Introduction

From the CRYORIG website:

WHO AND WHAT IS CRYORIG?

CRYORIG was officially founded in 2013, but took several years in the making. We began our journey right at the start of the first decade of the 2000's. During what was the most prosperous age of PC DIY and Overclocking. Members of our team have either worked directly or indirectly with brands such as Thermalright, Prolimatech, Phanteks and many more. We ourselves are overclockers and PC modding enthusiasts, with a passion and drive to strive for improvement. With direct knowledge of manufacturing and design as well as holding multiple patents under our collective belt, we decided to make a name for ourselves, and that name is CRYORIG. So what is CRYORIG exactly? CRYORIG is about making the coolest rig possible.

CRYORIG entered the cooling market not too long ago, and after coming out swinging, established itself with the R1 Ultimate and Universal CPU coolers. It is not often new companies emerge to change the way we look at traditional heatsink and fan designs, but CRYORIG did so with their R1 coolers. Not content to sit idle, the company has since expanded their line-up of products to include the cooler I will be reviewing today, the CRYORIG H5 Universal.

The H5 Universal has four Ø6 mm heatpipes, a 140 mm x 13 mm fan, and features perfect memory clearance on mainstream sockets thanks to its offset design. Even though smaller than the R1 series, this cooler still offers 90% of the R1 Universal's surface area with just a single offset tower. Considering its specifications and laundry list of features, it will be interesting to see how well it performs.