All of the testing is done with an ambient temperature of ~22C. RealTemp will be used to monitor the temperature of the CPU. The Wraith Spire had the highest idle and load temperatures but I was not expecting the Wraith Spire to compete with the CM 212 EVO. I upgraded my testbed from Intel Core i7-8700K to AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. And I must say, the Ryzen 7 5800X brings a nice boost in performance. With its 8 cores / 16 threads, it shows around +60% gain the physics score of 3DMark FireStrike benchmark (17988 points for the core i7-8700K vs 29503 points for the Ryzen 7 5800X).

Now, to focus on the area where the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G is tuned to perform at its best: PC gaming, especially at popular resolutions like 1080p, where the CPU comes to the fore in some titles.

Regarding aesthetics and looks, while not a critical factor for a CPU cooler, it's worth noting that many users have not commented on its appearance. This suggests that the cooler's design is rather unobtrusive, blending well with various PC setups.

Installing the Wraith Stealth cooler is super easy because it works with AMD's mounting system. Most people won't have any trouble setting it up, which makes it great for beginners building their first computer or anyone who wants a simple experience. Cooling Performance:With the Ryzen 5 2600 under 100% load in our Blender workload the Gammaxx 200T is more comparable to the Wraith Spire here making it a bit hotter than the Prism. Although less impressive under these conditions it's still a solid upgrade option for Wraith Stealth owners. It's less forgivable that Intel ships their current generation Core i7-9700 with that aluminum cooler. The thing weighs just 168 grams and we know it causes the 8700 to throttle quite heavily, so it will do the same for the 9700. no doubt. Meanwhile, for the same price the Ryzen 7 3700X comes with the 552 gram Wraith Prism, that's over 3 times the metal. Why this temperature is lower than in the BIOS? Probably due to the CPU voltage: in the BIOS screenshot, you can see 1.408V and on the Ryzen Master screenshot, the CPU voltage is 0.986V. A higher voltage leads to higher CPU temperature. We made sure there were as few processes running as possible by disabling a bunch of unnecessary services that come with Windows 10. With just a single exhaust fan to expel air from the case the CPU takes 90 seconds to exceed 90°C and is at 95°C and thermally throttling at the 7 minute mark.

The aluminum box cooler that Intel's been bundling with all their non-K SKUs for years allowed the R5 3600 to hit 95 degrees which forced it down to 3975 MHz. The Ryzen 7 5800X is a 105W TDP processor. Even if the Wraith Stealth has been developed for a 65W TDP CPU, let’s see if it can cool a 105W TDP CPU. First up I measured peak temperatures after 30 minutes of gameplay during our Overwatch bot match stress test. Using the Wraith Prism saw the 2600 peak at just 47 degrees which is very cool and the VRM never exceeded 43 degrees, these are exceptional temperatures for a reasonably heavy gaming load, speaking of which CPU utilization hovers around 50% in this test. Because of these low temps the Prism fan never spun faster than 1600 RPM and at that speed it's virtually silent. The Wraith Spire sports a circular design and comes with a 92mm fan while the Wraith Max has a square design and also comes with a 92mm fan.It could also be the case that your CPU fan header is plugged into the wrong 4 pin. I remember historically that I plugged it into the pump header once which produced some strange results. The new Wraith Coolers with the exception of the Wraith Stealth feature color-configurable LED illumination so you can tweak the LED of your cooler to match your overall build color scheme. Then Ryzen 7 2700 and Ryzen 5 2600X get the Wraith Spire, this model tips the scales at 372 grams making it 36% lighter, but it still sports a copper slug in the base. Then we have the non-X 2600 that gets the little Wraith Stealth weighing in at just 317 grams making it 15% lighter than the Spire and a whopping 45% lighter than the Prism.