Review Cooler Master MA824 Stealth Review: Expensive Big Air Excellence

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Cooler Master’s MA824 runs quietly and delivers top-tier cooling performance, but it doesn’t come cheap.

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[Phaaze88]

So this level of performance[NH-D15S] was already available 8 years ago - about 2.5 years ago, if you wanted the Chromax version.
Ehh.

 

[deesider]

So this level of performance[NH-D15S] was already available 8 years ago - about 2.5 years ago, if you wanted the Chromax version.
Ehh.

Would be even better if using the Noctua fans...

 

[Phaaze88]

Would be even better if using the Noctua fans...

Have doubts, but definitely more expensive...

 

[10tacle]

I don't like the permanent mount center fan. I'd like to have more control over the fans I can choose down the road. However, for about $30 USD less than what I paid for my NH-D15 (Chromax.BLACK) it's holding its own against it.

Now the interesting thing will be how Noctua's successor to the NH-D15 which is reportedly coming out this fall improves upon the current design and performance.

 

[Math Geek]

for the 7700x it is nice to see that for 60% less you can get almost the same performance and just get the peerless assassin

no need to spend any more than the $40 for the AMD chip. you only need to spend $100+ if you are running an intel space heater.

 

[Brian D Smith]

"Expensive"??? That's a heck of a lot cheaper than your average 'Water Cooler'....and no maintenance.

 

[YSCCC]

now the D15S is a single fan version, with the old D15 with dual fan the noise level likely could be lowered by a lot, and for any cooler at this price range I do exect it could be user replacable fans which, when the unfortunate happens, is simply swarpable, and not stuck in the middle hindering airflow

 

[thestryker]

I'm curious how this and the D15 perform on the 13900K test bench. I have really liked the uncapped wattage tests as they give a great example of cooling capacity (at least on Intel). I'm not sure if the 13700K just doesn't boost as high (or is just a poor bin in this case), but I'd imagine both coolers could handle over 233W.

This isn't the pricing market I'm usually in for air cooling, but that permanent middle fan would certainly rule this one out if I was.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

"Expensive"??? That's a heck of a lot cheaper than your average 'Water Cooler'....and no maintenance.

Well, expensive for an air cooler

 

[Albert.Thomas]

I'm curious how this and the D15 perform on the 13900K test bench. I have really liked the uncapped wattage tests as they give a great example of cooling capacity (at least on Intel).

Thanks!

I'm not sure if the 13700K just doesn't boost as high (or is just a poor bin in this case), but I'd imagine both coolers could handle over 233W.

They would be able to handle more... if paired with a i9-13900K. The i9 can handle more watts both due to better binning, but also because the heat is spread across a larger area because it has 8 more e-cores.

Top end air coolers can handle ~285W on Intel's i9-13900K.

 

[Friesiansam]

Currently £109.90 on Amazon UK. Far too much money for a cooler with a non-replaceable fan.

 

[charonme]

the middle fan is not that difficult to remove, it's just a couple of screws and the two E-clips on the long bolt rods

btw mine bends like this:

https://imgur.com/a/Q6TZqrt

View: https://imgur.com/a/Q6TZqrt
is that normal?