Cryorig C7 G Graphene Edition

The Cryorig C7G is a great cooler, another reviewer mentioned that he used an adapter to mount a different fan on the cooler, and I followed his advice, and switched out the fans, it is much quieter, and performs surprisingly well despite its size. 9600k

The mounting system is very stable, and it removes heat very well allowing my Ryzen to self-boost higher and for longer. But good grief the noise level is very loud even at idle (40-50c temps) to the point that you can hear it through headphones. Under load it only gets louder/worse. The upside is they give you "normal fan" mounting brackets and I will be replacing this annoyingly loud fan with a noctua low profile 94 fan.

Other lower priced heatsinks perform better than this. As a matter of fact, the non-Graphene (if the coating really is graphene rather than just carbon) from the same vendor does just as well. The "graphene" seems to be more of a gimmick than actual enhancement.

This is by far the best heatsink of this size only weighed down by an awfully loud fan and annoying backplate. These can be easily remedied with replacements though. For the fan I recommend getting an adapter (I got one from j-hackcompany). This version of the c7 comes with fan clips for mounting your own fans, but I found the adapter to be the simpler solution. For the fan the Noctua NF-A9x14 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap is the best option. If you want one that has a normal cable coming out of it you’ll need to buy it through one of the NH-L9 chromax.black coolers. If you buy the fan by itself it has an immediate termination to a 4 pin fan connector, which can make it more annoying to connect and fit in tight areas. The backplate is huge as it’s an all in one unit (intel and amd). If you have a motherboard with a rear m.2 slot and use it, there’s a high likelihood the backplate won’t fit. They include a washer mounting system as an alternative. It works. From what I’ve seen in reviews, there's a very small performance difference, if any, between this and the non graphene coated version (c7 cu). Maybe 2C if that. Might as well get this one. I had the c7 cu and the one thing I didn’t like about it is that pure exposed copper does tarnish over time. It doesn’t affect performance, but it made it look ugly as time went on. This shouldn’t happen with this one.

Easily cools down an i9-10850k, though depending on what you run, can hit 90. Temps quickly decrease however, so it's not so much an issue for me.

Unit worked great for the first year (i7-8700). Fan wore out and I have other CPU fans that have been running for years.Switched fan out with another spare that I had and it just doesn't seem to keep as cool anymore. Fan that I switched to is a higher quality and higher RPM.Short term usage was good, long term is poor.

Im giving this seller a BIG five stars! As ive heard this cooler does amazing things 😅 i had a little human error with sizeing. But the kind peep's over at Super Phoenix, helped me resolve that issue extremely fast. Id say it took about 45-50 seconds. Thank you👍

I had regular c7 which would always peak at 95C and be super loud. I bought the copper version and paired it with the noctua fan and got the same temps. Then I flipped the Noctua fan to be upsidedown and my temps dropped 12C. Now it never goes above 85C. Sentry ITX case btw.