There are arrow symbols on the side of the frame. These indicate the direction of the airflow and the blades’ spin. DeepCool AS500 Plus Fan This is important as it sets the precedence for which coolers we expect to deliver the higher levels of performance based on the faster and louder fans. Assuming that their performance is efficient in comparison to their noise output levels, that is.

The fan configuration is the three included Fractal Dynamic X2 GP-14 fans spinning at full 1000 RPM speed. In addition to the two 140mm front-mounted fans, and single 140mm rear exhaust, we added a be quiet! Pure Wings 2 1000 RPM 140mm fan as roof exhaust for air cooler testing. The aim here was to keep consistency with the airflow path of the liquid coolers which are always roof mounted. Now that we are done with DeepCool AS500 Plus Review – let’s talk more. We have earlier tested the Deepcool AS500. DeepCool has released the Plus version of this cooler where they provide a second fan for push/pull configuration. That just did not stop there as the company went on and released the beautiful White edition of the AS500 Plus cooler. I was quite excited about testing DeepCool AS500 Plus cooler and using it in the white builds. DeepCool hooked us with a review sample and we got to spin it for the performance evaluation. Notably, this method is very difficult if installing the cooler inside of chassis as the proximity to top fans and motherboard VRM heatsink provides access woes. Once clipped into position, though, the mount is secure. The AS500 Plus White has a height of 164mm making it compatible with most of the mid-tower chassis out there if not all. It has zero RAM incompatibility and no interference for the first x6 PCIe slot.Also, we can proudly say that DeppCool AS500 Is Best LGA 1700 CPU Cooler In 2022& Best White CPU Cooler. There is a standard 3-pin connector cable that can be used to connect the cooler directly to the motherboard’s 5V header. It also supports the GIGABYTE older motherboards with a 3-pin format. DeepCool AS500 Plus 4-pin fan connectors We decided to test using a chassis as we feel that this is most representative of real-world use cases. It does have some unwanted influences on the test data, as does open-air test bench testing. But we feel that this is a worthwhile trade-off for real-world chassis performance of the coolers.

The fans would need to come off to install the cooler but clipping them on is easy. DeepCool AS500 PLUS WH CPU Cooler Review As a tech tester, insightful reviewer, and skilled hardware editor, Nauman carefully breaks down important parts like motherboards, graphics cards, processors, PC cases, CPU coolers, and more. As such, we thought it would be good to examine how a variety of coolers that we have in for testing perform when given the tough task of cooling the Ryzen 9 5950X in a variety of operating configurations. Deepcool uses their silent TF140S fans on the AS500 which surprisingly gave the Noctua NH-U12A a a good competition in terms of performance. As 140mm fans, pushing them to max 1200RPM doesn’t cause much noise increase. Our board does tune the fans to rev up only at 700RPM at lighter loads with heavier loads at 800RPM for the AMD test. For Intel, it average 1000RPM under load, topping out 1200RPM for the AVX test which was still dead silent. DeepCool AS500 PLUS WH CPU Cooler Review This noise-normalised test is perhaps a little unfair towards AIO liquid coolers and air CPU coolers with dense fin arrays. Those designs need high pressure fans to penetrate the dense arrays and this usually comes in the form of high-speed and loud fans.

Specification

We are using Noctua NT-H1 thermal paste for cooler testing. Using the same thermal paste for all coolers would ensure standardization. Delta temperatures are reported on the graphs. The testing is done on an open-air bench system. Once inside the chassis, the temperatures are expected to rise and would largely depend upon the optimal airflow inside the chassis. The first result that really surprised us was the DeepCool AS500 Plus. With Noctua NH-D15 matching levels of performance, this single-tower, cost-effective air cooler with preferential noise levels is punching well above its weight. This looks to be an inherent benefit of the single tower cooler design versus the restrictions placed on dual tower coolers.

The 120 MP fans feature 7 white blades for an aesthetically pleasing appearance but do not have any form of RGB lighting. Performance of the fans is 500-2200 RPM using a 4-pin PWM connector. Phanteks smartly pre-routes the short fan cables allowing them to be daisy-chained to one another. This is superb as it only requires one motherboard fan header (plus another for the pump) and it eases the cable management burden. Thankfully, the side-mounted tubes just missed the VRM heatsink on both our Gigabyte and MSI B550 motherboards. Finally, we finish off with the Cooler Master and Arctic dual-tower units. Undeniably, these two disappointed. The MA624 looks to be struggling due to its relatively low speed fans and less preferential heatpipe orientation given its dual-tower design. And the Artic Freezer 50 looks to have hit a point whereby the 5950X’s highly concentrated heat load is a little too much for the dual-tower oriented HDT base to deal with effectively.Ambient is maintained around 22-24 degrees Celsius. Where there is variation beyond this temperature range, we add in extra repeated tests to ensure consistency. VRM cooling performance from the AIOs varies as it is heavily influenced by the precise roof mounting position for the 240mm units. The larger 360mm units spread across more of the chassis and therefore shift more air in the vicinity of our motherboard VRM heatsink. The MA624 has excellent low-noise fans to thank for its ability to complete this test. With minimal reduction in fan speed required to hit the 40dBA target, Cooler Master’s performance barely flinches and therefore still manages to come in just around the 100C level. The Cougar Aqua 240 ARGB also deserves mention as the budget-orientated unit performed well in our testing. Yes, a significant chunk of this model’s price tag is spent on flash RGB lighting. But there is good performance to boot, so perhaps that will appeal to many.