

I agree, changed to one of these Hyper 212 coolers, noise went down, temps went down. PITA to install since my case did not have a bottom access, had to remove MB to get it in. Ended up rotating the cooler 90 degrees so that it blows directly out of the rear exhaust of the case. It was well worth it in the end.

alphanumeric · 09 Jan 2016

I run the stock coolers that came in the box with my AMD CPU's. I can hear fans running. Hard to tell if its the CPU, GPU of PSU or just all three. It's not load enough that it bothers or distracts me. I don't overclock so stock is fine with me. If they make them even quitter all the better.

BunnyJ · 09 Jan 2016

alphanumeric said:

I run the stock coolers that came in the box with my AMD CPU's. I can hear fans running. Hard to tell if its the CPU, GPU of PSU or just all three. It's not load enough that it bothers or distracts me. I don't overclock so stock is fine with me. If they make them even quitter all the better.

If I were using an Intel processor then I would use the stock cooler because of the low watt consumption of the processor. But with a higher watt AMD process I would more than likely use an aftermarket cooler.

alphanumeric · 09 Jan 2016

BunnyJ said:

If I were using an Intel processor then I would use the stock cooler because of the low watt consumption of the processor. But with a higher watt AMD process I would more than likely use an aftermarket cooler.

The ones that come with them are rated for the thermal output of the CPU. My stock cooler has the heat pipes etc.

BunnyJ · 09 Jan 2016

alphanumeric said:

The ones that come with them are rated for the thermal output of the CPU. My stock cooler has the heat pipes etc.

True.. but it doesn't look like it's getting the job done.. to me at least. I want a nice big cooler.