Friday, July 28th 2017
AMD Begins Offering Wraith Max Cooler Through Retail Channels - $59
AMD has announced full and immediate retail availability of their Wraith Max cooler through retail channels. The 140 W TDP Wraith Max cooler was previously only available through a bundle with AMD's top of the line Ryzen 7 1700X and 1800X. However, through popular demand, AMD have decided to make that cooler available solo. Ease of installation through AMD's Spring-Screw mechanism, jolly good looks, LED lighting, relatively silent performance (38 dBa) and respectable performance seem to have been enough to convince AMD users.
The Wraith Max cooler is compatible with AMD AM4, AM3+, and FM2 motherboards. The RGB ring's color can be customized through a myriad of RGB control apps from various manufacturers, such as Asus' Aura Sync, Gigabyte's RGB Fusion, MSI's Mystic Light, Biostar's Vivid LED DJ, and ASRock's RGB LED tools. AMD also offers the AMD Wraith Max RGB lighting control software (powered by Cooler Master) as a free download. The Wraith Max comes with both a USB header cable and an RGB LED header to control the lighting feature. A copper base plate and heatpipes, along with pre-applied thermal paste and a 92mm Cooler Master fan. The down-blowing fan also provides an extra bit of cooling for the socket area and VRMs. Perhaps the $59 price-tag will turn some prospective buyers off, but still, this remains the best stock cooler option in the market, and for someone who wants to keep an AMD cooling identity, is the best available option.
Sources:
Tom's Hardware, Relaxed Tech, Reddit
The Wraith Max cooler is compatible with AMD AM4, AM3+, and FM2 motherboards. The RGB ring's color can be customized through a myriad of RGB control apps from various manufacturers, such as Asus' Aura Sync, Gigabyte's RGB Fusion, MSI's Mystic Light, Biostar's Vivid LED DJ, and ASRock's RGB LED tools. AMD also offers the AMD Wraith Max RGB lighting control software (powered by Cooler Master) as a free download. The Wraith Max comes with both a USB header cable and an RGB LED header to control the lighting feature. A copper base plate and heatpipes, along with pre-applied thermal paste and a 92mm Cooler Master fan. The down-blowing fan also provides an extra bit of cooling for the socket area and VRMs. Perhaps the $59 price-tag will turn some prospective buyers off, but still, this remains the best stock cooler option in the market, and for someone who wants to keep an AMD cooling identity, is the best available option.
63 Comments on AMD Begins Offering Wraith Max Cooler Through Retail Channels - $59
OTOH Rev.2 the current Wraith there are now 3 versions of:
Wraith "Basic" w/ no LED and no shroud over the fan - can be found for $18-20US(originally released socket AM2+/AM3?)
Wraith "Standard" w/ Shroud and White LED - can be found for $30-35US(released on socket AM3)
Wraith Max w/ Shroud and RGB LEDS - See article(AM4)
As you can see the the Wraith Spire/Stealth weren't originally Wraith coolers but I guess someone at AMD decided whytf not and slapped wraith on them also ignoring the 3 previous iterations of the Wraith cooler making it confusing/convoluted with 3 coolers sharing the same name and others very similar to one another. Should have named those two new entries to the lineup simply Spire(rgb) and Spire Stealth (non-rgb).
Just sayin...
20eur would be the max (pun intended) which this is worth of.