DeepCool AS500 PLUS, CPU Air Cooler with 5 Heatpipes, 2 x 140mm PWM Fans, ARGB LED, For Intel/AMD, LGA1700/AM5 Compatible

Product Information

Rather than using the conventional AM4 backplate, Cooler Master opts for its own custom backplate and 4 pins that push through and are then held in place. The cooler is compatible with the Intel LGA1200/115x/20xx and AMD AM4/AM3+/AM3+AM2+/AM2/FM2+/FM2/FM1 sockets. There is a dedicated digital RGB controller provided with the cooler which is a plus as it would help the users who don’t have a supported motherboard.

This is because of the alignment with respect to the heat-producing core chiplets mounted beneath the heatspreader. That just did not stop there as the company went on and released the beautiful White edition of the AS500 Plus cooler.

Once again, this is largely thanks to the preferential base and heatpipe design for use with Ryzen, but DeepCool still deserves credit for delivering great numbers. Clearly, the thermal concentration applied by the 16-core chip’s dual Zen 3 CCXs pumping out localised heat is a significant factor when it comes to CPU cooler performance.

We are primarily focussing on the performance of each cooler at 100% fan speed and also when locked to 40dBA noise output. This means that interference with VRMs and heatsinks on mainstream platform motherboards will be rife. This CPU Air Cooler, Optimize heat exchange through a solid copper base with optimal surface contact that runs five 6mm heat pipes in a single tower with high fin density. The extension cables for the fans and RGB cable come in black though while the actual heatsink cable and fan cables are done in white. This small degree of thermal runaway – albeit very limited in system divergence terms – is important with our manually overclocked 5950X CPU.With minimal reduction in fan speed required to hit the 40dBA target, Cooler Master’s performance barely flinches and therefore still manages to come in just around the 100C level. Chassis Fans: 2x140mm 1000 RPM Fractal Front Intake, 1x140mm 1000 RPM Fractal Rear Exhaust, 1x140mm 1000 RPM be quiet! Given their high-airflow, loud fans, it is not all that surprising to see the AIO liquid coolers performing very well in this high heat load test. The AS500 Plus White is a single tower air cooler built for maximum RAM clearance with high performance.

We won’t put too much emphasis on PBO results, but we will spend some time to quickly analyse them using our full fan speed data. The Asetek-design Phanteks 360mm unit tops our chart with an impressive performance result of around 80C actual load temperature.And the IceGiant ProSiphon Elite joins the DeepCool AS500 Plus at the front of the air-cooling pack with full speed fans.