Enermax ETS-T40F-RF

Tall tower

Enermax ETS-T40F-RF is the most affordable tower CPU cooler with a 14cm fan in east european retail. The design of the metal radiator is extremely simple: silvery aluminium plates and four red copper heat pipes, and all this without a single colour painting. But the propeller is really beautiful — snow-white, and even very durable thanks to the hydrodynamic bearing (160K hours of MTBF).

Direct contact

The contact of the tubes with the thermal cover of the processor is direct, without an intermediary plate. This is an advantage in the case of large-chip AMD processors, and a slight disadvantage for small-chip Intel chips. However, the difference in temperature compared to a solid-soled cooler is only a couple of degrees. And the heat dissipation of the ETS-T40F-RF is almost at the level of expensive supercoolers — as much as 200 W, which is more than enough even for an overclocked processor.

wasp waist

The main advantage of the creation of Enermax is the small width of the radiator, thanks to which it was possible to avoid conflict with the installation of high RAM modules. However the small width is compensated by the large height — 162 mm. Not every computer case can accommodate such a high cooler. However, absolutely all coolers with a 14 cm fan on the market are no less or even higher. So if you want a really low-speed turntable (from 500 to 1200 rpm, which is one and a half times less than 12-centimeter ones), buy a roomier case.

Light side of the force

Enermax will look best in a PC build with a white case and a white motherboard. Also note that the ETS-T40F-RF has two 12-cm counterparts: the cheaper ETS-T40F-TB and the luminous ETS-T40F-BK, which are just as heat-intensive, but slightly noisier at maximum speeds (at minimum, all three are completely inaudible ).