Ryzen Stock Heatsinks (Wraith) as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2018-05-06
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829 words · ~4 min read
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When you think of the heat sink that comes with a new CPU, you probably
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envision a sad little hunk of metal that
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doesn't manage to keep your processor that cool in spite of its fan that
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sounds like a freaking jet engine. And overclocking, huh, forget about it.
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Fortunately, AMD has heard the cries of
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its users who have been plaggued in the past by high temperatures and loud fans
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and rolled out a new line of stock coolers for Ryzen called Wraith. Not
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only has testing indicated that these coolers deliver pretty solid performance
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as long as you're not doing any extreme overclocking, but that they also stay
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relatively quiet under load. So then now
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that we have a line of three stock coolers that looks like it's actually
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better than the 15 pieces of flare bare minimum, let's have a closer look at
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each of them and show you how to install them. The smallest of the three is the
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Wraith Stealth, which comes with Ryzen 3 chips as well as the Ryzen 5400. It's
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designed for 65 watt TDP processors and
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looks strikingly similar to an Intel stock cooler with its low profile and
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round body. Now, if you step up to any Ryzen 5 chip that does include a cooler
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or a Ryzen 7, you will instead get a
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Wraith Spire, which looks like a taller
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Stealth. This one is rated to handle up to a 95watt TDP processor and is even
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useful for modest overclocks.
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If you go for the Ryzen 7, your Spire will actually come with an RGB ring that
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is customizable with AMD software. The
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really heavy hitter of the bunch is the Wraith Max, which boasts 140 watts of
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heat dissipation and a heat pipe design,
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something we haven't seen much of in the past. It also comes with a programmable
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RGB ring. Pretty sexy. Unfortunately,
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these aren't actually sold with any retail box CPUs, and the only official
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way to get your hands on one is to buy a pre-built system. So then, there are
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actually two entirely separate mounting methods here, both of which require
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thermal compound for your CPU, unless the pre-applied stuff is still on there.
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If you're installing a Wraith Max or an aftermarket cooler that still uses the
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classic clips that have been with us since the socket 754 days, you can go
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back and watch this really old techie.
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Or you can just not bother. Position the clip around the mount and just push the
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lever around and down for a nice secure
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fit. If you're using the Spire or the
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Stealth, you'll need to unscrew the clip mounts, leaving behind a back plate,
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which comes standard on all AM4 motherboards. Then you just screw in the
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four built-in screws on the Stealth or Spire, making sure to use a crisscross
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pattern to avoid putting too much pressure on one side of the CPU. Both of
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them then require plugging your fan into the CPU header on the motherboard. Then,
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if applicable, you connect the included RGB cable to either a USB 2.0 header or
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an RGB header on your motherboard so you can sync with the rest of your system.
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And that's it. So, have you guys used a
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stock Wraith cooler with your Ryzen CPU? Let us know down in the comments below
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how your experience has been so far. And let us know if you'd like to see some
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