When you think of the heat sink that comes with a new CPU, you probably
envision a sad little hunk of metal that
doesn't manage to keep your processor that cool in spite of its fan that
sounds like a freaking jet engine. And overclocking, huh, forget about it.
Fortunately, AMD has heard the cries of
its users who have been plaggued in the past by high temperatures and loud fans
and rolled out a new line of stock coolers for Ryzen called Wraith. Not
only has testing indicated that these coolers deliver pretty solid performance
as long as you're not doing any extreme overclocking, but that they also stay
relatively quiet under load. So then now
that we have a line of three stock coolers that looks like it's actually
better than the 15 pieces of flare bare minimum, let's have a closer look at
each of them and show you how to install them. The smallest of the three is the
Wraith Stealth, which comes with Ryzen 3 chips as well as the Ryzen 5400. It's
designed for 65 watt TDP processors and
looks strikingly similar to an Intel stock cooler with its low profile and
round body. Now, if you step up to any Ryzen 5 chip that does include a cooler
or a Ryzen 7, you will instead get a
Wraith Spire, which looks like a taller
Stealth. This one is rated to handle up to a 95watt TDP processor and is even
useful for modest overclocks.
If you go for the Ryzen 7, your Spire will actually come with an RGB ring that
is customizable with AMD software. The
really heavy hitter of the bunch is the Wraith Max, which boasts 140 watts of
heat dissipation and a heat pipe design,
something we haven't seen much of in the past. It also comes with a programmable
RGB ring. Pretty sexy. Unfortunately,
these aren't actually sold with any retail box CPUs, and the only official
way to get your hands on one is to buy a pre-built system. So then, there are
actually two entirely separate mounting methods here, both of which require
thermal compound for your CPU, unless the pre-applied stuff is still on there.
If you're installing a Wraith Max or an aftermarket cooler that still uses the
classic clips that have been with us since the socket 754 days, you can go
back and watch this really old techie.
Or you can just not bother. Position the clip around the mount and just push the
lever around and down for a nice secure
fit. If you're using the Spire or the
Stealth, you'll need to unscrew the clip mounts, leaving behind a back plate,
which comes standard on all AM4 motherboards. Then you just screw in the
four built-in screws on the Stealth or Spire, making sure to use a crisscross
pattern to avoid putting too much pressure on one side of the CPU. Both of
them then require plugging your fan into the CPU header on the motherboard. Then,
if applicable, you connect the included RGB cable to either a USB 2.0 header or
an RGB header on your motherboard so you can sync with the rest of your system.
And that's it. So, have you guys used a
stock Wraith cooler with your Ryzen CPU? Let us know down in the comments below
how your experience has been so far. And let us know if you'd like to see some
more Ryzen ccentric videos.
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