Finished Looks

With the LEDs off, the cooler easily blends in with the rest of the system due to its black top plate and white heat-pipe caps. Normally, the copper heat pipes would be exposed, which has them stand out more, bringing with it some attention-grabbing color. However, with the heat-pipe caps, the cooler instead ends up delivering a nice bit of contrast that blends in with the motherboard's black and gray color scheme.


Clearance is alright, but not an area in which this smaller tower cooler excels as it put pressure on our G.Skill Trident Z stick in the first slot. While it didn't cause any real issues, the cooler does encroach just a few millimeters too far towards the DIMM slots. When it comes to graphics card clearance, there were no issues to report.


The ARGB lighting looks good overall, hitting the right level of brightness for a tasteful look that isn't over the top. Motherboard control was flawless, and there is nothing to really complain about here unless you of course simple just detest ARGB lighting.