AMD Wraith Coolers - Things have changed!

[@ghostwriter1440]

This was probably already mentioned but with the 3000 series AMD revised the spire to be a solid slab of aluminum without any copper at the base, they also had a different fan. As I understand the newer spire performance is similar but its fan spins quite a bit faster and is noticeably louder.

[@forestzhou468]

That’s actually a vapour chamber for the wraith spire coolers, not just a copper plate. If you remove the fan you can see the little nib where the chamber was sealed off. Unfortunately, it seems that they were discontinued after 1st gen ryzen in favour of a cheaper, all aluminium heat sink with a faster spinning fan.

[@TechLabUK]

Thanks for the info, really interesting to know. I will keep my eyes open for one of the later ones. Would be good to compare the different.

[@JustSuzu]

I just drop to say - keep going, it's a nice change on KZbin to see something different on PC Building Scene and not cost a house ;)

[@TechLabUK]

Thank you so much for the comment. Much more to come :)

[@shannonrhoads7099]

I built an HTPC in the Silverstone Raven RVZ02. It's got a Ryzen 3 1200 using a Wraith Stealth cooler. No complaints here, I can't hear it over the tv wheN streaming a movie or playing a Blu-ray or DVD. Took an expensive case and shoved a lot of cheap used parts into it. A used Gigabyte B350 ITX board, 16 gb no-name/no head spreader ram, an old 512gb notebook drive, 128gb SSD, slot-loading bluray drive and a 500w SFX PSU from EVGA. I buiilt it several years ago, right after the 2xxx Ryzens came out and everyone was upgrading. I still use it, and it's doing the assigned job just fine.

[@TwistyTrav]

I really like how the screws holes for AMD wraith fans is 80mm, yet the fan itself is 92mm, which makes it fit very nicely in smaller computer case designs with 80/92mm fan mounts! What a great way to recycle old AMD stock coolers into a fairly decent case fan in a small form factor.

[@TwistyTrav]

I also like how another KZbinr figured out how to change colours on the Spire RGB fan without needing an RGB cable at all. Makes it even more widely usable for budget builds where you're using an older, or non-gaming, motherboard lacking in any RGB headers.

[@JanetDax]

I recently installed a 3600 cpu but I am using a Wraith Prism cooler I had from a previous installation. Quiet and cool.

[@AvroBellow]

I have a Wraith Spire RGB because my first Ryzen CPU was an R7-1700 and first-gen R7 CPUs got the RGB ring. I also had a standard Wraith Spire that came with my R5-3600X but I traded it to my dad for his R9-3900X's Wraith Prism because he HATES RGB effects. The Wraith Spire, to its credit works just fine on the 12-core R9-3900X and the Wraith Prism works perfectly fine on my R7-5800X3D. I also have an old AM2+ cooler that came with my Phenom II X4 940 and it still works perfectly to this day. I call it "The Baby Wraith" because it looks like a scaled-down version of the original Wraith cooler which was essentially a Wraith MAX/Wraith Prism without any RGB. It handled that 125W Quad-Core just fine and did the same to my FX-8350 that came after it. I used it because the AM3/AM3+ coolers from AMD were TERRIBLE! They performed well enough but were too damn loud! The AM2+ cooler was much quieter and more refined. It does have a smaller fan but that fan has 9 sickle-shaped blades and it can move a crap-tonne of air!

[@ADRMEENA]

You mean Ryzen 9 3900X with 12 Cores .

[@AvroBellow]

@@ADRMEENA Yes, I fixed that. Thank you!

[@oguzhanyaylac2661]

Is there a difference in cooling performance between Wraith prism and Wraith max? If yes, how many degrees difference? Or is the only difference in the appearance of the coolers?

[@TechLabUK]

They appear to be very similar tbh. in terms of performance.

