Review on 🌬️ Vetroo V5 White CPU Air Cooler: 5 Heat Pipes, 120mm PWM Processor Fan, 150W TDP - Intel LGA 1200 115X / AMD Ryzen AM4 Compatible - Addressable RGB Lights Sync by Dipp Samrock

Updated 11/17/20. My cooler's fan has encountered a small fan issue that is causing the light to work intermittently. Contacted support and offered a replacement. They shipped a retail boxed replacement cooler with an addressable RGB fan in place of the original Rainbow fan. The sales packaging now also says that the cooler is equipped with 5V ARGB lighting. Photos have been updated to include the new box. Overall, amazing customer service in both response time and issue resolution, and the company confirmed their previous statement that they will use ARGB fans in future products. If I hadn't already left a 5 star review, I definitely want to leave a 5 star review now. At first glance, this cooler looks like a generic Hyper 212 clone, but it has some notable features that set it apart from the rest. The main ones include 5 heatpipes instead of the usual 4, a simple mounting system (much easier than many others in my experience) and a black and white radiator instead of exposed aluminum. Pros: - 5 full heatpipes instead of the standard 4 or "5" found on most Hyper 212 clones. Often cheaper coolers that advertise 5 heat pipes have 3 full pipes and 2 half pipes, which doesn't improve the cooling performance much compared to 4 heat pipes, if it improves at all. Installation without problems. Much easier to install on an Intel processor than regular Hyper 212 clones which use an adapter to emulate an AMD socket or even the original Hyper 212 plus. - Fits my processor perfectly and cannot move. Yes, this is a serious issue with some other radiator mounting systems that I felt the need to mention. My i7-8700k runs noticeably cooler than the cheap Hyper 212 clone I've used before. Nicely milled flat surface on the bottom of the cooler for good contact with your CPU. Update: The included ARGB fan has 12 LEDs in the hub, which is the most I've seen on a fan with a hub light. I don't think you could put more into it. Cons: - The included fan is a "rainbow" -Fan with only one 4-pin motherboard header. It goes through the beautiful rainbow pattern by itself, but cannot be controlled from the outside. Looks good but doesn't fit the theme of my build. I contacted Vetroo regarding this and was told that this is a first generation product. and that future products will have an addressable fan instead. Update: No longer a problem as Vetroo now uses ARGB fans. The distance between the holes must be the same. Looking at other reviews, at least one other reviewer says they could use it with an LGA 1200 socket as well. Although it wasn't listed as an available socket, I tried to get it on a motherboard with an LGA 2011 socket install if it will work. LGA 2011/2066 has the same hole spacing as LGA 1366, but different screw diameters, making them incompatible. While most specs seem reasonable, I have a hard time believing that the static pressure is actually 3.61 mm H2O. That doesn't make the cooler bad, but it just means that you shouldn't blindly trust the published specs. The corners of the cooling fins where the fan clips attach to my cooler were slightly bent, but not enough to noticeably affect the cooler's performance. Definitely unused, just a sign the manufacturer may have some minor quality control issues. - I'm not sure how well the external heatpipes make contact with my CPU since the base of the cooler is wider than my CPU. I didn't want to take my motherboard out of the case to check it, so I can't comment on that. I can't tell if this cooler was powder coated or anodized. There doesn't seem to be much of a difference here.