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welcome back to harbor unboxed now ever since AMD released their Raven Ridge APUs I've been flooded with questions about overclocking and cooling many of you been wondering if I recommend buying an aftermarket cooler and if so which one if you plan on overclocking and you really want to get the most out of your 2200 year 2400 G then I do indeed recommend getting your hands on it aftermarket cooler though of course you will want to spend as little as possible given these budget processes so what cost-effective options are out there well let's take a look starting with some of my favorites fees now D people's game acts 200 has been one of the best value tower style air coolers out there and yet chances are you may never have heard of it in terms of quality it's actually very similar to the cooler master 212 and it also costs a little bit less I believe there was an issue with availability as deep cool had virtually zero presence in the US and Australia just four years ago the original game ax 200 sold for what was the equivalent of just 17 dollars us back in 2014 and with a 92 millimeter PWM fan and two direct contact heat pipes it performed remarkably well the new AM for compatible gamax 200 t takes things to the next level and it does so well barely increasing the retail price American and Australian buyers are both looking at spending around $20 for this cooler making an incredibly good value for what it is this relatively large air cooler sports a unique looking 120 millimeter fan and two copper direct touch heat pipes I've already found that those wanting to overclock the Rison 320 200 G with the gamax 200 t can do so while keeping low temps under sixty degrees at all times not only are the low temps great but when overclocking this cooler is virtually silent as well it's a real gem and a great value option for 2200 G owners wanting to extract a maximum performance value for money I really don't think you can beat the game ax 200 to you right now especially when it's regularly on sale for well under $20 u.s. and I've seen it as low as $10 u.s. The Crying m9 a mini Tower is an equally good budget a.m. for cooler and right now it can be had for around $20 us at new egg and Amazon while Australians can expect to pay about $30 which is certainly very reasonable rather than up for direct touch copper heat pipes the m9 a features a nickel-plated pure copper base which Craig says provides a larger contact patch which is better at spreading the heat to all the heat pipes speaking of which this model features three copper heat pipes which have also been nickel-plated and this not only protects the copper but it also makes the m9 a look very shiny standing just 124 point six millimeters tall makes it very compact and yet it weighs 425 grams and that makes it 18% heavy and the gamax 200t this is no doubt due to that copper base and the extra heat pipe a cryo reg says that the m9 a features the same build quality materials and cooling technology found in their more expensive tower coolers I should just note though it is important to note that any of you wanting to use this cooler with a Raven Ridge apu or any other am4 processor for that matter you need to purchase the m9 a and not the m9 i as you might have guessed the I means Intel and the a means AMD although a little trickier for consumers the advantage of offering distinct models for AMD and Intel platforms helps cryo rigs save on costs don't have to provide extra mounting gear that you're probably not going to end up using finally in terms of build quality I'm not really sure that there's anything that beats the m9 a mini tower at this price point those of you who can't get your hands on the game acts 200 T on the m9 a mini tower a nice alternative is the cooler master hyper t2 although it packs twice as many heat pipes as the game acts 200 T I found that it runs a few degrees warmer and it makes slightly more noise that said it is also a few dollars cheaper something worth noting is that although the hyper t2 features a smaller 92 millimeter fan it's actually 7% taller than the game ax 200 T thanks to the two copper heat pipes that loop through the top of the heatsink cooler master says that these heat pipes provide superior cooling performance and therefore aren't there just to look cool that's their story anyway and they're sticking with it the hyper t2 is also about 25% wider as well so don't expect the 92 millimeter model to offer greater compatibility still overall it's a well-designed cooler featuring excellent build quality and a two-year warranty not bad for $17 us not bad at all finally my fellow aziz though they won't be able to find the hyper t2 instead we get the hyper for 11 R for about $30 should all else fail the arctic freezer 12 will get the job done nicely though depending on where situated availability might be limited and as a result pricing may not be that great over at new egg can be had for $21 though it's a little more pricey on Amazon selling for $28 this squatty little cooler measures 90 millimeters wide making it 13 percent wider than the hyper t2 though it is 7 percent shorter standing just a hundred and thirty millimeters tall this cooler also features direct touch copper heat pipes this time though we get three six millimeter pipes in total they think itself is made up of 45 aluminum fins each measure 0.4 millimeters thick and pushing air through them is a 92 millimeter fluid dynamic bearing fan performance wise it won't have any trouble keeping an overclocked Raven Ridge APU cool and quiet it's been demonstrated to keep a core i7 7600 K at under 70 degrees when overclocked a 4.8 gigahertz using one point four volts therefore it's a massive step up from the AMD rate stealth box cooler and it's just as easy to install as it uses the same the back way a big part of the Raven Ridge appeal is the ability to make incredibly small gaming PC's is you don't need a case that supports a discreet graphics card granted a mini ITX APU powered PC isn't actually that cost-effective as there is quite a price premium associated with mini ITX motherboards and cases but still as I said building a truly small gaming PC has its appeal if you're going to spend $100 plus on a mini ITX motherboard and put it inside a quality case you might want to upgrade the cooler and if you don't want to use the race stealth box cooler your options are pretty limited and none of them are particularly cheap I've narrowed it down to one of two options the thermal take a XP 100h muscle or the Nok 2nh l9x 65 the a XP 100h muscle comes in at $45 u.s. that's almost half the price of the Rison 320 200 G so this might be a better option for the 2400 G meanwhile the knock to a cooler is also quite pricey at $50 us both will laid over clock either Raven Ridge APU to the max and they're really about as good as low-profile air coolers get they both stand at just 65 millimeters tall and both feature nickel plated copper bases whereas the nock to a model has four copper heat pipes a thermal right model packs six it also has a bigger fan and while not that important the x100 h muscle also looks much better at least in my opinion personally for all those reasons I would pick the thermal write cooler but they're both great low profile options there you have it my personal picks for keeping the array VII GPUs cool and quiet whatever clocked picking between the deep core gamax 200 T and cryo reg m9 a mini tower isn't easy so my advice would be to go with whichever is cheaper at the time of purchase if they're priced much the same then just get whichever one you prefer the look of either way you can't really go wrong finally if you've come across a good budget cooler with a m4 support that you think is worthy of making this list and I obviously haven't included it then please comment down below and I'll do my best to check it out and that's gonna do it for this one if you enjoyed the video then please be sure to hit the like button subscribe for more content if you appreciate all the work we do 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