[@jonathane9403]

Thanks, very helpful. Although I'm using a noctual NH-U14S air cooler for my 5900x right now, (very quiet and cool as it was for my 3900x) I bought an inexpensive 5900x and swapped out my 3900x . I'm in the process of building a 3900x second system and will use the stock cooler in order to keep this second build very inexpensive. Thus the 3900x cpu will finally be used with the stock cooler that it came with a few years ago.

[@andreidracianu2988]

Hi again :) I have the first one wraith stealth, but it came with a Ryzen5 2600 (I don't know why) and the last one wraith prism bought second hand but brand new for 20 pounds (witch you can do some light overclocking) and I love how your channel is growing so keep up the good work :)

[@TechLabUK]

I got a Wraith Prism with my first R5 3600 which I thought was odd and switched it out for the Prism which I think look awesome.

[@christofferredfielfd1758]

Makes a lot less sense when it ships with a 5600x, like amd, dude, the heatsink is weak and the fan pulls .18 or .19 amps. Get atta Here with thay

[@ADRMEENA]

Hello can you please answer me that can I use the Cooler came with my Ryzen 5 3600X 3.5 years ago ... On my new Ryzen 7 5700X. The cooler is the the second one but without the copper base .

[@TechLabUK]

Should be fine. The 3600x is a 95w CPU and the 5700x is only 65w.

[@ADRMEENA]

@@TechLabUK Ohh .. Yes yes ..I also have this 💭 thought... That 7 5700X is 65 Watts TDP and R5 3600X is 95 Watts TDP. It will handle . Thank you 🙏 .

[@brianberthold3118]

great informational vid!!! PS there is a 3rd Spire cooler its a non LED with NO copper core and higher RPM fan

[@vinaldo007]

I have a wraith stealth and i believe the fan spins faster than the other fans presented here with a max rpm of around 2500. I like the look of the wraith spire RGB and was wondering if that RGB shround can clip onto the Stealth's fan. Better still if i can theoretically screw the stealth's fan onto the the spires heat sync too. That would be the perfect cooling and RGB solution. Is it doable? Thanks.

[@stefanoamsterdam7655]

its so weird i got the wraith spire with rgb and copper plate with my ryzen 5 1600, and just recently i got the smallest version like the first one with my ryzen 5 5600.

[@TechLabUK]

Totally random :S

[@midsummer5670]

The wraith spire led is my favorite..

[@csontosgergo4031]

Is the stealth less noisy than the spire? In my country i can choose between the spire and the stealth while buying cpu-s and the spire for some reason is cheaper

[@TechLabUK]

TBH I can't really tell a difference in noise level, the Stealth just seems lower profile and less performance so if you have a choice and the Spire works, go for that.

[@ma3574]

Keep the videos coming :)

[@Megalocade]

When i had my Phenom ii 980 and over clocked i used to use a wraith max on that fitted lovely on the am3 socket and when i upgrade my pc i pulled the fan from my old build and put it on my ryzen 5 seems to do a good job, i like the max as I'm not a lover of the light up fan blades, the double halo and light up amd for me looks better, the only thing missing from the wraith max is the High and Low swith for fan speed like the prism has.

[@TechLabUK]

The max is a great cooler. Still have ours in the studio. Use it from prop up builds to get boards working :)

[@Kubek6998]

I recently bought the ryzen 5 5600G and it came with the wraith stealth

[@TechLabUK]

Yeah, they still provide these coolers. The Stealth are good as they screw down.

[@AndreLuiz-eu8zx]

wich are better Wraith Stealth or Wraith Spire?

[@TechLabUK]

In terms of cooling the Spire but the stealth has a much lower profile so can fit in small cases.

[@RodrigoMAOEE]

Hello, good video! I have 2 questions Do you know the CFM of the Wraith stealh with 5 fins? Do you think that I'll be okay with the stealth with my Ryzen 5 5600 CPU? Thanks in advance

[@TechLabUK]

Sorry, I don't know the CFM but the Wraith Stealth is the cooler included with the Ryzen 5 5600 so it will be fine.

