An Air Cooling SURPRISE - Cooler Master MA620M CPU Air Cooler Review
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- The Cooler Master Master Air MA620M might be the most overlooked CPU heatsink we've seen so far. It might not be as popular as the Noctua NH-U12S or U14S or be quiet Dark Rock series but the focus on being the quietest air CPU cooler makes for some pretty unique temperature testing. The MA620M heatsink is based on the amazing Wraith Ripper design but there are a lot of other things that might make it one of the best CPU air coolers of 2020.
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Noctua NH-U12S Chromax - geni.us/U12SB
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Scythe Fuma 2 - geni.us/FUMA2
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - geni.us/DRP4
Check out the Corsair a100 - go.corsair.com/a100
Timestamps!
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - MA620M Size & Specs; ITS TALL!
2:54 - Build Quality & Design
4:04 - Fans & Swapping Fans
4:59 - An Installation Oopsie
7:10 - 120W Cooling Performance
8:56 - 165W Cooling Performance
9:44 - 260W Cooling Performance
10:24 - Its Good BUT....
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I absolutely love this cooler. It looks clean, the RGB isn't in your face, and just reminds of a big engine block for some reason.
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Verge did that thermal compound application image.
We almost said it....almost. ;)
@@HardwareCanucks I was waiting.... I was disappointed :(. LOL
@@HardwareCanucks How can The Verge be so bad at tech news so much of the time? Their parent publication Vox is pretty good quality so it feels like they need to get a handle on whoever is screwing up Verge so badly.
@@StrongButAwkward Vox 's reporting is not always that great. I think they make pretty good investigative journalism articles/videos, but a lot of their other stuff is hit and miss, the same as any media company. Their movie writers are for instance, extremely bad. They have a hatred for Marvel movies, and bash them for their continuity via comparison to X-Men. The same franchise that errm.... rebooted with multiple characters appear multiple times as different people. Sure, Marvel are not everyone's cup of tea but at least convince me with an example that made sense.
I think in some sense, because parts of their editorial is so strong and quite trusted by their main audience, is not hard for their management to brush off any of their missteps as elitist nonsense, especially when the PC enthusiast community have a reputation of high level of toxicity and elitism (with their PC Master race shtick, part of the reason Linus got into hot water over his PS5 SSD rant). The Verge is aimed at casual tech users, they basically bit off too much when they veered off their lane and pretend to be an expert.
Ah, I was gonna ask
Thanks for testing at various wattages and RPM levels, great video!
Literally just put this in my cart two days ago, what a coincidence, thank you!
Works amazingly, I absolutely love mine.
BRILLIANT content!
Professionally done and outstanding video quality!
As someone who exclusively goes by aircooling, I want more of this kind of content!
You'll have it. :)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE noise normalised tests, because each fan is different so even though the RPM is the same the air moved and the noises made would be different... way too many variables changed so it's not really comparable
And not everybody is Tech Jesus Steve who lied straight in your face when he told you that he was the only one using a special test dummy and noise normalised test as first. Hardware Info from the Netherlands does it for years like this.
Matched RPM tests offer even less value when comparing 120mm fans to 140mm fans.
Its something we are moving towards and we have all the information from the coolers we have tested. This is a multi phase approach for us with normalized power input and then looking to roll out some more normalized fan tests. One of the issues is fan speed variance which sometimes exceeds 10%. That's actually huge and is a very real concern for normalized testing.
@@dorientjewoller113 no English subs Dutch colonial!
@@mixedup5858 Not everybody is that stupid of not releasing their reviews in English, even if they are Dutch :P
Whenever there's an air cooler review. I always have a smile knowing NOCTUA will be there at top 👌😇😚
With be quiet!
I like the understated aesthetics, nice to see decent thermals despite the low noise. Would be a good fit for a sound dampened case without tempered glass & RGB madness.
you'd just get a D15 in that case...
100% agreed on this. Its a really interesting option if you can fit it into a case due to its height.
But then the design doesn't really matter if you are going to use a case without glass, at that point I'd just get the nhd-15
If you were going for something without RGB why not go Dark Rock Pro 4?
