By now you should have memorized Josh's look at AMD's new processors and FM2+ motherboards, unfortunately the one thing we were missing was time to test the unit (which totally did arrive, sorry!). TechGage on the other hand did receive an FX 8370 Wraith and had a chance to do some quick tests with this new 95W cooler. There was a slight hitch, the motherboard they used ran the fan at the full 3,000RPM so more audio tests do need to be run however the thermals show great potential as the FX 8370 never surpassed 57C. This indicates with a properly controlled fan header you should be able to reduce the speed and noise generated without seeing troublesome CPU temperatures.
"It’s not often that we’re treated to a CPU cooler update from AMD, so it was with great interest that we checked out its Wraith in action at last month’s CES. We’ve now been able to poke and prod the cooler over the past week in our lab, and cover everything important about it here. For good measure, we also tackle platform updates."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
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- Fractal Design Core 500 Mini-ITX Chassis @ eTeknix
- Thermaltake Suppressor F31 Midi Tower Review @ NikKTech
- Raidmax Monster II Mid-Tower Case Review @ Neoseeker
Typo of the day: “fam header”
Typo of the day: “fam header”
why in the smeg does Firefox
why in the smeg does Firefox think that is a cromulent word?
https://www.google.com.au/sea
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=i+got+you+fam&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ8tvj9trKAhWEnJQKHQPiBuIQ_AUIBygB&biw=1107&bih=991
wasn’t the fan of this cooler
wasn’t the fan of this cooler to be constant rpm? I mean, it should run at 3000 rpm?
You should be able to control
You should be able to control it if your UEFI supports it.
That fan looks exactly like
That fan looks exactly like the one that came with my Athlon X2 4800+ back in 2006.
Shouldn’t pretty much any
Shouldn’t pretty much any heat sink perform well with a 3000 rpm fan attached to it?
Uh, it’s been reported as
Uh, it’s been reported as having a non-variable fan so is that the case or not?
we need more reviews to know
we need more reviews to know for sure.
http://techreport.com/news/29
http://techreport.com/news/29577/amd-condenses-its-desktop-platforms-with-socket-am4
“Interestingly, the Wraith uses a constant-speed fan that produces 39 dBA at all times.”
So… what’s the deal with fan control?
Seems like AMD finally bested
Seems like AMD finally bested Intel. Am I right?
This…
AMDs big final
This…
AMDs big final contribution was a good stock cooler.
GG
Looks like there is a Q&A
Looks like there is a Q&A going on over at AMD’s community site for the new Wraith fan and processor launch: https://community.amd.com/thread/196424
Here is their response to a question about the fan speed:
“The fan is an 80mm design that runs up to 3,000RPM. It can be controlled by PWM.”
– James
It seems really close to the
It seems really close to the stock socket 939 coolers, but with a larger fan.
Socket 939
e.g., http://i.imgur.com/qpVaGVR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tj5hply.jpg