{"data":{"type":"cpu_cooler","label":"CPU coolers","label_singular":"CPU cooler","path":"cpu-coolers","search_terms":["cpu fan","cooler","heatsink","heat sink","air cooler","tower cooler","aio cooler","liquid cooler","water cooler","liquid cooling","water cooling","aio","processor cooler","cpu heatsink"],"groups":["General","Compatibility","Heatsink","Liquid cooling","Fans","Display and lighting","Measured","Dimensions and weight","In the box","Links","Warranty"],"summary_fields":["cpu_cooler","fan_count","rated_tdp_w","sockets"],"similar":{"match":["cpu_cooler"],"near":["radiator_mm","rated_tdp_w","launch_price_usd","launch_price_eur","release_date"]},"rank":[{"field":"measured_op_30dba_am5"},{"field":"rated_tdp_w"},{"field":"radiator_mm"},{"field":"measured_noise_max_dba","lower_is_better":true}],"glance":[{"title":"Overall performance at 30 dB(A), AM5","fields":["measured_op_30dba_am5"]},{"title":"Overall performance at 30 dB(A), LGA1851","fields":["measured_op_30dba_lga1851"]},{"title":"Noise at 100% fan setting","fields":["measured_noise_max_dba"],"lower_is_better":true},{"title":"Radiator size","fields":["radiator_mm"]},{"title":"RAM clearance","fields":["ram_clearance_mm"]}],"fields":[{"id":"series","label":"Series","group":"General","type":"text"},{"id":"model_numbers","label":"Model numbers","group":"General","type":"list","compare":false,"item":"text","variant":true,"help":"Maker identifiers for this exact model and its listed variants. Excludes sibling models and other generations."},{"id":"gtins","label":"GTIN / EAN","group":"General","type":"list","compare":false,"item":"text","variant":true},{"id":"announce_date","label":"Announced","group":"General","type":"date","help":"The maker's first announcement of this model. This is separate from first retail availability."},{"id":"status","label":"Status","group":"General","type":"enum","options":{"available":"Available","discontinued":"Discontinued","cancelled":"Cancelled"}},{"id":"predecessor","label":"Predecessor","group":"General","type":"product","compare":false,"help":"The model this one directly replaced, in the same line, tier and size, as the maker or a trusted review names it."},{"id":"successor","label":"Successor","group":"General","type":"product","compare":false,"help":"The model that directly replaced this one, in the same line, tier and size. A revision such as a Slim or OLED model does not count when a next generation exists."},{"id":"launch_price_usd","label":"Launch price (US)","group":"General","type":"number","unit":"USD","variant":true,"help":"The maker's US launch MSRP for the stated configuration, excluding tax. Current store prices and later discounts do not qualify."},{"id":"launch_price_eur","label":"Launch price (EU)","group":"General","type":"number","unit":"EUR","variant":true,"help":"The maker's euro launch price for the stated configuration, including VAT as published. Current store prices and later discounts do not qualify."},{"id":"markets","label":"Markets","group":"General","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"help":"ISO country or region codes where this exact model or variant is sold. A source page's language does not establish availability."},{"id":"colors","label":"Colours","group":"General","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"help":"The maker's own colour names"},{"id":"manufacturer_url","label":"Product page","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"spec_sheet_url","label":"Spec sheet","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"manual_url","label":"Manual","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"eprel_registration_number","label":"EPREL registration number","group":"Links","type":"text","compare":false,"variant":true,"help":"Id in the EU energy label database. Each size or model of a series has its own id, so it is per variant."},{"id":"warranty_years","label":"Manufacturer warranty (source market)","group":"Warranty","type":"number","unit":"years","help":"The maker's warranty period for the exact SKU or configuration and market named in the source note. It applies only to that stated market, not every regional variant. Statutory consumer rights are excluded. The base term is stored. An extension that needs registration goes in the source note."},{"id":"cpu_cooler","label":"Cooler type","group":"General","type":"enum","help":"Air is a heatsink with fans that sits on the CPU. AIO liquid is a sealed all-in-one liquid cooler with a pump block, tubes and a radiator.","options":{"air":"Air","aio_liquid":"AIO liquid"}},{"id":"air_cooler_layout","label":"Air cooler layout","group":"General","type":"enum","help":"Air coolers only. Top-flow covers low-profile coolers whose fan blows down onto the board.","options":{"single_tower":"Single tower","dual_tower":"Dual tower","top_flow":"Top-flow"}},{"id":"rated_tdp_w","label":"Rated TDP (claimed)","group":"General","type":"number","short_label":"Rated TDP","unit":"W","help":"The heat load the maker says the cooler handles. Makers do not share one test method, so this is not a measured result. A maker's maximum heat dissipation power counts. Check the maker's CPU compatibility page too."