@@HardwareCanucks I thought the design encompassing the fan would result in less noise? How can the noctua nh d15 bring less noise if the fans are not encompassed on a box?
Hello Ebert like you I liked the design a lot. Bummer that it's 100 bucks and at that price there's better coolers.
I am glad you guys are testing Air Coolers more now a days.
One more thing, I liked the bloopers a lot. (:
Nice use of your light saber at 3:48. I thought you were going to cut in half to show us the fan.
Lmao 🤣
Nice video man!
I used this cooler for a while (and did a review). Was a great cooler, it cooled my 3950x great and it was narrow enough to not cover my rgb ram so I could still show it off, something you can't do with these other coolers. This cooler is about looks, how quiet it is and dimensions. I also think you got a bad mounting bracket or something, mine was perfectly straight.
Just got a 5950x, not going to OC it or anything exotic, but I really do not want to deal with going the liquid cooling route. How's the noise on hot days/usage?
@@07wrxtr1 I just replaced my CM Master Air with a Dark Rock Pro 4. I had the same issues he had, and it wasn't cooling very well on my 5800x (which is just a hot running chip). After the switch I dropped by 12c at idle and 10c at load. If the 5950x runs as hot as my chip does, I would avoid this cooler. Hope that helps.
@@landanimalx Yeah I ended up just choosing that boring phanteks AIO with the 2 big fans, it's a T30 240... it's not pretty but it does the job!! 128gb of ram, 3080, 5950x, 3x2tb 980pro's. Couldn't be happier! Did all LianLi AL120's for fans
@@07wrxtr1 bro no one cares lmao
@@landanimalx Oh Jesus Christ really?Really?? That's an expensie af air cooler too, it's like 100 USD. Not very promising sounding. And yes I was thinking to be getting the 5950x and using this cooler bc I don't want ton bother with AIO. Alternatively I can just get 5800X3D it just sucks because I got an overclocking board and am realizing how useless my board would be on just X3D. Idk how well this would work on a 5800X3D but it should keep it controlled. 5950x what would be best for cooling that not liquid? Yes aesthetics does matter to me, I would rather get LCD AIO just to look good in the case at that point than bother with anything that looks like a hyper 212
People care how their heatsink looks?
*laughs in poop brown and vomit tan*
Laughs in whisper quiet fans and great temperatures.
Laughs in dual light loop fans and liquid cooling.
Laughs in $30 noisy HSF
Laughs in Chromax
Have y'all not heard of the Noctua chromax line? No poop brown necessary.
Nailed the outro 👌🏼
good review, professor.
I have this in a SL600M, which might not be the ideal case for this, but it's been keeping my Ryzen 2700X nice and cool for the last 10 months. No complaints here.
Love the Scythe Fuma 2! Great value for $60 and very silent from the reviews I've seen. Just ordered it for my first PC that I will be building at the end of my college semester (in 2 weeks).
you know what else has been a long time, the part 2 video of you changing your gaming chair.
BeQuiet's Dark Rock Pro 4 for me, love the industrial look, love the temps but a pain in the arse to install haha.
Looks so cool, but I'm so in love with the Fuma 2!!!!
This cooler is almost a year old! I've been waiting for your review and almost gave up.
What took you so long?!
I would be really tempted to try this with a Noctua 3000 RPM fan!
" I did not pull a Linus" ;-D Great line and a great review !
I have this cooler, and it does sit level on my Asus Crosshair VIII Formula motherboard. It also looks really nice in argb setups if that's what you're going for. If you pair it with a high airflow case, CPU temps stay super cool
Glad you like this CPU cooler! I just put it in my new build and it's awesome in every way. Most reviews I read comment on it sitting loose on the mount, however I found that there is little mention that on the last clamp turn of the two fixing screws it's essential to square it up to the case for appearances and at that time it becomes solid. I also have a high airflow case, but I do wish more people would point out it has 6 pipes on the heatsink vs 4 which most cheaper models are reviewed against. The pipe configuration is also better on this than other coolers for the through airflow.
