Review on DEEP COOL GAMMAXX 400 V2 Blue CPU Air Cooler - 4 Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Blue LED - Intel/AMD-Compatible (AM4 Supported) by Arina Foliez ᠌

The bag with thermal paste is far from being completely filled and it is squeezed out with difficulty, but its contents were enough to smear both the processor and the base of the cooler. Maybe a couple of times would be enough. The cooler was chosen to effectively cool the old Core i7-860 (4/8, Turbo Boost, TDP: 95 W, without overclocking), with an emphasis on silence and with the ability to install on something modern. Testing was conducted in a closed case (one fan per drive intake) at room temperature 25°C. The load was created using the Prime95 program (version 30.3b6 x64, Small FFTs, no AVX) for 15 minutes, followed by a system downtime of 10 minutes. The maximum and minimum temperatures of the hottest core were taken as the values. The following results were obtained: - At maximum fan speed, the processor temperature was in the range of 36-67 ° C; – When automatically adjusting the speed by the motherboard (minimum speed, minimum increase threshold), the temperature was in the range of 42–72 °C. Functionally, this cooler is similar to GAMMAXX GTE/GT V2, the only difference is the absence of visual bells and whistles. Most of the official images of the cooler are renders. The fan is made of cheap plastic, rather rough. The backlight looks rather pale during daylight hours, partly due to the white fan blades. Overall, I'd say the cons outweigh the pros. I was ready to put up with the low quality of production in general, but the reinforcement plate and the quality of the fan are beyond expectations. You should take this cooler only if you are absolutely not ready to pay more, the rest is better to pass by.