[kikimaru]

What coolers did you have on your 4790K/7700K machines before?

[masklinn]

I expect they had Intel's stock cooler. For some reason, AMD decided Ryzen's stock coolers should come with RGB LED (at least for Ryzen 7).

Intel stock: https://i.imgur.com/egFD543l.jpg

Ryzen stock: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y0efXDSgSPU/maxresdefault.jpg

[vatueil]

To be precise, not all AMD Ryzen stock coolers have LEDs. The Wraith Max, Wraith Prism (successor to the Max), and some Wraith Spire coolers have LEDs.

For first-generation Ryzen, the -X models were often sold without a bundled stock cooler, which limited uptake of Wraith Max. Some had Wraith Spires with LEDs, others without.

For second-generation Ryzen, all CPUs come with stock coolers. The Ryzen 7 2700X has Wraith Prism and the 2700 non-X has Wraith Spire w/LED. The stock Wraith Spire and Wraith Stealth coolers for other Ryzen 2000-series CPUs do not have LEDs.

Of course, you can always turn the LEDs off.

[bhouston]

The Intel providers coolers fail at high rates unfortunately. We prefer CoolerMaster HYPER 212 EVO. It is awesome and it has never failed for me.