Great review 👍 This cooler looks unbelievably complicated.
i just looked at my hyper 212 black and i will never unsee the tilt
Very good info :)
I have the Scythe FUMA 2 and it's incredible.
Me too. Got my FUMA 2 on eBay for 45 bucks, making it the best bang-for-the-buck cooler, ever.
@@ricoswabe18 scythe kotetsu Mark 2 is also realy good, cool, small and quite
I got one too. They perform even better if you put a slightly faster fan on the back that draws in fresh air through the sides of the fin stack. Its better than NH-d15 performance on my 130 watt cpu. I am surprised it cant keep up in the 260 watt test but it is only 120mm wide.
How about the noise bro?
I have the H510 case and this cooler actually touches the tempered glass. NZXT said 165 mm is the maximum height for coolers and this pushes against the panel just slightly. Closes fine though, looks and performs great, and is completely silent.
Very clever way to show the internal fan I must say. 3:47
Love the look, but how are you supposed to clean it if you can't get the fan out?
Where was the UX testing for this thing? Non-existent I presume; like jesus cooler master wtf happened? Great video, as always
I wish you guys made a video on comparing Pre built pc. I know tech fans don't like it but ya I'd rather have someone else make it for me than me screwing up an expensive piece of equipment. Looking forward to a prebuilt pc video
I think you need to add a noise normalised test, especially for coolers like this one.
Yes it takes more time to do the tests but it is the most informative.
Looks like the long screws have c-clips retaining them onto the bottom assembly. If you remove those, I bet they would pull up and with them release the top part of the plastic shroud, that would give you access to the fan inside.
Looks great, the ability to change the fan would have helped it more though
It is a lovely design! I think in case where you can mount a rear fan (many do) then a second fan would almost be in line to help pull the heat out and improve the thermal performance, i'm sure a 3d printed shroud could be made to link the 2, yes it is a lot of work but then again it looks fantastic and that is important.
I wish there was a cooler that looked like this and performed as well as nh d15. For a reasonable price as well.
6:20 oh my god that's my pain right there.. when I was trying to switch out CPUs I had this problem over and over.. and after switching I noticed the brackets move around alot too which just isn't nice!
I thought I was doing something wrong but seeing as you had to do it too.. I guess it was just a design flaw...
I dropped my 5900x and my 5800x3d that day, So it was a really bad day for me.. had to go all the way back to my 5600x.
Safe to say I won't be changing my pc again until new motherboard and power supply.
The new Hyper 212 Evo Black Edition is super sweet!!
I just found this cooler on amazon and was looking for reviews of it earlier, today. I liked the look of it, I'll probably keep an eye on the price and see if it goes on sale in the 80$ or less range. I do wonder how it would perform differently with a static pressure fan, instead.
Cooler master has it listed on their direct North America store for $84.99
Any idea on how quiet it is decibel wise? Can you hear it at idle or mid load? Realize if you run hard it is probably like others.
I have been running Noctua DH-14 for a decade on my home server that runs 24/7 (Intel core i7 985X 6c/12t, averaging at 45% usage). I don't know why, but that cooler doesn't seem to accumulate dust NEARLY as much as all my previous coolers. I think it must be that the fins are not packed as tightly. Whatever the reason, DH-14 has worked 100% perfectly, it doesn't need any maintenance, the fans are silent and still decade of continuous run they work like they were new. Unless something unbelievable happens, I will be buying Noctuas the rest of my life.
A shame you couldn't get the fan out safely. Would've loved to see how it performed with CM's SF120M.
I got this cooler for my PC and i got one question, why is the bracket so loose on the motherboard, like it shakes a bit, is it supposed to do that? I have it tightened correctly
which one would you recommend, this one or the NH-D15??
I have this cooler and the sag is real, mine also sits slightly twisted on the socket. It does keep things cool and quiet but you have to prop up the cooler. The rubber board grommets coupled with the weight make it sag down considerably. Looks good but has its issues
Have you done a budget offbrand/AliExpress air cooler comparison?
I've been looking for a cooling solution, but wasn't really satisfied.
