Is Intel's New 12th Gen CPU Cooler Actually Garbage?

Temperatures with intel's new i5-12400F AND I3-12100F box coolers today get tested in games, Cinebench R23 and idle. And shows that.... its hit and miss depending on the situation. I also put it up against the best value CPU cooler on the market.

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Contents
00:00 Cooler's weight and a big upgrade over previous cooling solutions offered.
01:29 Stock Paste vs Aftermarket Paste.
02:05 Previous Generation Coolers... just WON'T cut it for 12th Gen CPUs.
03:03 i5-12400F Cooling, Noise and Comparison vs Aftermarket Solution
04:00 Noise Tests, Idle, Gaming and Full Load.
05:55 Power Draw shows some concerning numbers and differences.
06:49 Observing a potentially contributing factor towards micro stutter.
07:17 i3-12100F Temps and noise.
08:18 the i3-12100F, much worse a bin than the 12400F? Perhaps...
08:49 Power Draw for i3-12100F
09:12 Conclusion, the good and the bad.
10:50 Question of the day, Why are more people complaining about the PCs I sell?

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[alexcoleman]

I feel like Intel should actually spend the $2 more to put a cooler in the box that is adequate. How many of these things end up as e-waste?

[joelvig]

Sounds like they improved the intel cooler just enough to keep it from blue sceening. Thanks for the heads up.

[jimtekkit]

I have a couple of the dual-tower Snowman heatsinks and they're pretty damn good. The dual fan versions are wired to a single header and the fans are pretty average though, so I would recommend swapping out for some proper fans. Or go Noctua if you want nothing but the best. Budget heatsinks (Coolermaster Hyper 212 etc) have awful mounting solutions and they're dead to me.

[Trifler]

Brian, would you think undervolting the CPU would make sense then if you're stuck with the stock cooler for whatever reason?

[alfredokun]

I have a Snowman 3 fans(150W TDP version) for a E5 2699 V3 and at maximum load doesn't go further than 66 degrees. Absolutely a beast!

[omaresparza]

Awesome information, just bought a i5 12600k and was searching information about cooling options, does the snowman need any mounting kit adapter?

[lairbox]

Very precious review!!! Thank You a lot!!!! How did You test prev. generation coolers on Lga 1700???

[gettoecoding]

Great video man, well done, I can see alot of effort was put into it 👍

[KARAOTI]

I've been using the Snowman for over a year now on my Ryzen 3600 and I 'm pretty happy with the noise levels and the temperatures. Ofcource I haven't overclocked my cpu but it runs with PBO enabled.

[ghostwriter]

I had one of those snowman coolers. Can confirm it’s awesome! Swapped it out for a cooler master hyper 212 evo
black for my all black system though.

[tonybeckett]

Thanks for the comparison, really appreciate your hard work

[arch]

bryan, did the snowman came with new mounting plate for lga1700 or did it worked out of the box without problems

[durukan]

nice video thank you but i want to ask something if i buy this ram is it fit with 12th stock cooler ? i did reseach it working with like hyper 212 evo old coolers but looks like intel stock fan wide 2:38

[jarsky]

The same thing happened with AMD back in the day when they released their Athlon64 X2 series. The X2 series started with the LE-1620 cooler which was quite a thick thinned solid aluminum heatsink. With the 6000+ they just ran far to hot so they had to provide a new cooler which was the FAN-AM6000 heatsink. A proper thin finned design with copper vaper chambers and copper cold plate. I used the 6000+ cooler for years on AMD systems, since it fit on Phenom II CPU's as well, and it was just as good as aftermarket heatsinks of the early 2010's.

[Austin]

The power difference may be due to the 8-pin connector including losses in the VRMs.

[jerma]

Don’t you need to also measure the 12v wires off the 24 pin if you want to measure power consumed by the cpu?

[purneshjagad]

Is it fine to use stock cooler in case if its just going to be running basic eiditing (photoshop, illustrator, autocad, etc) school level for 3 4 hrs a day?? Or do i REALLY need to buy aftermarket aircooler. I am a professor and planning to use these for my students in their Lab systems... A little guidance will be much helpful. Thanks in advance

[vanfly]

That Fan Hub
I would love to see more info about that

Thank you for the video

[TekuJames]

Great video, love the TFTM poster in the background

[nhansgoofyvideos]

Would you do BCLK overclock on Alderlake? It's interesting to see a celeron running at 5.3Ghz and beating my current i7 2600. Maybe time to upgrade then?