AMD Enhances Its RGB Wraith Prism Stock CPU Cooler with Two Additional Heat Pipes

[Tsing]

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[UPDATE] AMD has confirmed that these are actually counterfeits. Whoever produced them did a very convincing job.



“AMD is pleased to offer market-leading premium Wraith Cooler thermal solutions for Socket AM4 and AMD Ryzen processors. Our current solutions, the details of which can be found at AMD Wraith cooling solutions, use four heat pipes and AMD has no plans at this time to introduce a new AMD Wraith Prism cooler with additional heat pipes.



“It has come to our attention that third-party coolers using six heat pipes that are designed to look like an official AMD Wraith Prism solution, including the illegitimate use of AMD branding, are now entering the market. Please be aware that those solutions are not genuine AMD products and have not been tested and validated by AMD to meet our build quality and performance requirements.



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[Peter_Brosdahl]

I've mostly enjoyed the original that came with my 3700x. Keeps between 60c-70c while holding just between 4.2GHz - 4.3GHz most of the time. Could be a little better though. Can't wait to see some reviews pop up for these.