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Somewhat of a bummer this list doesn't contain anything for the low profile cooler crowd, so difficult to find good reviews or breakdowns of them.
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I agree, but at this time I don't really have an appropriate build to test SFF coolers in. This is something I'd like to rectify in the future.
Arctic does the same. They sent me a free AM4 mounting kit for my Freezer II 280 which I'd bought before AM4 chips were out.
I'm building my first PC again since my last build in 2013. I've been running an Intel I7-2700K that entire time with solid results for my needs (some gaming, photo and video editing, and office software). If not for the Win 11 incompatibility, I would probably use it a couple more years. But, wow, have things changed. I thought my current CPU fan was big, but these new ones are monsters. I haven't been following all the hardware changes and now I'm having to catch up fast. It is interesting to see that many of these fan reviews are one, two, or even three years old. And that brings me to a different review. Hardware Canucks on YouTube have a different take on the Phantom Spirit 120 EVO's claim to the throne and I was hoping that someone here could comment on their different conclusion. For what it is worth, I'm putting together an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X with an MSI - MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI and am deciding on the fan now.
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Without specifically commenting on his results, I would say that you should keep in mind that most differences between reviewers occur because they have different testing conditions. My most recent tests on Tom's Hardware also have results with AMD's Ryzen 9950X3D, which might be useful for you.
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The TDP race really exploded about 5 years ago. I think that drove big air coolers more into the mainstream. Once the preserve of overclockers, giant 140 mm, dual-tower air coolers were now barely adequate to keep non-overlclocked CPUs from thermal throttling.
But, the main thing I wanted to point that's been shifting in just the past couple years is the evolution in TIM. Thermal pads were once derided as low-end OEM trash, but phase-change materials are changing all of that. Also, there are now some graphene-based thermal gaskets that are even outperforming every paste and closing the gap with liquid metal. Definitely something to keep an eye on!
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I haven't found many benchmarks, but here's one:
Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet Review - Tested on RX 7900 XTX with 475 W
Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet is an interesting alternative to thermal paste. The pre-cut sheet doesn’t dry out over time and you don’t have to try spreading it in a thin layer. In our review we test thermal performance on the AsRock RX 7900 XTX, at up to 475 W.
@Albert.Thomas , it'd be great to see a shootout of that and PTM pads like PhaseSheet.
Edit: I see your sig update. I'll just leave my suggestion, anyhow, in case someone else at Toms sees it.
Thanks for the reviews, Albert, and maybe I'll see you on youtube or over at your site.
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It is a good CPU coolers review. I would just swap in the recommendation of Best Air Cooler for Most People category the Peerless Assassin 120SE with Phantom Spirit 120 SE. As PS 120 SE has one more extra heat pipe. It offers superior performance. They sell for the same price now.
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I'm testing Thermal Grizzly's Phase Sheet PTM right now with a 9950X + Arctic LF3 Pro 240, but last year when I tested PTM it didn't do as well on liquid cooling - and I'm not sure if we'll be testing on both air and liquid this year.I haven't found many benchmarks, but here's one:
Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet Review - Tested on RX 7900 XTX with 475 W
Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet is an interesting alternative to thermal paste. The pre-cut sheet doesn’t dry out over time and you don’t have to try spreading it in a thin layer. In our review we test thermal performance on the AsRock RX 7900 XTX, at up to 475 W.www.techpowerup.com
@Albert.Thomas , it'd be great to see a shootout of that and PTM pads like PhaseSheet.
Edit: I see your sig update. I'll just leave my suggestion, anyhow, in case someone else at Toms sees it.
Thanks for the reviews, Albert, and maybe I'll see you on youtube or over at your site.
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LOL, I just did that like a month ago! I'm planning on posting up my findings in a thread, but I'll go ahead and say it didn't quite equal Arctic MX-6 in my test.
Some would say my test was kinda weird, because it involved a "direct-touch" heat pipe cooler and an AM4 CPU (5800X). That's such a unique set of circumstances that it wouldn't necessarily predict how it performs in other setups. It took me two sheets, because I didn't do the "refrigerator" step properly and it was too warm in the first attempt. So, it cost me $30 and I just scraped it all off, in the end, and went a different direction.
Then, using a different cooler (Noctua NH-L12x77), I tried both Arctic MX-6 vs Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet on that CPU. Again, MX-6 came out slightly ahead, but I kept the KryoSheet because it was good enough and never needs replacing.
Fortunately, I was able to use leftover scraps of the PhaseSheet to cool a 10 Gig LAN chip and a X570 chip. PhaseSheet seems to work well for cooling bare dies, like GPUs and laptop CPUs. Even there, the main thing seems to be that you must have enough mounting pressure.
Lastly, @Albert.Thomas , this fan is completely mad!
I used it on that Noctua cooler, I mentioned above. Dropped my temps a few more degrees, but sounds like a turbine.
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