DeepCool AS500 PLUS, CPU Air Cooler with 5 Heatpipes, 2 x 140mm PWM Fans, ARGB LED, For Intel/AMD, LGA1700/AM5 Compatible

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We are using Noctua NT-H1 thermal paste for cooler testing. Using the same thermal paste for all coolers would ensure standardization. Delta temperatures are reported on the graphs. The testing is done on an open-air bench system. Once inside the chassis, the temperatures are expected to rise and would largely depend upon the optimal airflow inside the chassis. The fan configuration is the three included Fractal Dynamic X2 GP-14 fans spinning at full 1000 RPM speed. In addition to the two 140mm front-mounted fans, and single 140mm rear exhaust, we added a be quiet! Pure Wings 2 1000 RPM 140mm fan as roof exhaust for air cooler testing. The aim here was to keep consistency with the airflow path of the liquid coolers which are always roof mounted. The overall dimension of the assembled cooler is 142x102x164mm (LxWxH). The dimension of the heat sink is 140x49x159mm (LxWxH). The net weight of the cooler is 1198 gm. DeepCool AS500 Plus Upper Side As a tech tester, insightful reviewer, and skilled hardware editor, Nauman carefully breaks down important parts like motherboards, graphics cards, processors, PC cases, CPU coolers, and more. In this segment we see the behavior of temperature as affected by the type of work the CPU is doing. The chart shows us the frequency the CPU is running at along with the power and temperature reading. The darker the color in the chart, the more consistent it is in that value range. The frequency is denoted by the blue line and is read according to the right vertical axis. The left vertical axis denote power and temperatures.

Now that we are done with DeepCool AS500 Plus Review – let’s talk more. We have earlier tested the Deepcool AS500. DeepCool has released the Plus version of this cooler where they provide a second fan for push/pull configuration. That just did not stop there as the company went on and released the beautiful White edition of the AS500 Plus cooler. I was quite excited about testing DeepCool AS500 Plus cooler and using it in the white builds. DeepCool hooked us with a review sample and we got to spin it for the performance evaluation. The Asetek-design Phanteks 360mm unit tops our chart with an impressive performance result of around 80C actual load temperature. G.SKILL’s 360mm unit is a few degrees behind, but this is slightly disappointing given its higher noise output at 100% fan speed. The overall performance benefits of Asetek’s premium system design for Phanteks are a factor here.The height of the cooler is 164mm. Keep this in mind while planning your build with respect to the PC Chassis as the chassis should have support for CPU cooler’s height of a minimum of 165mm or so. DeepCool AS500 Plus Clearance The DeepCool and Cooler Master units fair particularly well, thanks in large to both coolers opting for modest speed 140mm fans. Noctua also falls into that category. The controller has a simple function. We have three buttons. The + and – buttons increase/decrease the speed of the dynamic lighting effects whereas the middle button changed the lighting mode. DeepCool AS500 Plus Wires The cooler is an ARGB-lit model and has no custom software needed so you can control it with any 3-pin ARGB host e.g. your motherboard, a GPU which has ARGB pins or a 3rd-party controller. Test Setup and Methodology DeepCool AS500 PLUS WH CPU Cooler Review

Finally, we finish off with the Cooler Master and Arctic dual-tower units. Undeniably, these two disappointed. The MA624 looks to be struggling due to its relatively low speed fans and less preferential heatpipe orientation given its dual-tower design. And the Artic Freezer 50 looks to have hit a point whereby the 5950X’s highly concentrated heat load is a little too much for the dual-tower oriented HDT base to deal with effectively.Meet Nauman Siddique, a highly experienced computer science graduate with more than 15 years of knowledge in technology. Nauman is an expert in the field known for his deep understanding of computer hardware. There are arrow symbols on the side of the frame. These indicate the direction of the airflow and the blades’ spin. DeepCool AS500 Plus Fan

The DeepCool AS500 Plus is a single-tower air cooler that looks moderately sized upon initial examination but the heft of the overall cooler is evident once you feel its 1kg net weight. Two DeepCool TF140S PWM fans are used in push-pull configuration; these 140mm, fluid dynamic bearing, non-LED fans spin at 500-1200 RPM, giving them a decent range of speed operations. Higher fan speed percentage does means you sacrifice less performance to hit 40dBA. Whereas low fan speed percentage in our chart means you have higher headroom to ramp up the fans when required.Also worth noting is interference with those horizontal retention bars. Capacitors on our Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master test motherboard were actually touched by the retention bar, though the actual interference seemed to be minimal. This is something to bear in mind. We have to deal with 11 components in total to mount the installation kit. Effective from this content, we will not be giving detailed installation steps as the user guide is there to cover it. Clearance

The key feature is the magnetically mounted pump cover with 14-LED D-RGB lighting system and tempered glass infinity mirror. The pump cover’s proprietary RGB connector is adapted into a 3-pin 5V RGB header but it can also be daisy-chained with other Phanteks RGB products. The two fans are from Arctic’s higher-end P-series range and are clearly optimised for high-pressure performance as indicated by the blade sweep. The front 120mm unit is rated at 200-1800 RPM. The centre 140mm fan is rated at 200-1700 RPM. Both fans clearly offer a good range of speed operation. Which result is best is down to individual preference on whether you want headroom cooling availability or generally the most out of the cooling power that you paid for. The Cougar Aqua 240 ARGB also deserves mention as the budget-orientated unit performed well in our testing. Yes, a significant chunk of this model’s price tag is spent on flash RGB lighting. But there is good performance to boot, so perhaps that will appeal to many. Also, we can proudly say that DeppCool AS500 Is Best LGA 1700 CPU Cooler In 2022& Best White CPU Cooler.There we have it – some interesting results from a varied batch of CPU coolers tested with the tough Ryzen 9 5950X thermal load. Clearly, the thermal concentration applied by the 16-core chip’s dual Zen 3 CCXs pumping out localised heat is a significant factor when it comes to CPU cooler performance. The MA624 has excellent low-noise fans to thank for its ability to complete this test. With minimal reduction in fan speed required to hit the 40dBA target, Cooler Master’s performance barely flinches and therefore still manages to come in just around the 100C level. There is a PWM Y-splitter cable allowing the user to connect both fans to a single source. Closer Look at DeepCool AS500 Plus With the highest noise levels at 100% fan speed, there is an expectation from us for the corresponding thermal performance to deliver accordingly.