Friday, December 18th 2020
Arctic Announces the Alpine 23 Socket AM4 CPU Cooler
It's getting frosty: In addition to the new Alpine 23 CPU cooler, ARCTIC's diverse product range is expanding with new fan variants this month. Compact, solid, affordable - that's ARCTIC's Alpine series. Today, the series expands with the Alpine 23, the further improved successor Alpine AM4. This new AMD cooler boasts a revised assembly system.
The Alpine 23 can simply be plugged into the existing AMD retention modules and screwed tightly; robust metal clips guarantee stability and safety. High-performance MX-2 thermal compound is pre-applied, making it easy to get started right out of the box. Thanks to radial heat sinks and a broad, PWM-controlled speed range, the compact CPU cooler offers sufficient performance as well as low noise levels at a very low price.
Technical details:
Pricing: 11.99€ including VAT.
Warranty: 6 Years, limited.
For more information, and to purchase, visit this page.
The Alpine 23 can simply be plugged into the existing AMD retention modules and screwed tightly; robust metal clips guarantee stability and safety. High-performance MX-2 thermal compound is pre-applied, making it easy to get started right out of the box. Thanks to radial heat sinks and a broad, PWM-controlled speed range, the compact CPU cooler offers sufficient performance as well as low noise levels at a very low price.
Warranty: 6 Years, limited.
For more information, and to purchase, visit this page.
32 Comments on Arctic Announces the Alpine 23 Socket AM4 CPU Cooler
Keep releasing the very same 12-that-used-to-be-8€ barely-handles-65W-TDP SKU, different mounting, until nobody buys it.
Even the non-Wraith cooler that ships with the Athlon 3000G is in the same ballpark as this....No, you're correct. The Stealth never had the copper vapor chamber, the Spire used to have it and changed to a cheaper solid aluminium extrusion for the Zen+ refresh.
Basically, all the low-end AMD coolers are as bad as Intel stock coolers, but the Wraith Prism is still excellent for its size, especially since it's free.
Plus you get the long-life fluid-dynamic bearing and a somewhat reputed pre-applied TIM.
Arctic just decided to make up a retail package and price for something they were going to make a bunch of anyways.
Mounting mechanism sucks, it is very flimsy, little bit extra pressure the plastic shroud breaks. Low profile cooler is not compatible with some ITX boards.
Now we have something to install on our L33T RyZen 5950X and 5900X processors,....said no one,.....ever,...... :)
This cooler has a weight of around 275 grams.
The wraith stealth has a weight of around 300 grams.
It should perform much closer to the stealth than the Intel cooler.
The price is a bit high give that for only a bit more you can get a tower cooler that likely performs 35% better but I'd say it should be decent at current pricing. Typically I spend around $8 USD on similar products for entry level gaming builds.
Probably quieter than the wraith stealth at least
{I was use TDC, totally dead cooler, but you know Intel still uses this}
This is a bargain-basement cooler that exists solely to make something work at the lowest possible price point. MRSP of €12 and a tiny footprint on store shelves mean that these will end up in several local repair shops as an easy, failsafe way to patch up 5-year-old prebuilt AM4 computers from Wallmart.
Is it good value? No.
Is it quiet? No.
Will any of the target market care? No.
Complaining about this is like complaining that a 1.4L Chevy Spark at $14K doesn't perform as well as, say, a $39K Chevy Camaro with a 6.2L V8. NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!