The Cryeonic C1 Air Cooler: A Premium Upgrade at a Steep Price

As I first opened the box containing the Cryeonic C1 air cooler, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and curiosity. The device itself appears premium, with its sleek design and high-quality materials. However, as I began to assemble it, I couldn't shake off the feeling that this was an expensive gadget trying too hard to be something it's not. An alcohol pad, which is included in the package, serves a purpose - albeit a minor one - but feels like a token gesture.

The user manual, on the other hand, is very detailed and easy to follow. The instructions are clear and concise, making it simple for even the most novice users to assemble and use the cooler. I was pleased to see that the manual includes downloadable files, allowing users to access additional information at their convenience. With the Cryeonic C1, I knew that I was in good hands.

The assembly process itself is quite straightforward. The device requires some technical know-how, but with patience and attention to detail, it's possible to assemble it successfully. The key components include the front plate, which is secured using thumb screws lined with rubber pads on their bottoms, and the back plate, which features a nickel-plated base that provides excellent heat dissipation.

As I continued with the assembly process, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. The Cryeonic C1 was proving to be a worthy competitor in terms of thermal performance. The device's unique orientation, which allows it to sit on top of the CPU heat spreader, provides excellent clearance underneath the device. This makes it an ideal choice for compact builds, where space is limited.

The fan installation process can be tricky if not done correctly. However, with patience and attention to detail, it's possible to secure the fan in place without any issues. The Cryeonic C1 features a 140mm fan that provides excellent airflow and is relatively quiet, making it an ideal choice for those who value low-profile designs.

Once installed, the device performed admirably. Temperatures were significantly lower than with the stock cooler, even when overclocking to 4.4 GHz. The Cryeonic C1 proved itself to be a reliable and efficient cooling solution that can handle even the most demanding workloads. Its compact design makes it an ideal choice for those who value ease of use and minimal disruption.

However, there is one aspect of the Cryeonic C1 that left me disappointed - its price. At just over $60, it's certainly not a bargain. The Hyper 212 Evo, another popular air cooler on the market, offers similar performance at a fraction of the cost. I'm willing to admit that, if the price were to drop below $40, I would be more than happy to recommend the Cryeonic C1 as a top choice for thermal maintenance.

