Question AMD Wraith Stealth CPU cooler with aluminum or copper on the bottom...

[ncsercs]

What gives? Why? Thanks!

 

[Markfw]

What is the question ? Why one has aluminum and one copper ? The copper absorbs more heat more quickly but is more expensive. so probably used on the higher TDP CPUs

 

[VirtualLarry]

The top all-aluminum heatsink is rated for 65W TDP.

The bottom copper-cored aluminum heatsink is rated for 95W TDP.

Is there a question in there somewhere?

 

[mopardude87]

The ultimate question is how well does the 65tdp all aluminum one work. When i got my "65w tdp" 8700 non k i immediately bought a aftermarket cooler to go with it. The 212 i got was is just enough to cool the 8700. With the cpu fan set at a static 1000 or so rpm well i load to 81cel in Cinebenchr15 runs.

 

[UsandThem]

The ultimate question is how well does the 65tdp all aluminum one work. When i got my "65w tdp" 8700 non k i immediately bought a aftermarket cooler to go with it. The 212 i got was is just enough to cool the 8700. With the cpu fan set at a static 1000 or so rpm well i load to 81cel in Cinebenchr15 runs.

Even if they are moving some of them over to an all aluminum design, at least AMD puts some effort and money into their stock coolers (unlike Intel).

 

[mopardude87]

Even if they are moving some of them over to an all aluminum design, at least AMD puts some effort and money into their stock coolers (unlike Intel).

I am amazed how well the small little stock cooler that cools off my spare 8350 does.I did have to disable cool n quiet and it does kind of sound like a 747 ready for take off but under stress loads its usually hanging under 60cel. Not sure how well the current coolers are doing for AMD but i never in my life got those kind of temps on any of the Intel stock coolers. The 8350 cooler at least has copper heat pipes. Fan bearing is going out a bit and well its more annoying then Chris Tucker on Helium in a house fire.

A look at the picture of the one with the thicker overall build in the op still appears to be better then even the copper cored stock coolers that were on like my old E6750 and Q6600. I had a beast of burden cooler on the i7 940 after that. Went over the top on that i7 940 build too. Antec 1200 with enough 120mm fans on max rpm i could have initiated count down and commenced take off.

 

[ubern00b]

The wraith coolers are a step above the flimsy aliminium blocks that cost $2.50 that intel ships with their CPU's, I cooled my 1600 overclocked to 3.8 on the included wraith stealth and it was more than adequate though temps were higher than my current Raijintek Leto pro, albeit not enough to throttle like the cheap chinese junk Intel has shipped for the last 15 years or so, still if you want to overclock and aren't comfortable with temps up to the high 80's (still perfectly fine and within spec btw) then aftermarket is still your best option. As to the Op, I suspect as someone else has also mentioned the aliminium wraith is likely for a 65w TDP part and the copper core likely for a 95w TDP part, think 1600 65w TDP Vs 1600x 95w TDP

 

[mopardude87]

Not a bad showing at least cooling the 1400 at stock. Perhaps the oc numbers are ok too in a pinch?

 

[mopardude87]

I cooled my 1600 overclocked to 3.8 on the included wraith stealth and it was more than adequate though temps were higher than my current Raijintek Leto pro, albeit not enough to throttle like the cheap chinese junk Intel has shipped for the last 15 years or so

How was the cooler for stock? As far as stock coolers temps have been alright with a E6750/Q6600 a i5 2500k a G1820 and a i5 4460 for me. The i5 2500k was the last chip that offered the copper slug though at least with my list of purchased cpus till the 8700 non k I did hear that chips like the 7700k were terribad though with the stock but i did skip all that fun i guess. Not that the copper slug was breaking any world records, anyone with overclocking in mind is always better off with at least a 212 in their system.

 

[ubern00b]

I think at stock you'll be pushed to exceed 70-75c, considering Ryzen is rated upto 94c before thermal throttling kicks in, that's pretty darn impressive from a "free" HSF compared to the little useless alu heatsinks that Intel get's manufactured by the millions in china that havent changed for about 10 years, definitely feels and performs more like a $20 budget HSF rather than a useless POS that barely does the job at normal workloads, forget about anything heavy like video encoding or gaming as well...

 

[mopardude87]

I think at stock you'll be pushed to exceed 70-75c, considering Ryzen is rated upto 94c before thermal throttling kicks in, that's pretty darn impressive from a "free" HSF compared to the little useless alu heatsinks that Intel get's manufactured by the millions in china that havent changed for about 10 years, definitely feels and performs more like a $20 budget HSF rather than a useless POS that barely does the job at normal workloads, forget about anything heavy like video encoding or gaming as well...

Not bad at all, i forgot i had the i5 8400 for a short bit under a stock cooler but that was pulling closer to 80 cel inside of a Meshify C Mini case. The i5 8400 is the limit for the stock cooler and perhaps in a oem situation that cooler may not be sufficient though? I did Prime 95 on the 8400 and it wasn't hitting 80cel.

I can't stomach the idea of any reasonably decent computer and i when mean decent i mean a 1400 Ryzen or Intel i3 8100 sitting in a oem tower with only a exhaust fan to cool it off with perhaps the psu as well. I get htpc builds and their absolute need for little to no noise but then again get rid of the stock coolers and go big and passive if possible?