DeepCool AK400 CPU Cooler Review

The AK 400 from deepcool with its 40 USD MSRP, although can be found for a good bit less, is a pretty popular CPU cooler, but is it actually any good… Let's find out.
What’s up everyone, Erik here and welcome to Hardware For Gamers. For those who are new to the channel, I review and test PC cases, CPU coolers, PC case fans and graphics cards. Before I get into the overview, to have Full disclosure. I bought this CPU Cooler myself to test and review, So if you appeacheat what i'm doing here please hit that thumbs up.
Let's go over what comes in the box. There is the heatsink and fans of course. There is the installation guide, a set of fan clips, and mounting hardware for AMD and intel. The thermal paste has been pre applied to the cold plate.
The dimensions of the AK 400 with the fan attached is 155 mm high x 127 mm wide x 73 mm deep. Based on these dimensions you shouldn’t have any RAM clearance issues.
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System Specs:
Motherboard - MSI B550 Tomahawk
GPU - Asus GT1030 passive cooler
OS Drive - 250GB m.2 nvme drive
PSU - Corsair RM550x
RAM - Gskill FlareX 3200 4-8GB
Case - QDIY Cool 5 open frame Case
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:46 CPU Cooler And Heatsink Overview
1:55 Fan Overview And The Fans PWM Range
2:40 Socket Compatibility
3:10 Installing the Cooler
5:05 Temperature Testing
6:55 Final Thoughts
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[@NebachadnezzaR]

Heard a lot about this cooler. For the price seems like a good choice, though thermalright makes for fierce competition in the budget range

[@NGreedia]

I’ve been using the white version on my 3600 and it performs perfectly fine as it idles around 35c and under load around 50c. It’s not loud, even at 100%. I find temps are no different at 50% so I just keep it there

[@asch9019]

Got me a AK400 Zero Dark Plus dual fan version. It does wonders.

[@obeliskt1024]

Using the ak400 for my 5800x3d in an Inwin A1 (yeah quite a hotbox) and it keeps it cool most of the time (there could be times when cpu reaches 90c, usually during games shader compilation but other than that, really good cooler for normal everyday use)

[@timefreeze7913]

I have the same case was wondering if it’ll fit or not haha. Thanks!

[@DAWJAN_004]

Thank you so much

[@fahadkhan-rd1lm]

Is ak400 enough for 12700k ? Please guidr

[@HardwareForGamers]

@@fahadkhan-rd1lm maybe it would likely depend on what you're doing, but I would go with something bigger.

[@apaches04soccer]

Good enough for 14700k cpu?

[@HardwareForGamers]

@@apaches04soccer Mostly likely no...