Thermalright AXP90-X53 Full Black Review

Thermalright AXP90-X53 FULL BLACK is all copper; nickel coated low profile CPU cooler. It has a height of 53mm when equipped with 15mm think fan or 63mm with 25mm thick fan.

SPECIFICATIONS

MODELAXP90-X53 FULL BLACK
DIMENSIONSL: 94.5 x W: 95 x H: 47mm (including 15mm fan)
MATERIALS4x 6mm copper heat-pipes, copper base (nickel coated), copper cooling fins (black nickel coated)
COMPATIBILITYIntel: 1700
FANS1x NF-A9X14 chromax.Black (2500RPM)
RAM CLEARANCEN/A
THERMAL COMPOUND (INCLUDED)Y (NT-H1)

BOX CONTENTS

Included, we have the cooler, mounting brackets for both Intel/AMD and user manuals.

TEST SYSTEM

Testing is carried out on BC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench), using the following hardware in 20°C ambient room temperature.

CASEBC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench)
MOTHERBOARDRog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi (paid link)
CPUR5 7600X / R7 7700X (paid links)
CPU COOLERAXP90-X53 FULL BLACK (paid link)
PSU Extreme 850R (paid link)
RAM32GB Gskill DDR5, 6000MHz, CL30 (paid link)

THERMAL BENCHMARKS

CONCLUSIONS

Thermalright’s AXP90-X53 Full Black, is the best 53mm low profile cooler currently available. In our extensive testing on LGA1700 & AM5, we found the cooler performed far better in one specific orientation. See images below.

We’ve determined, this is due to cold plate design in relation to LGA1700 & AM5 CPUs. In the second other orientation, the AXP90 coolers perform far worse.