Looking forward to this video
Edit: well I guess I'm a fan of Noctua's NH-D15 Chromax now
I really like aircooler reviews, since i think cooling should have even more focus. So thanks for making a pretty good video on it. The main thing missing i think is memory compatibility. This is where this aircooler might make more sense then the higher performing ones since it only has 1 fan an the heatsink seems to start higher then the other main high performing aircoolers. Like the corsair one.
This cooler has no issues with memory clearance. We tried it with Corsair's Dominator kit
@@Eber.Antony Without the second fan i would think so, but imo still important to know. Thanks for the info. (I cant use my first memory bank with the Dark Rock Pro 2 without moving the fan up and make it look silly)
Might want to look into older coolers with AM4 brackets available. I got a dual tower Phanteks 140mm cooler (TC14PE black edition) for ~65 USD. The Ryzen bracket cost ~10 USD with fast shipping. It still looks amazing and performs just about on par with newer and way more expensive Noctuas e.g. NH-D14.
Will this put a strain in the motherboard for the long run? Example 3-4 years,, nothing will bend ?
I love how tech youtubers at some point agreed that if you drop something on video, they pulled a "Linus".
I just installed on on my 9700K, socket 115x, and it was flawless, both screws sat right on the holes, no tipping or pushing, and its straight.....I wonder if one of your tand offs was cockeyed? or possibly put in the wrong orientaion? They are slightly rectangular, all I know is mine went on easier than any tower cooler I've installed before.
Do a review of snowman t4. It is a really great bang for the back cooler
GN... and their testing; approves of cooler master's thermal paste application
Do you think this cpu cooler would be enough for an intel non-k cpu like the 10700?
To put it mildly: disillusioning! Too many negative points for the price: Too high (most cases allow 158-160mm only juuust), cheap mounting material, finicky mounting, basically impossible fan change, good but not breathtaking cooling performance... That's all a somewhat underwhelming resume compared to the competition at this price point.
Right, typical bling bling pc equipment. Let’s add some RGB, save some money for materials and mounting, don’t care about ease of use and at least double the price.
Sadly there will be enough people buying this thing just because it looks cool.
Smiling Bandit I know, and it’s sad because it is really cool. If you could swap the fan easily and it had a better mounting system, I’d buy it for 120 but they always gotta cut the corners I care about.
More expensive than D15 while having worse performence, hard to access fan and worse mounting kit. Oops
Yeah definitely not worth the price
Yup I agree. If it was less then it would be a better purchasing item.
Give the Prolimatech Genesis with a 3-Fan configuration a try next, I think folks will be amazed how well it still holds up against the giants.
It reminds me of a motorcycle motor head, looks good.
Do you think this one can be use on a razer tomahawk mini itx case?
Could you provide more detail as to how you finally got to crack the darn thing open to replace the fan pls ? XD
I have this cooler... mine fits square but you made me look! I think you may have just gotten an anomaly. The only thing that really bugged me about this cooler was the fitting, and I'm not talking about those two screws. The backing plate didn't fit flush, it's something I've seen reported many times, and I had to put rubber washers on the back of the motherboard to get a flush fit. Not a big deal but annoying that they couldn't get that right out of the box.
I've been running one of these for a while now and couldn't be happier. Performance is not the best in class, but it is still very good. And it is whisper quiet. I have yet to hear it in normal operation. I had no issues mounting mine at all; in fact, this was the easiest air cooler I've ever mounted. Didn't even need to remove the mobo from the case.
But let's be honest... It looks awesome. It is easily the best looking air cooler in this class. You're buying this one over the others in its class because of it's appearance, not for its performance. The good thing is that it performs *well enough* that it won't give you any issues.
I was ambivalent given the price and some of the testing I'd seen but have absolutely no regrets after running it for a while.
I have this cooler also... it's literally impossible to fit it without removing the motherboard.
Looks amazing, but that matters little if it costs that much and has those sort of compromises
You should review the Thermalright frost spirit fs140 too, thats a dual tower with 2 fans for less than $50. Its the p/p champs of 2020 in asia rn
A low profile cooler test including the CM G200P please
Can you make a video on predator Triton 300 (2020) and it's thermals and battery life
Price to performance and also looks?
