A Closer Look

With its dual-cooling towers, the CRYORIG R1 Universal adheres to the traditional high-end air-cooling design. What sets it apart is the Jet Fin Air Acceleration technology. The silver fins are, simply put, separated by a gap of 2.4 mm while the black fins are separated by a gap of 1.8 mm, which does not only make for an attractive design as CRYORIG says the Jet Fin Air Acceleration technology to also increase air exhaust speed. There are forty-two fins on the front and fifty-three fins at the rear of each tower.


The R1 Universal is a good-looking piece of kit. That said, I am not a big fan of plastic on tower coolers, but it does add to this particular cooler's appearance. It is also easy to see that the heatsink uses an off-center design. Rare for a cooler of this size and weight, it has the R1 Universal offer the best memory clearance in its heavy-weight category.


The plastic frame featuring the CRYORIG logo in metallic silver, much like the box, adds a bit of contrast to the cooler. Meanwhile, the black fin on top also hides the heatpipes underneath for a cleaner appearance. The seven Ø6 mm heatpipes are evenly spaced out throughout both towers, with the aluminum fins soldered to said heatpipes. The base, while smooth, lacks the mirror shine seen on other competing products. While not a deal breaker, it would have been nice to see considering its $89.95 MSRP.


The fans CRYORIG provided are the XT140 and XF140. Both use an HPLN (High Precision Low Noise) sleeve bearing. At 13 mm, the XT140 is the thinner of the two fans as the XF140 is 25.4 mm thick. Both feature a PWM range of 700-1300 and have rubber acoustic vibration absorbers to help with noise output.