Friday, July 28th 2017
AMD Begins Offering Wraith Max Cooler Through Retail Channels - $59
AMD has announced full and immediate retail availability of their Wraith Max cooler through retail channels. The 140 W TDP Wraith Max cooler was previously only available through a bundle with AMD's top of the line Ryzen 7 1700X and 1800X. However, through popular demand, AMD have decided to make that cooler available solo. Ease of installation through AMD's Spring-Screw mechanism, jolly good looks, LED lighting, relatively silent performance (38 dBa) and respectable performance seem to have been enough to convince AMD users.
The Wraith Max cooler is compatible with AMD AM4, AM3+, and FM2 motherboards. The RGB ring's color can be customized through a myriad of RGB control apps from various manufacturers, such as Asus' Aura Sync, Gigabyte's RGB Fusion, MSI's Mystic Light, Biostar's Vivid LED DJ, and ASRock's RGB LED tools. AMD also offers the AMD Wraith Max RGB lighting control software (powered by Cooler Master) as a free download. The Wraith Max comes with both a USB header cable and an RGB LED header to control the lighting feature. A copper base plate and heatpipes, along with pre-applied thermal paste and a 92mm Cooler Master fan. The down-blowing fan also provides an extra bit of cooling for the socket area and VRMs. Perhaps the $59 price-tag will turn some prospective buyers off, but still, this remains the best stock cooler option in the market, and for someone who wants to keep an AMD cooling identity, is the best available option.
Sources:
Tom's Hardware, Relaxed Tech, Reddit
The Wraith Max cooler is compatible with AMD AM4, AM3+, and FM2 motherboards. The RGB ring's color can be customized through a myriad of RGB control apps from various manufacturers, such as Asus' Aura Sync, Gigabyte's RGB Fusion, MSI's Mystic Light, Biostar's Vivid LED DJ, and ASRock's RGB LED tools. AMD also offers the AMD Wraith Max RGB lighting control software (powered by Cooler Master) as a free download. The Wraith Max comes with both a USB header cable and an RGB LED header to control the lighting feature. A copper base plate and heatpipes, along with pre-applied thermal paste and a 92mm Cooler Master fan. The down-blowing fan also provides an extra bit of cooling for the socket area and VRMs. Perhaps the $59 price-tag will turn some prospective buyers off, but still, this remains the best stock cooler option in the market, and for someone who wants to keep an AMD cooling identity, is the best available option.
63 Comments on AMD Begins Offering Wraith Max Cooler Through Retail Channels - $59
As for destroying it at half the price, I don't think so. The Wraith Max performs the same as the 212 EVO and is quieter at the same time. That's a pretty good combination. Sure, you can probably find something that performs better, but probably not by much, and I'm doubting it would be much cheaper. And at the same time, 120mm tower style coolers have their limitations. They can't be used in most HTPC computers because of their height. The Wraith on the other hand can. The Wraith is only 8cm tall, most 120mm tower coolers are right about double that.
And, really, if you hop on ebay, you can find the non-RGB version on sale for about $30. That isn't a bad deal.
Edit: www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-wraith-cpu-cooler,4450.html
Here is a good review by Tom's comparing it to a Thermalright Macho. The Macho costs right about the same as the Wraith Max. They still performed right about the same temperature wise. The only thing the Macho wins at is noise, beating the Wraith by 6dBA. But another thing to note was that the VRMs on the motherboard ran a good 15°C cooler with the Wraith than with the Macho, and the Wraith was still quiet enough to not be heard over the other components in a closed case.
Also why are you guys compare it to 212 evo? It's a tower. Wraith is a horizontal cooler, actually the best horizontal cooler out there at the moment, not even talking about the fact it's RGB. You don't buy it because you need it, you buy it when you WANT it.
www.computeruniverse.net/en/products/90316951/arctic-freezer-xtreme-rev-2.asp
...for less?
edit:www.amazon.com/dp/B06XP51521/?tag=tec06d-20
it was 8 years old, holding a heavy passive cooler which have been running 24/7 with tons of heatcycles since forever.
It actually may be from the S939 era too...
It may happen, but in my experience very unlikely, and it's far superior to intel's solution and the back bracket is an option for cpu cooler manufactures to use so I see it as the best mounting system as it allows you to use clip or screw method.
Edit: And I'll add that $59 is damn ludicrous, I could see $40 tops.... But then everything lately is overpriced. The Samsung SSD that I have consistently costs more than the one I paid for over a year ago.