AMD Wraith Spire vs. Wraith Spire, Copper Vapor Chamber Gone!

AMD Wraith Spire vs. Wraith Spire, Copper Vapor Chamber Gone!

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[Hardwareunboxed]

Please note, both versions of the Wraith Spire feature fans with 5 blades, the 7 blade fan was throw on last minute for the a-roll, it's from the Stealth, that was a mistake. The fans shown individually in the videos b-roll are correct.

[mylifeonhigh]

"Back to our regular type content in a few days"
THIS should be regular type content. Thank you Steve for being an actual reviewer of products and not just a medium for showing graphs of game FPS.
Please do more investigative work.

[WayStedYou]

Ditch the copper increase the fan speed ez money

[smokeydops]

As soon as they no longer offered the Wraith Spire RGB cooler, I would have figured the copper insert would be gone as their "no compromises" heatsink is Wraith Prism now.

[dimitarangov]

This kind of videos is the reason I like the channel. Keep up the good work!

[rolandsuchanek]

Exposing greed is a great public service. Thanks man.

[greggreg]

Intel did the same thing back then. (No it's not an excuse, it's a bad thing)

[PistolShrimpPimp]

1:50 They have different blade counts, one has 5 and one has 8. Then later you show at 3:21 that one has 5 blade and the second one at 3:58 having 5 fins too. Did you mix up the fan up with another one?

[archaic]

They went all in with the first coolers to make a good first impression, and now that they're settled in the market, they cut costs

[Barkebain]

AMD needs to start offering their CPUs without included heat sink at a reduced price. Even if it's only $10 off. It's silly to force people to buy the included heat sink if they're not going to use it. It's just crazy to start cutting corners on quality when you are finally making some headway against Intel for the first time in over a decade.

[karlbertiljonsson]

How about the new and old Wraith Prism coolers

[ArchAngelRaceWerks]

It's called "de-contenting." It's a pretty standard practice across numerous industries (most notably the auto industry) where a new model launches with all the bells and whistles "standard" and then successive models have less and less amenities, but the price stays the same or goes up...

[demofighter]

I had a 1600 and got a 3600x for 230, kept the old spire cooler because of the copper. I was curious about this for awhile, thanks for the video!

[SirDaffyD]

I didn't even use the cooler that came with my 3600, I got a brand new unused Wraith Prism of a mate who bought the 3700x and put it straight on water.
I used the Prism for about 3 days before I went out & bought the CoolerMaster Masterliquid ML240L RGB AIO, because the Prism was so noisy.
My system is much quieter now, and running much cooler, and I'm happier. :)


Another great review Steve. Keep the great content coming.

[Mandragras]

VAPOR CHAMBER ??? I had no idea. I thought it was solid copper core.

[cduemig]

Glad you made this video. After hearing all the great things about the Wraith coolers I’ve tried the coolers from 3600, 3600X, and the 3700x. The Prism is nice looking and works ok, the other two were pretty noisy and under sustained load temps got uncomfortably warm. I have them to test because I didn’t use them. Now I’m using the higher end coolers on lower end chips for budget builds.

[blind___]

Good find, very disappointing they solved so many other issues with 3000 series then pull something dumb like this

[DaveMcKeegan]

1:53 - "They physically look the same" - Ray Charles called, he said you can keep the glasses :D


5 curved blades vs 8 straight blades

[loganschoonover]

Said the cooler was louder but did not show db levels or provide any audio examples so we could see exactly how much louder. The temps were basically the same so I think it's important to include noise levels.

[CommandoTM]

OMG Steve, you did it you mad lad! Hahaha!

I do remember requesting this a month or two ago :) glad to see that not only Patreon members are being listened to ^_^ but also us regular Youtube views

Keep up with fighting the good fight HWUB!