fightingfi
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To me it's more of a joke with RGB lighting than a real cooler. <snip>
that's the point... some folks are into that it's probably not going to be better than a stock heatsink but it's low-profile which will be a selling point for some. tbh i quite like how this looks... would be a nice matchup for my stock 1600 had i not picked up a massive overkill 212 RGB on sale
The rest of the post that you "snipped" covered all of they rest of your post. They aren't effective and heat the rest of your components.
same could be said of the stock heatsinks that have the same construction. i never disputed the performance deficit. my point was, for some ppl who like how this looks and don't care that it won't perform better than stock, it will be worth the <20$ to them because they like how it looks and don't care that it won't perform better than stock. also, the super low z-height and downflow design that are holding thermal performance back might be an attraction for low-profile systems. to each their own is all i'm tryin to say. it's fine for ppl to think it's crap and not want anything to do with it, and it's fine for ppl to like it and want it, even if they also think it's a bit crap (i like it and want it and think it's not crap for the price and wished to say why)
Honestly more 'really thin cases' don't cool well regardless of cooler used .. the 'solid all around' design simply does not flow air very well if at all.It may work well in really thin cases with a high rpm 80mm pulling the heat away. Then again most mini cases are solid all around...