},{"id":"base_material","label":"Base material","group":"General","type":"enum","help":"The surface that touches the CPU: the heatsink base or the AIO cold plate. Plating counts, so nickel-plated copper is not copper. Direct-touch heat pipes are the contact surface, so they count as copper unless plating is stated. The direct-contact heat pipes field records the design.","options":{"copper":"Copper","nickel_plated_copper":"Nickel-plated copper","aluminium":"Aluminium"}},{"id":"thermal_paste","label":"Thermal paste","group":"General","type":"enum","help":"Pre-applied means paste is already on the base or cold plate. Included means a separate tube or syringe in the box.","options":{"pre_applied":"Pre-applied","included":"Included","none":"None"}},{"id":"sockets","label":"CPU sockets","group":"Compatibility","type":"list","item":"text","help":"Sockets the maker lists as supported in its spec table, compatibility list or guide, written as cpu_socket writes them, e.g. AM5 or LGA1851. List each socket on its own, so LGA115x becomes LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155 and LGA1156. When the maker names the sockets of such a family, list only the ones it names. A socket that needs a separately sold or requested mounting kit is left out. A new socket that the maker lists with no extra kit counts. LGA2011-v3 and 2011(V3) are written LGA2011-3. Threadripper sockets use AMD's names, so TR4 is written sTR4 and TR5 is written sTR5. sTRX4 and sWRX8 are sockets of their own."},{"id":"ram_clearance_mm","label":"RAM height clearance","group":"Compatibility","type":"number","unit":"mm","help":"Air coolers only. The tallest memory module that fits under the cooler with all included fans in their standard position. When the maker gives different values per socket, store the lowest and name the others in the source note. A heatsink that does not reach over the memory slots has no height limit, so the field is left out and the maker's statement goes in the source note."},{"id":"offset_mounting","label":"Offset mounting","group":"Compatibility","type":"boolean","help":"The included mount can shift the base or cold plate off the socket centre, for example toward the AM5 hotspot. An asymmetric heatsink on a centred base does not count."},{"id":"heatpipe_count","label":"Heat pipes","group":"Heatsink","type":"integer","help":"Air coolers only. Number of heat pipes. A U-shaped pipe with two ends in the fins counts as one. A T-shaped pipe with three ends, such as Cooler Master's 3DHP, also counts as one. The maker's count wins over a review or Cybenetics count."},{"id":"heatpipe_diameter_mm","label":"Heat pipe diameter","group":"Heatsink","type":"number","unit":"mm","help":"Air coolers only. Outer diameter, such as 6 or 8."},{"id":"direct_contact_heatpipes","label":"Direct-contact heat pipes","group":"Heatsink","type":"boolean","help":"Air coolers only. The heat pipes touch the CPU directly instead of sitting in a solid base plate."},{"id":"radiator_mm","label":"Radiator size","group":"Liquid cooling","type":"integer","unit":"mm","help":"AIO coolers only. The nominal size class from the fan positions, such as 240, 280, 360 or 420."},{"id":"radiator_dimensions_mm","label":"Radiator dimensions","group":"Liquid cooling","type":"object","help":"Radiator without fans. Length runs along the row of fans. Width runs across it. Thickness is the depth the airflow passes through, such as 27 or 38.","properties":[{"id":"length_mm","label":"Length","type":"number","unit":"mm"},{"id":"width_mm","label":"Width","type":"number","unit":"mm"},{"id":"thickness_mm","label":"Thickness","type":"number","unit":"mm"}]},{"id":"radiator_material","label":"Radiator material","group":"Liquid cooling","type":"enum","options":{"aluminium":"Aluminium","copper":"Copper"}},{"id":"tube_length_mm","label":"Tube length","group":"Liquid cooling","type":"integer","unit":"mm","help":"Length of each tube between the pump block and the radiator, as published. When the two tubes differ, the shorter is stored and the other goes in the source note."},{"id":"pump_speed_max_rpm","label":"Max pump speed","group":"Liquid cooling","type":"integer","unit":"rpm","help":"Highest rated pump speed. When the maker gives a range, this is its top."},{"id":"pump_connector","label":"Pump power connector","group":"Liquid cooling","type":"enum","help":"How the pump gets power. A pump wired through a supplied hub or cable uses the plug at the motherboard or PSU end. A pump powered from SATA with a separate 3-pin speed lead is SATA power.","options":{"pwm_4_pin":"4-pin PWM fan header","dc_3_pin":"3-pin fan header","sata_power":"SATA power","proprietary":"Proprietary hub or cable"}},{"id":"vrm_fan","label":"VRM fan","group":"Liquid cooling","type":"boolean","help":"A small fan on the pump block that blows over the motherboard voltage regulators."