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when a company called reven reached out to me and asked me to take a look at some of their CPU coolers I thought hell yes I love anything tech enthusiast related and then not sure at the same time also told me to take a look at their you 12s and then use 14s so I took this as an opportunity to compare the gold standard knock schewe up against the new up come or even and what we've got for you guys today is one CPU cooler showdown welcome back to tech city this is brian coming to you guys today with kind of like a review slash showdown of four different coolers going head-to-head with contestants knock schewe and a new up comer in the market cold or even now before I did this video I'd never heard of reven and they kind of got this whole black and yellow theme going on they've also got a variety of different coolers and the two that I got here are the akeno's which is like their big bad boy that competes with the d15 and the assassin and then they've got like a mini ITX solution called the stair opes which is kind of like 60 mil tall is quiet and also is meant to be for a mini ITX build but without a side we'll get on to the temperature test and take a look at how these things fed against my mill storm 360 all in one water cooler on my deep cooled genome so looking at these results we can see that the youth 14s scored the best results of all these four different air coolers and this is against the mill storm 360 which is an all-in-one solution with three different fans on there and it is a water cooler and that came in about 4 degrees low with ambient temperatures of around about 25 degrees now one thing that impressed me as well was the U 12s which is quite a small solution and even on the x99 solution it was going up to max 86 degrees which is still acceptable at a four point four gigahertz overclock now looking at the akeno's now that thing actually scored pretty bad in my opinion it only came in two degrees better than the u 12s though the sheer size of this thing is in the likes of that of a D 15 and also the deep cool assassin which both those coolers in my opinion not only have better installation but also do a better job of cooling it lost to the U 14s by about 4 degrees and the new 14s isn't even as good as the D 14 nor the D 15 so it goes to show that the reven akeno's is really not that good of a solution especially coming in around $73 there I think I'd rather go with the deep cool assassin or the D 14 which is on Amazon at the moment for around about the same price if you want to step it up to the best in the business that would be the D 15 though next we'll get onto the steroids because this was a very interesting solution and unlike the akeno's I really liked this unit I thought installation was a breeze I thought the build quality of this unit was phenomenal and also when you got this unit work and you also had behind that fan there some really cool sort of looking artwork there if you'd call it that now not to mention the temperatures of the stirrups this thing did really well when I tested it on my 4.6 gigahertz overclock 2500 K in the background here which is arguably some of the most pressure that you'd want for this mini ITX cooler it scored phenomenally well I love the temperature 70's 9 degrees maximum at 27 degrees ambient temperatures not to mention the noise was really quiet let's have a listen and with that said that was honestly the loudest that any of these solutions got here so I will give credit to all four coolers that I tested here today or actually in the last week that they're all quite low on noise so anyone with a bit of OCD will love any of these solutions that I've talked about here today but this tariffs really stood out with $50 price tag the looks in the cosmetics were really good installation was a breeze and also the temperatures were phenomenal if I had to critique it one thing about the syrups I would like to see LGA 2011 support there as I believe this thing could quite easily handle a 5820k for instance at 4 gigahertz and still fit in a Mini ITX rig with a clearance height of 60 mil it will fit in a lot of low sort of form factor solutions there if you're using it or if you want to use it for a mini ITX build so its conclusion time knock shew a gold standard as usual you 12 su 14s just more solutions in their product lineup great installation on both these kids very straightforward also the springs and things like that everything included in this kit is just a breeze not to mention the performance is really good on any of noxious coolers when you consider the size to performance ratio the price is a little bit up there but again that's what you pay for quality you get what you pay for in this world and not sure it as always is the gold standard when it comes to CPU air cooling the one thing I will critique about not schewe is I would love to see them include from the get-go from the factory the black and white cooling solution there on the fan is I think it looks much better than the beige and sort of brown look that they've got going on there and I think in 2016 I would like to see them drop that beige and brown fan look out of the box and maybe even start powder coating black and white on their fan solutions to give people a little bit of an option there when it comes to cosmetics because as far as the performance and the noise is concerned they're pretty much the best in the business though ultimately with the knock Shore products I can highly recommend them for what they are you get the you 12s coming in around about $60 and you've also got the you 14s coming in around about $70 I'd probably go through the you 14s if you had the size as it was just a beast of a cooler and it was still smaller than those very large solutions but still did a very similar job in terms of performance now let's talk about reven the newcomer in the market I like the black and yellow theme especially the seraphs that thing looks as sexy as hell I love it performance is good noises low installations a breeze and the price is decent of fifty dollars the akeno's I think that needs a lot of work especially when you've got competitors out there like the deep cool assassin like the D 14 and D 15 that do a better job of not only price but also performance and installation as well so I'd like to see them improve on the akeno's or maybe even drop it down to $60 which I think at that price I could probably recommend it though its current price of around $73 at least that's what I see it for on you egg I can't recommend it anyway that's it for me today if you guys enjoyed this review showdown between these four different coolers from R even and not sure then be sure to hit that like button if you have any questions or comments about any of these coolers or if you've tried them or whatnot then be sure to drop a cone in the comment section below let's discuss things about Raven and both not sure love to hear your thoughts and comments there and I'll catch you in the next Tech video very soon he's out for now bye