Introduction

From the Reeven website:

REEVEN is a newly established international manufacturer of PC related products. REEVEN's product lines includes the best quality of advanced CPU coolers, Cooling Fans, Power Supply Units, PC Cases and many other items. the target of our products will be a wide range of audience under our philosophy "Professional Quality Gears", for products that will withstand the highest demand.

When it comes to CPU coolers, fans, power supplies, and accessories, you can be forgiven for not having heard about Reveen because they are a relatively unknown newcomer to the industry. That said, they have been making a name for themselves in the CPU-cooling market of late, with a large lineup of heatsinks that cover every performance and price segment. Their first offering I reviewed was the Okeanos which proved to be a solid heavy-weight dual-tower cooler that combined top-tier performance with a bold style.

In today's review, I look at the Steropes. Billed as a high-end model in Reveen's low-profile series of coolers for small form-factor systems and home-theater PCs, it certainly is a niche cooler. That said, let's take a look at what it has to offer and just how well it performs.

Packaging and Contents

The Steropes being a small cooler, it comes packaged in, you guessed it, a tiny box measuring in at 16.51 cm in length, 13.97 cm in width, and 7.62 cm in height. The top of the box shows off the cooler and Reeven's logo, along with a list of supported CPU sockets. Interesting here is the lack of LGA2011 compatibility even though LGA1366 is listed. The front comes with another image of the cooler which, this time around, puts the base and heatpipes on display, while also explaining the Sterope's purpose as a low-profile cooler. That purpose, as you may have guessed, is to act as a cooler for HTPC and small form-factor (SFF) systems. On the left side is yet another image of the cooler, along with Reeven's website address.


On the back are the cooler's specifications in various languages. The right side again lists all supported CPU sockets, along with a diagram for the cooler's exact dimensions.

Contents

With barely any real protection for the cooler aside from a few cardboard flaps, Reeven's packaging is lackluster. That said, the cooler arrived safe and sound with no dents, dings, or bent fins, which is always nice.


The Steropes comes with everything you need to mount it to nearly any of today's modern sockets, aside from Intel's LGA2011. Some of the assembly work has even been done for you, such as the pre-attached fan and the Intel clips on the mounting arms. This will save users time and makes the cooler a little easier to install.

• 5x Mounting arm screws
• 5x Screws of Intel mounting arm clips (4 pre-attached)
• 4x Mount screws
• 4x Backplate screws
• 4x Silicon washers for backplate screws
• 4x Intel back plate screws
• 4x AMD back plate screws
• 2x Intel mounting arms
• 2x AMD mounting arms
• 2x Fan clips
• 1x 120 mm x 120 mm x 12 mm PWM fan
• 1x Heatsink
• 1x Packet of thermal compound
• 1x Installation guide