$15 Air Cooler is Surprisingly Good (Coolwhist CN326 Extreme CPU Cooler)

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We accidentally bought this CPU air cooler for $15 in Shenzhen a few years ago, and recently, we thought we'd see how it does versus stock AMD coolers and the Vetroo V5.
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This is a review of the Coolwhist CN326 Extreme, a dragon-themed CPU air cooler that we bought for about $15 a few years ago. The CN326 Extreme didn't include an AM4 kit originally, but some impressive post-sale customer support came through and was able to get us one for a few bucks. As for thermals and installation, overall, we were surprised by just how well this cheap cooler did. It has some faults -- the fan isn't the highest quality -- but for something charmingly unique, it does well enough. We'd like to see more products make unique changes without sacrificing performance.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Accidentally Buying a Good Cooler
01:37 - Questionable Art Usage
02:43 - Anyway... it's a cooler!
04:04 - Mechanical Design & Sizing
08:04 - Installation & Impressive Customer Support
10:44 - Pressure Scanner Results
12:08 - Cold Plate Surface Flatness
12:56 - 68W Headload Noise-Normalized Benchmark
14:46 - 68W 100% Fan Speed Test
15:38 - Conclusion

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