Review on 🔥 Vetroo V5 CPU Air Cooler: 5 Heat Pipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Intel LGA 1200 115X / AMD Ryzen AM4, Addressable RGB Lights (Black) by Kyle Cross

Update 11/17/20: The fan on my radiator had a small fan issue that caused 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 would definitely like to give it a 5 star rating now. At first glance, this cooler seems like a generic Hyper 212 clone, but it has a few 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 that use an adapter to emulate an AMD socket, or even the original Hyper 212 plus. It stays snug against my processor and can't 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 hub-lit fan. I don't think you could put more into it. Cons: - The included fan is a "rainbow" fan with only a 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 their own fan instead. Update: No longer a problem as Vetroo now uses ARGB fans. Other Thoughts: - Although not listed, this cooler should be LGA 1200 compatible as the hole spacing should 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. Although LGA 2011/2066 have the same hole spacing as LGA 1366, they have different screw diameters and are therefore not compatible. 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 bent slightly, but not enough to affect the cooler's performance. Cooler in any noticeable way. 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. It doesn't matter much, but it would be nice to know, as in theory anodized fins *should* dissipate heat a little better than powder coated fins since they don't have an insulating paint coat. The Chinese to English translation in the supplied manual is sketchy at best, but if you've ever built a computer you probably won't need the instructions anyway. Other coolers at a comparable price make it a question of whether you want an extra heatpipe for cooling or whether you want a cooler with an RGB fan and an RGB plate on top.