The Cooler Master MA610p
Thanks
Wow, the model number of this heatsink reminds me of my AM3 mobo from 2011.
Is the fan user replaceable at all?
It's incredible that it is 7mm taller than the Noctua.
I built a pc back in May so all the parts are practically new. Recently I moved into college and as I booted the pc up everything seems to have gone down hill. Running games around 300-400 FPS are now running around 70. When I opened the task manager I often notice that the cpu speed is running very slow, often times below 1 GHz when the base clock speed is set to 3.8. I noticed on boot up it said the cpu was over heating and after looking into Radeon master it displayed the cpu at 95 c. I have no clue why it would be so hot or if this is the cause for my problems. Would applying new thermal paste do the trick or is it likely something different because of how new it is? Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!
You might want to remove the CPU cooler and thermal paste and add some more, and ensure the cooler hasn't become somewhat loose while moving. Make sure the cooler is also connected to power. Also, if you are running a liquid cooled setup you may also want to make sure the pump and fans are all connected to power.
Is it compatible with LGA 1700 or is it anyway to make it compatible?👀
The metal retention bracket is not on straight resulting in the odd slant to the right when it's installed...
Is it too big with a vertical gpu? (RTX 3070)
¿Any Noctua version to this cooler?
I'll stick to my Fuma 2 . Amazing silent fans , Amazing temps . And a price that crushes the competition
The Fuma 2 is AMAZING man.
Same.
@@HardwareCanucks Thanks to the recommendation from you guys. Have been subbed to Hardware Canucks since the NZXT Phantom case days. Keep up the good work guys
Using that Fuma 2 for already a year. Best 60 Euro's I ever have spend.
Also rocking a FUMA 2, mainly cause these guys recommended it. Really good cooler, haven't looked back.
It's a major step forward compared to the older Master air series (with recessed nuts to tighten under the fins) but it's not yet as good as bequiet or noctua
u know i was looking at his for a cooler but no one until now has done good benchmark results
How do I install MasterAir on a LGA1200? It is not in the manual.
Thanks for erasing my question, appreciate it👍🏻
put a nf a12x25 inside and combined with the look, this would be amazing.
my cooler master ma410p doesn't sit straight also. just like yours didn't. it's tilted slightly. i thought i installed it wrong as it was my first time installing. guess it's their mounting system.
what if you cooled it with nitrous? and install a button on your keyboard so you can use it only when you need it
What if i overclock i9 10900k to 5.1 all cores with that coller, what tempeture i got?
Haha - after installing Golden Orb on Duron 20 years ago, nothing is tedious with CPU coolers installation these days :D I will never forget that sound of chipping the exposed CPU core :p
Really won't be a bad choice for a nice understated gaming pc but not a good one for work. I'd love to see those plastic covers being 3d printable tho, add some non rbg goodness to it
Is this model for Threadripper also ?
test the mugen 5 guys. great price/perfomance and easy install.
I just gotta say. Holy shit you look good dude
The testing results just reaffirm my decision to go with a NH-D15 lol
7 degree difference. Yeah I'd be happy too.
"provided your cpu isn't producing heat loads that would match a small nuclear reactor" that part made me laugh alot!!
The ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO is excellent budget cooler, check that out!
That would be a interesting review to compare
Would be nice to compare it to the good ol' Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
Hardware scientist has the review, Duo is limited at high tdp. Choose 6 pipes or higher.
Got me at "I did not pull a Linus"!
how are you supposed to clean it if you cant take the fan out? Form over function...
the real question is how would it do IF you did go through the pain of shoving a noctua fan in it?
the only thing I wish they could do was to make a plastic bracket that follows the aesthetic of the cooler so that you can add a second fan
I have Dark Rock PRO and i am totally satisfied. The only thing i do not like about it - Setup is not that easy, could be easier (but not very hard). MA620M looks heavy 1.65kg, almost half kg heavier. How this will affect motherboard? I mean heavy is not a good thing for a vertical mounting.