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welcome back to harbor unboxed today we're checking how the new AMD box coolers compare not sure why but this has been heavily requested video so i've made it happen we've got your race Stealth's your spires and even your prisms so got the whole gang to check out just quickly for those of you unaware the second gen rising process has come with one of the three wraith models i just mentioned the horizon 7 2700 x is the only model to come with the fancy-looking wraith prism and it's also the only processor to sport a 105 watt TDP rating so the part does clearly call for a much beefier cooler and a much beefier cooler it gets as the wraith prism weighs in at 580 grams i think the fan alone weighs more than intel's box cooler the horizon 7 2700 and risin 5 2600 x get the wraith spire this model tips the scales at 372 grams making a 36% lighter but it does still sport a copper slug in the base then we have the 9 X 2600 which gets the little Wraith stealth weighing just 317 grams making it 15% lighter than the spire and a whopping 45 percent lighter than the Wraith Prizm I'm assuming those of you who bought a risin 5 2601 and oh if it's worth buying the race spire or prism secondhand they often appear for sale on eBay for example likewise those with the 2600 X or 2700 want to know how much better the prism is than the spire so I'll be comparing all three coolers on the arisin 5 2600 using these stock settings as well as a 4 gigahertz all core overclock are we monitoring both the CPU and vrm temperatures during an hour-long blender workload as well as the 30-minute overwatch bot match the coolers have also been tested inside the deep cool new arc 90 a large full tower ATX case that comes with an all-in-one liquid cooler pre-installed of course when using the Box coolers the all-in-one liquid cooler has been pushed aside but we will still be using the 4 140 millimeter fans that are pre-installed though all these fans are configured as exhaust fans so if you are using this case I would probably recommend putting a few intake fans in the front for this test though I went with the limited air flows as the point of testing inside a case and not an open testbed is to more realistically simulate the conditions you'd probably be using these air coolers in it's also winter here so I'm testing a rather cool 20 degree room as it is having said that in a follow-up video I will fit the new arc 90 with more fans and install the horizon 7 2700 I test at how well that build works with the liquid cooler for now though let's compare the only box coolers first up I've measured peak temperatures after 30 minutes of playing overwatch during our bot match stress test using the wraith prism saw the 2600 peak at just 47 degrees which is very cool and the vrm temperature never exceeded 43 degrees so these are exceptional temperatures for a reasonably heavy gaming load and speaking of which the CPU utilization hovers around 50% in this test because of these low temperatures the prism fan never spun faster than 1600 rpm and at that speed is virtually silent moving to the Wraith spire increased the low temperatures by 6 degrees and although the CPU is now running hotter the fan speed for the spire only maxed at at 1,700 rpm so the operating volume was much the same vrm temperatures also remain much the same as well then with the Wraith stealth we see a further 7 degree increase for the low temperature and now things are starting to get warm at 60 degrees remember we are only half pushing the CPU in this test so let's move on to 100% load with blender so running the blender workload for an hour increases the wraith prism load temperature to 57 degrees and that's a 10 degree increase over what we saw in gaming the fan speed has also increased 2,000 rpm but even here the prism still was basically silent this time around the Wraith spire was 8 degrees hotter than the prism as temperatures hit 65 degrees though that is still very cool by all accounts and again the fan only spun at 2,000 rpm then finally with the cool that comes with the 2600 the Wraith stealth we see temperatures hitting 72 degrees and now we are getting up there ideally you don't want temperatures going too far beyond 70 degrees for prolonged use that said you could increase the fan speed for better results as even the stealth while spinning at just 2000 rpm I should note though that the spire and stealth do a good job pushing air over the motherboards VRM okay so I've overclocked 20600 by pushing all cause to 4 gigahertz using 1.2 volts and this only increased the CPUs operating temperature by a few degrees and overwatch fan speeds also remained much the same the vrm temp did increase by 4 to 5 degrees but under 40 degrees that's nothing to be concerned about of course we are using a high-end x4 70 board but still cool temps on the vrm now for the 100% load test using blender we sent the Wraiths prism hits 63 degrees which is 6 degrees hotter than what we saw with the stock test and now it is just possible to hear the fan as it spins up to 2200 rpm the r8 spire allows the overclocked 2600 to reach 70 degrees and with the fan now spinning at 2700 rpm it's quite easy to hear the race stealth also hit 2700 rpm making it reasonably loud and despite that temperatures still hit 87 degrees that's an almost 40% increase in operating temperature from the prism before wrapping things up here is a quick look at how the spire and prism compared to the ultra affordable deep called gamax 200 T presently this 120 millimeter tower cooler cost $115 us on Amazon and proved to be a valuable upgrade for the arisin 320 200 G and risin 5 2400 G as both ap use are bundled with the Wraith stealth for Rison 520 600 owners it will net you Wraith prism light performance when gaming though it is worth noting that the 120 millimeter fan does do a much better job of cooling the vrm at least it did on our X 470 board the game ax 202 also appears to be a decent upgrade option for the horizon 520 600 X and r7 2700 now with the risin 5 2600 under 100% load in our blender workload the game x 200 T is more comparable to the Wraith spire making it a bit hotter than the prism although less impressive under these conditions it is still a solid upgrade option for Wraith stealth owners well I hope for those of you who have been requesting this comparison between this stealth spire and prism that the testing has satisfied you if you have a rising v 2600 or any other AMD CPU that comes bundled with a wraith stealth cooler then you will ideally want to upgrade that for something better just to improve the thermal performance especially if you plan on overclocking seems like a lot of you do want to stick with an AMD brand and cooler and while I agree they do look pretty cool they're not really cost-effective and looking at places like eBay for the Wraith prism they're selling for around $40 u.s. and that doesn't include shipping and for that kind of money you can get a seriously good air cooler remember the deep core game ax 200 T is a very affordable budget option and even it wasn't much worse than the prism under 100% load in fact I'm willing to bet these slightly bigger gamax 300 is able to outperform the prism so if you can do without the AMD branding then I suggest you look elsewhere for your cooler upgrade I'm very keen to hook up the liquid cooler in the new arc 90 to see how well that works and then of course up the thermal load with the horizon 7 2700 x4 now though that is going to do it for this one if you did enjoy the video be sure to hit the like button subscribe for more content if you appreciate the work we do here at harbor and box then consider supporting us on patreon the links in the video description thanks for watching I'm your host Steve and I'll see you next time