},{"id":"fans","label":"Included fans","group":"Fans","type":"table","help":"Fans in the box that cool the heatsink or radiator, one row per fan model. A VRM fan on the pump block is left out. Speed, airflow, pressure and noise are the maker's figures for one fan at full speed, in the fastest mode and without a low-noise adapter. When a range is published, the top of the range is stored. Count is the number of rotors, so a unified frame with three 120 mm rotors counts 3 with size 120. Min speed is the lowest speed while spinning. A zero RPM stop is not stored. FDB and S-FDB are fluid dynamic. HDB is hydrodynamic. Cooler Master's Loop Dynamic Bearing is loop dynamic. If the maker gives airflow only in m³/h, convert with 1 m³/h = 0.5886 CFM, round to one decimal and say so in the source note. Connector is the fan's power lead. A separate lighting lead is not counted, and a maker cable or adapter in the box that ends in a 4-pin PWM plug counts as 4-pin PWM, even when the fan's own lead is proprietary. For an air cooler with one fan, the maker's noise figure for the cooler is the fan noise. A figure the maker does not label per fan or in total counts as per fan. When a maker table prints noise for the whole cooler with no per-fan label and the maker's own data sheet for the same fan gives a figure, the fan data sheet figure is stored.","columns":[{"id":"model","label":"Model","type":"text","help":"The fan name the maker or a review gives. Left out when no source names the fan. A name made from the cooler name is not stored."},{"id":"size_mm","label":"Size","type":"integer","unit":"mm"},{"id":"count","label":"Fans","type":"integer"},{"id":"speed_min_rpm","label":"Min speed","type":"integer","unit":"rpm"},{"id":"speed_max_rpm","label":"Max speed","type":"integer","unit":"rpm"},{"id":"airflow_cfm","label":"Airflow","type":"number","unit":"CFM"},{"id":"static_pressure_mmh2o","label":"Static pressure","type":"number","unit":"mmH2O"},{"id":"noise_dba","label":"Noise (claimed)","type":"number","unit":"dB(A)"},{"id":"bearing","label":"Bearing","type":"enum","options":{"fluid_dynamic":"Fluid dynamic (FDB)","hydrodynamic":"Hydrodynamic (HDB)","hydraulic":"Hydraulic","rifle":"Rifle","sleeve":"Sleeve","ball":"Ball","dual_ball":"Dual ball","magnetic_levitation":"Magnetic levitation","magnetic_dome":"Magnetic dome","sso":"SSO or SSO2","loop_dynamic":"Loop dynamic (LDB)","other":"Other"}},{"id":"connector","label":"Connector","type":"enum","options":{"pwm_4_pin":"4-pin PWM","dc_3_pin":"3-pin","proprietary":"Proprietary"}}]},{"id":"fan_count","label":"Fans","group":"Fans","type":"integer","derive":{"fn":"count","from":"fans","column":"count"},"help":"Number of included heatsink or radiator fans."},{"id":"rgb_lighting","label":"RGB lighting","group":"Display and lighting","type":"boolean","variant":true,"help":"Lighting on the fans, the heatsink or the pump block."},{"id":"lighting_standard","label":"Lighting standard","group":"Display and lighting","type":"enum","variant":true,"help":"The named lighting connection. ARGB lighting alone does not prove a 5 V header. Proprietary means the maker's own hub or cable system.","options":{"argb_5v":"ARGB 5 V","rgb_12v":"RGB 12 V","proprietary":"Proprietary"}},{"id":"display_type","label":"Built-in screen","group":"Display and lighting","type":"enum","help":"A screen on the pump block or the heatsink. LCD and OLED screens show images. A segment readout shows digits only, such as the CPU temperature.","options":{"none":"None","lcd":"LCD","oled":"OLED","segment":"Segment readout"}},{"id":"display_size_in","label":"Screen size","group":"Display and lighting","type":"number","unit":"in","help":"Diagonal of the built-in screen."},{"id":"display_resolution","label":"Screen resolution","group":"Display and lighting","type":"object","properties":[{"id":"width_px","label":"Width","type":"integer","unit":"px"},{"id":"height_px","label":"Height","type":"integer","unit":"px"}]},{"id":"software_name","label":"Software","group":"Display and lighting","type":"text","help":"The maker's software for lighting, the screen or the pump. Software that works with the cooler out of the box. Software that needs a separately sold controller is left out."},{"id":"usb_header_required","label":"Needs a USB header","group":"Display and lighting","type":"boolean","help":"The cooler needs an internal USB 2.0 header on the motherboard for software control, sensors or the screen. A wireless receiver that plugs into any USB port does not count."