[@balunghero4708]

Sir I'm bout to upgrade my procie to 5700x, is the stock cooler of ryzen 3200G still usable on it or i must spent some budget for better cooler fan?

[@TechLabUK]

Technically they have the same TDP so it should work with either but the stock coolers aren’t the best so worth looking for something better as a future upgrade.

[@balunghero4708]

@@TechLabUK thank you sir. I'll spent good cooler for it ✨️

[@TechLabUK]

@@balunghero4708 As a 65w CPU any good tower cooler would work great so you have the pickings.

[@Cobrakai_TR]

3. will the rgb fan you show work on ryzen 5 2600, motherboard asrock a320

[@TechLabUK]

The RGB is self contained in the cooler so no reason it shouldn't, just might need an RGB controller to change the colour schemes.

[@Cobrakai_TR]

@@TechLabUK Thank you buddy

[@ryanreylozano131]

Will stealth cooler fit to fm2 mobo?? 2:11

[@TechLabUK]

I don't think so as they are the screw down type and the hole alignments are different across the sockets. The clip down versions should work socket to socket though.

[@ryanreylozano131]

@@TechLabUK oh so what does it means when you mentioned fm series?

[@christofferredfielfd1758]

The stealth or whatever it is with the 5600x (i think) is a waste of space. It seriously struggles on the intel dual core it's on now Haven't got the wraith prism yet but what I really want to do is compare the prism against the stock cooler that came with the higher end am3 and am3+ cpus, a couple have a lot of copper and one has a .70amp fan and it's like 80mm ! Sounds like a jet engine but it will solo cool some gpus

[@drugfree3423]

r5 1600 comes with wraith spire but r5 5600 comes with wraith stealth. What is that amd?

[@TechLabUK]

Tis a weird one. I found the same with both the R5 1600 and R5 5600X. Weird.

[@__all_in_one]

Good job bro big love from Pakistan

[@TechLabUK]

Thanks for the comment and big love back to you 👍

[@baskoppelman9973]

Dumb question, but i can get a Wraith Max for free and i was also gonna buy a ryzen 5 7600x, are these compatible and if so, is the fan strong enough?

[@TechLabUK]

I believe the cooler mountings for both AM4 and AM5 are compatible with each other.

[@baskoppelman9973]

Thanks for the quick response! But i dont know exaclty how to find out if the older Wraith Max would be strong enough for the ryzen 5 7600x. The ryzen 5 7600 gets the stealth cooler. The Wraith Max would be stronger than a standard amd ryzen 5 cooler but i dont know if it is strong enough. Any tips for me so i can find out?

[@TechLabUK]

@@baskoppelman9973 The Max is a much stronger cooler than the stealth.

[@vishnukranth]

I would like to fix Spire RGB on my 5600X, is it possible? Does stealth cooler be replaced by Spire RGB? are those two same size?

[@TechLabUK]

Either spire will work fine with the 5600x and the spire is bigger than the stealth.

[@Toby_the_Glen]

I hate that 'clamping' system on the larger fans. Back in the old days the plastic mounting lugs would eventually give up and when you investigated the sudden high temps would find your cooler swinging in the breeze. But, the issue is if you need to replace a stock fan in any system the 'standard' used coolers are not that much cheaper than a used upgrade. I am happy to buy cpu coolers as I feel these tend to be replaced periodically by gamers. But its a brave man that buys a used CPU or Graphics card! In my opinion gamers will have overclocked the hell out of them and then attempt to unload them on an unsuspecting buyer!

[@TechLabUK]

They can be quite annoying. Not even sure why they carried it on into AM5.

[@outlawfett3530]

They certainly look better than intel! But, they're loud aren't they?

[@TechLabUK]

Not really. The ones I have used you can barely hear. I suppose it depends on how fast they are running i.e. your fan profiles.

[@andreidracianu2988]

if you set a fan profile for gaming / heavy load and one for normal tasks, it is pretty quiet. I can barely hear mine and I didn't do any adjustments.

[@stefanosvolicas7008]

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