Review: Corsair A500 CPU air cooler

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/06/2020 01:09 PM | source: | 12 comment(s)

We are reviewing an air cooler from ... Corsair, yes the new the A500. The official presentation took place on the 6th of January. In other words, Corsair has just resurrected its air cooling line-up, about a decade after the debut of its last product series of this kind, the A70 range. Wow, and we’d already got used to the fact that they were only making AIOs, right? And hold ... no RGB?

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korn87
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#5758039 Posted on: 02/06/2020 03:23 PM

What is the CPU power consumption during the tests?

Prince Valiant
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#5758051 Posted on: 02/06/2020 03:46 PM

Thanks for the review. Deepcool Gamer Storm is Gamerstrom on the charts.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5758070 Posted on: 02/06/2020 04:49 PM

Yeah, but doesn't that sound way cooler

Fixing.

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#5758133 Posted on: 02/06/2020 09:53 PM

Yeah, but doesn't that sound way cooler

Fixing.

Agreed, i like gamerstrom better....reminds me of angstrom.

Also, pretty impressive cooler. I am not the biggest corsair fan, but may have to try one of these out next time i build an all corsair/asus gamerkid rig.

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#5758194 Posted on: 02/07/2020 01:56 AM

Just beautiful! And a good performer too!

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#5758218 Posted on: 02/07/2020 06:35 AM

Great review Hilbert! Thanks for posting it. As a result of it, I will definitely keep this cooler in mind when I do my next build.

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#5758317 Posted on: 02/07/2020 02:46 PM

What is the CPU power consumption during the tests?

can't find my screenshots of that but from memory my 9900k was
120Watts @ 5.0ghz 1.26V (or maybe stock settings ? not sure)
180Watts @ 5.1Ghz 1.36V (yes it's normal, insane power increase for almost no gain on my early release base 9900K)

for comparison a stock 24 cores 3960x is in the 250-280Watts (4.1-4.3Ghz) it's another level of heat generation, but keep in mind it has triple the cores, my ex-9900K cooling AIO (H115i rgb plat) was "overworked" so I ended up going custom loop watercooling (with a 360 55mm thick radiator) at idle the threadripper constantly generate heat compared to Intel cpus which downclock/voltage much better so after a few hours your water/liquid temps get hot and cool less

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#5758365 Posted on: 02/07/2020 05:05 PM

Looks great. Frankly I am impressed that Corsair actually went for an air cooler, them being so well known for their AIO liquid coolers. AIOs are always nice, but a good solid air cooler like this is so much more reliable and consistent performing over time. So yeah, good for Corsair that they introduced this option.

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#5758388 Posted on: 02/07/2020 06:18 PM

Nice cooler. And "You won’t get RGB functionality..." makes it even nicer, as far as I'm concerned

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#5758747 Posted on: 02/09/2020 02:53 AM

Actually in market for an air cooler. Wonder if I should go with this or the Noctua D15. I am afraid it is too big though I will need to measure first, the pic makes it look the size of a mini-fridge or something.

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#5759441 Posted on: 02/12/2020 02:22 AM

Unless there is some huge breakthrough in air cooling technology, like when heat pipes first hit the scene, ill stay where I am.

hmm... i wonder how some of these more recent air coolers perform with something like this 120x38mm 2900rpm 120cfm PWM Delta on it. Yeah, i know the shroud would be problematic on this one, but other heatsinks in the category.

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#5759458 Posted on: 02/12/2020 06:27 AM

Good to see reliable air cooling without RGB from Corsair. Really gives impression of being aimed towards more mature users.

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