},{"id":"cybenetics_theta_am5","label":"Cybenetics THETA, AMD AM5","group":"Measured","type":"enum","help":"The THETA level for this cooler's class on the Cybenetics AMD AM5 platform with a Ryzen 9 7900X. It is rated at 30 dB(A) normalized noise, or at 25 dB(A) for a cooler that cannot reach 30 dB(A). No level means tested without a level. A cooler that Cybenetics did not test on this platform is left out. A report with a heading for this platform but no results counts as not tested.","options":{"bronze":"Bronze","silver":"Silver","gold":"Gold","platinum":"Platinum","titanium":"Titanium","diamond":"Diamond","none":"No level"}},{"id":"cybenetics_theta_lga1851","label":"Cybenetics THETA, Intel LGA1851","group":"Measured","type":"enum","help":"The same rating on the Cybenetics Intel LGA1851 platform with a Core Ultra 9 285K. A cooler that Cybenetics did not test on this platform is left out. A report with a heading for this platform but no results counts as not tested.","options":{"bronze":"Bronze","silver":"Silver","gold":"Gold","platinum":"Platinum","titanium":"Titanium","diamond":"Diamond","none":"No level"}},{"id":"measured_op_30dba_am5","label":"Overall performance at 30 dB(A), AM5 (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"integer","short_label":"Performance, AM5","help":"The Cybenetics Overall Performance score at 30 dB(A) normalized noise on the AMD AM5 platform. It is average CPU power times average CPU frequency divided by average CPU temperature. Higher is better. A cooler rated only at 25 dB(A) has no value here."},{"id":"measured_op_30dba_lga1851","label":"Overall performance at 30 dB(A), LGA1851 (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"integer","short_label":"Performance, LGA1851","help":"The same score on the Cybenetics Intel LGA1851 platform. Scores from the two platforms are not comparable with each other."},{"id":"measured_noise_max_dba","label":"Noise at 100% fan setting (Cybenetics)","group":"Measured","type":"number","short_label":"Noise at full speed","unit":"dB(A)","help":"The Cybenetics noise at the 100% fan setting, measured 1 m from the cooler in a hemi-anechoic chamber, with the pump of an AIO at full speed. Other reviewers' noise goes in the thermal test rows."},{"id":"measured_thermal_tests","label":"Thermal tests (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"table","help":"Reviewer results, one row per test condition. Rows compare only when the test CPU, load, power and noise level match. The source note names the reviewer, ambient temperature, case or open bench, and thermal paste. Test CPU is the CPU name only, such as AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. The power limit and mode go in the load. Above ambient is stored only when the reviewer publishes it, never computed from the ambient.","columns":[{"id":"test_cpu","label":"Test CPU","type":"text"},{"id":"load","label":"Load","type":"text"},{"id":"cpu_power_w","label":"CPU power","type":"number","unit":"W"},{"id":"fan_setting","label":"Fan setting","type":"text"},{"id":"noise_dba","label":"Noise","type":"number","unit":"dB(A)"},{"id":"cpu_temp_c","label":"CPU temperature","type":"number","unit":"°C"},{"id":"temp_over_ambient_c","label":"Above ambient","type":"number","unit":"°C"}]},{"id":"dimensions_mm","label":"Dimensions","group":"Dimensions and weight","type":"object","help":"Air coolers only. The cooler with its included fans in the standard position, without the mounting kit. Height runs from the bottom of the base to the top. Depth runs along the airflow, fans included. Width runs across the fins. Map by direction, not by letter. Width runs across the fins, depth runs along the airflow. DeepCool's 129 x 138 x 160 mm (L x W x H) is width 129, depth 138, height 160.","properties":[{"id":"width_mm","label":"Width","type":"number","unit":"mm"},{"id":"height_mm","label":"Height","type":"number","unit":"mm"},{"id":"depth_mm","label":"Depth","type":"number","unit":"mm"}]},{"id":"heatsink_dimensions_mm","label":"Heatsink dimensions","group":"Dimensions and weight","type":"object","help":"Air coolers only. The heatsink without fans, as the maker lists it. Map by direction, not by letter. Width runs across the fins, depth runs along the airflow. DeepCool's 129 x 138 x 160 mm (L x W x H) is width 129, depth 138, height 160. A heatsink depth that equals the depth with fans includes the fan, so that axis is not stored.","properties":[{"id":"width_mm","label":"Width","type":"number","unit":"mm"},{"id":"height_mm","label":"Height","type":"number","unit":"mm"},{"id":"depth_mm","label":"Depth","type":"number","unit":"mm"}]},{"id":"weight_g","label":"Weight","group":"Dimensions and weight","type":"number","unit":"g","help":"An air cooler with its included fans. An AIO cooler as one unit with pump block, tubes, radiator and fans. Mounting hardware is left out when the maker states it separately. When one maker figure may include the mounting kit, such as a press release net weight above the product page figure, the product page figure is stored. An RGB edition can weigh a little more or less, so it is per variant.","variant":true},{"id":"heatsink_weight_g","label":"Heatsink weight","group":"Dimensions and weight","type":"number","unit":"g","help":"Air coolers only. 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