Just found that Thermalright released another version of their AXP90 cooler series: AXP90-X36
This time only 36mm tall, including a backplate and improved mounting on AMD motherboards (fin orientation / airflow is not blocked by the RAM)
Product page on JD.com (China):
First look / Short Review
unboxing: the cooler comes with everything you need for AMD and INTEL sockets
changing the mounting brackets is straight forward
the thread quality was pretty poor on my unit - I could not fully attach the standoffs on the AM4 brackets
that definitely needs some improvement - I had to rework the brackets with an M3 tapping tool
the included backplate may cause some issues with certain motherboards - e.g. on the DeskMini the CMOS battery is in the way...
...but sometimes it's actually worth to have a look in the manual - the screws are slim enough to use stock AMD backplates which come with your motherboard - THERMALRIGHT also ships the cooler with shorter and longer standoffs
for my thermal performance test I am using an Ryzen 4650G - today ambient temperature is a bit high with 29C so keep that in mind...
Test conditions: open air, stock thermal paste, X300 STX board - all standard settings, fan speed 100%, Kombustor CPU Burner Stress Test until temperature settles
Results with the THERMALRIGHT AXP90-X36
For comparison: ID-Cooling IS-40X (exactly the same test setup and ambient temp)
This time only 36mm tall, including a backplate and improved mounting on AMD motherboards (fin orientation / airflow is not blocked by the RAM)
Product page on JD.com (China):
【ThermalrightAXP90-X36】利民(Thermalright)AXP90-X36 36mm下压散热器4X6mm AGHP热管全回流焊工艺双平台全金属背板扣具 支持LGA17XX【行情 报价 价格 评测】-京东
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First look / Short Review
unboxing: the cooler comes with everything you need for AMD and INTEL sockets
changing the mounting brackets is straight forward
the thread quality was pretty poor on my unit - I could not fully attach the standoffs on the AM4 brackets
that definitely needs some improvement - I had to rework the brackets with an M3 tapping tool
the included backplate may cause some issues with certain motherboards - e.g. on the DeskMini the CMOS battery is in the way...
...but sometimes it's actually worth to have a look in the manual - the screws are slim enough to use stock AMD backplates which come with your motherboard - THERMALRIGHT also ships the cooler with shorter and longer standoffs
for my thermal performance test I am using an Ryzen 4650G - today ambient temperature is a bit high with 29C so keep that in mind...
Test conditions: open air, stock thermal paste, X300 STX board - all standard settings, fan speed 100%, Kombustor CPU Burner Stress Test until temperature settles
Results with the THERMALRIGHT AXP90-X36
For comparison: ID-Cooling IS-40X (exactly the same test setup and ambient temp)
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