Performance
Stock Temperatures
Obviously, we haven’t got much to compare to here. What we are looking for, however, is how well the Fryzen performed on our 2990WX. It’s a 32-core 64-thread monster, and AMD says it should be kept within 68c at full load. Easier said than done on such a powerful CPU, I can tell you! Because I didn’t want to test one cooler on its own, leaving it all alone, I decided to track down a Cooler Master Wraith Ripper for comparison. That’s the cooler which AMD bundle with some TR4 processors. As you can see, both did quite well, although the Fryzen had the lead by about 2c at full load, 1c while gaming and both had identical idle temperatures of 40c.
Overclocked Temperatures
Pushing up the head still proved of little concern to either cooler. Again, we see the Fryzen with a 1c advantage though. However, the Wraith Ripper is absolutely massive in comparison, so I’m quite surprised how efficient the Fryzen is performing here; although both are doing a great job. The Fryzen topped out at 59c, as did the Wraith Ripper.
Stock Acoustics
Again it seems the Fryzen has the advantage. However, it’s not as clear cut as that. I find the Fryzen to sound softer than the Wraith Ripper, which has a bit of a higher fan noise or more audible wind noise. The Fryzen has a deeper sound to it that’s less noticable. That being said, they’re both technically pretty quiet at idle and gaming loads. At full load, they both topped out between 44-45 dBa, which is audible, but when you’re cooling a 32-core CPU, you need to move some serious air to do so.
Overclocked Acoustics
It was when we overclocked that the Fryzen pulled out the lead, maxing out at just 45 dBa, only 1 dBa more than at stock. However, the Wraith Ripper was 48 dBa as it seems to have a much higher fan curve.
