Alpenfohn Black Ridge

SPECIFICATIONS

CPU COLLER Alpenfohn Black Ridge
DIMENSIONSL: 122 x W: 122 x H: 47mm (including 15mm fan)
MATERIALS6x copper heat-pipes, copper base ( black nickel plated), aluminium cooling fins
COMPATIBILITYIntel: 115X/1200/1700
AMD: AM4
FANS1x 92x15mm (2800RPM)
RAM CLEARANCE35mm
THERMAL COMPOUNDN

Alpenfohn Black Ridge (revb) CPU cooler is 47mm in height and features 6 copper heat pipes for cooling. The Black Ridge only supports Low Profile RAM with max height of 35mm. An additional 120mm fan can be mounted on top of the Black Ridge cooler, giving a max height of 62 / 72mm dependant upon the top fan thickness.


TEST SYSTEM

Testing was completed on BC1T Open Testbench using the following hardware in 20°C room ambient temperature. CPU cooler fans were set to fixed 35dB(a) noise level at distance of 50cm.

CASEBC1T Open Testbench
MOTHERBOARDMSI MAG B660M Mortar WiFi DDR4 (paid link)
CPUIntel 12700K (paid link)
CPU COOLERAlpenfohn Black Ridge + NF-A9x14 (paid link)
PSU Corsair SF 600 Platinum (paid link)
RAMCrucial Ballistix, 16GB (2x8GB), 3600MHz, CL16 (paid link)

THERMAL BENCHMARKS


CONCLUSION

The main issues we found with the Black Ridge is motherboard compatibility and that it doesn’t include a motherboard backplate for the mounting. This means the screws make direct contact with the motherboard PCB, so we used the the backplate included with the Thermalright AXP90 mounting kit to avoid potential damage to motherboard PCB. This also provides consistent mounting pressure for the cooler.



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