In conclusion, the Cryeonic C1 is undoubtedly a great cooler, with excellent thermal performance and a unique design that sets it apart from other air coolers on the market. However, its price tag makes me cringe. If you're in the market for a high-quality air cooler, I would recommend considering alternative options that offer similar performance at a lower cost.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enKow has been around for quite a while and I've got to admit they make some pretty cool looking coolers yeah I I went there it's always pleasing to come across a company that values both functionality and beauty and in the case of the kry C1 no exception was made a first glance of the c1s Box gives the impression that a fairly large cooler lay inside the top pack contains every piece of mounting hardware required by lga775 1150x 2011 V3 fm2 plus am3+ you get the point the pack underneath houses both the cooler and slim 140 mm fan the fan itself is black in color comprised of 13 blades and it's capable of rotating anywhere from 700 to 1300 times per minute you're welcome to replace this one with any 140 mm unit but I can't really imagine why you'd want to at only 13 mm thick it's sure to be the best fan for the job the cooler is much larger than I expected it to be although its form factor is is Mini ITX friendly it's surrounded by a large white bezel which I find to be very classy and is accompanied on one side by six massive 6 mm nickel plated copper heat pipes which prove to be excellent dissipators of heat after all that kind of is the point here cry's iconic logo resides on the opposite face and that's essentially it the cooler is sturdy weighs more than you think it would just over half a kilogram and is interlaced with several fins the more the better to an extent the fan is pwm controlled allowing for optimal manual settings pwm by the way stands for pulse with modulation just to you know satisfy your curiosity there generally preferable over three pin voltage regulated fans of lesser grade you can also tuck the sleeve fan cable into rubber retentions along the four corners of the frame depending on where you decide to Route it the clips are a bit difficult to rescure something I do wish cow had thought through a little more but that's just kind of me being picky the installation packet was a straightup carnival of mounting screws and back plates you're also given a large tube of thermal paste with the C1 I still recommend Arctic Silver 5 for now but this will definitely get the job done especially if you have nothing else on hand nice inclusion nonetheless a bunch of fan and bracket screws caps and something else unexpected a large Philips head screwdriver looky there cryg included it for the sake of mounting the cooler which you'll see shortly and I'm glad they did it's a nice inclusion to any toolkit regardless even if you don't decide to use this thing I mean come on free tools right free tools I'll be mounting the SE one of my brother's old rig sporting an fx6300 which means that we'll be needing this back plate suitable for am3 and fm2 motherboards and just like the stock plate this one's made of metal not plastic for the record the Intel plate was as well it's nice to see even expensive water coolers include plastic back plates so a nice touch here here's a representation of just how large the cry C1 is yeah that's the stock AMD cooler right next to it night and day difference in terms of both sound and performance by the way don't Mount the fan until after you've mounted the cooler you'll see why here in a second kbri includes quite a number of special accessories that make this cooler appear premium and when you have a look look at the price you can't really blame them for trying I mean come on an alcohol pad I guess so I mean we'll put it to use in this video but I can't really see I guess I guess it doesn't hurt to have it I will say that the manual is very detailed and easy to follow I'm glad I opened it there are several screw packets to sort through here you can also download the manual from their website Linked In this video's description so let's get to it then this one is for AMD but Intel shouldn't be too difficult to follow either after all you do have that excellent manual start by removing the plastic pieces up front we won't need these but save them just in case you can also store the old metal back plate cryg includes their own use the thumb screws lined with rubber pads on their bottoms to secure the new back plate being careful not to overtighten they're called thumb screws for a reason folks insert the front plate and use the short stubby screws to lock it into place one on each Corner again don't overtighten these no Phillips screwdriver is required if your CPU has old thermal paste pre-applied you can remove it with the included isopro alcohol pad I guess I'll use it here but be careful it is runny and fairly thin only 70% too I recommend 90 or higher after ensuring that the CPU heat spreader is dry you may remove the plastic cover covering the nickel plated base look how nice and shiny that thing is apply a fresh line of thermal paste and align the two spring-loaded screws on the cooler which you can see here from the top see why we shouldn't have installed the fan in the first place with the holes on the front plate sorry that was a lot of that was a lot of interjections in one sentence this took some time and for hands the C1 was super stubborn and without help from my brother I doubt we could have properly secured it there was plenty of clearance Over The crucial ballistic sport RAM on board but we found that it was much easier to mount vertically I I don't really know why I can't really explain it but regardless the fan will be pointing downwards sure to cool off voltage regulator modules and the CPU itself once the cooler is mounted screw in the 140 mm fan of your choice again I see nothing wrong with using the low profile Crow rig fan it's quiet efficient and low profile important especially for those tightly packed ITX builds after plugging in the fan power cable this can be tricky if you didn't already plug it in before you secured the cooler take a a few seconds to admire the cryg C1 it's honestly one of my favorite coolers hands down thanks not only to its unique orientation but its minimalistic functional design my brother was very happy he received a CPU Cooler upgrade trust me it was much needed no more jet engine sounds and we were both satisfied with the new look the C1 offered plenty of clearance underneath even when oriented upward and honestly looks just it just looks good this one's sure to complement any rig and hold its own against even the toughest of overclocks speaking of which what are the temperatures like well off the bat Idols not visibly improved when just sitting there looking pretty temperatures were in the mid 20s roughly 10° lower than with the stock cooler keep in mind this is with an AMD fx6300 and surprise surprise overclock to 4.4 GHz the differences were just as Stark while the stock cooler brought the FX 6300 to 76° C and a degree of thermal throttling at that the se1 performed as expected pushing temperatures down into the low 60s safe operating temperatures for pile driver CPUs so at this point all is well right I should just end the video here well I would now the C1 is undoubtedly a great cooler but one thing has me hung up here the price at a little over $60 currently it's certainly no bargain and I'm sure many of you are wondering how well the hyper 212 Evo Stacks up probably the most popular air cooler around thanks to its Effectiveness and low price to be honest I was a bit disappointed don't get me wrong you can't get much better than the C1 when it comes to Thermal maintenance but at $60 makes me cringe come on cry rig this one was a review sample that they sent me but I am willing to admit that I would not use my own personal money to purchase this cooler at this price if it creeps into the $40 range though I personally guarantee you cry rig you'll have the competitive Advantage you're looking for you can find a link to the cry rig C1 in this video's description like I said love the cooler just don't love the price this is sence Studio thanks for learning with thisKow has been around for quite a while and I've got to admit they make some pretty cool looking coolers yeah I I went there it's always pleasing to come across a company that values both functionality and beauty and in the case of the kry C1 no exception was made a first glance of the c1s Box gives the impression that a fairly large cooler lay inside the top pack contains every piece of mounting hardware required by lga775 1150x 2011 V3 fm2 plus am3+ you get the point the pack underneath houses both the cooler and slim 140 mm fan the fan itself is black in color comprised of 13 blades and it's capable of rotating anywhere from 700 to 1300 times per minute you're welcome to replace this one with any 140 mm unit but I can't really imagine why you'd want to at only 13 mm thick it's sure to be the best fan for the job the cooler is much larger than I expected it to be although its form factor is is Mini ITX friendly it's surrounded by a large white bezel which I find to be very classy and is accompanied on one side by six massive 6 mm nickel plated copper heat pipes which prove to be excellent dissipators of heat after all that kind of is the point here cry's iconic logo resides on the opposite face and that's essentially it the cooler is sturdy weighs more than you think it would just over half a kilogram and is interlaced with several fins the more the better to an extent the fan is pwm controlled allowing for optimal manual settings pwm by the way stands for pulse with modulation just to you know satisfy your curiosity there generally preferable over three pin voltage regulated fans of lesser grade you can also tuck the sleeve fan cable into rubber retentions along the four corners of the frame depending on where you decide to Route it the clips are a bit difficult to rescure something I do wish cow had thought through a little more but that's just kind of me being picky the installation packet was a straightup carnival of mounting screws and back plates you're also given a large tube of thermal paste with the C1 I still recommend Arctic Silver 5 for now but this will definitely get the job done especially if you have nothing else on hand nice inclusion nonetheless a bunch of fan and bracket screws caps and something else unexpected a large Philips head screwdriver looky there cryg included it for the sake of mounting the cooler which you'll see shortly and I'm glad they did it's a nice inclusion to any toolkit regardless even if you don't decide to use this thing I mean come on free tools right free tools I'll be mounting the SE one of my brother's old rig sporting an fx6300 which means that we'll be needing this back plate suitable for am3 and fm2 motherboards and just like the stock plate this one's made of metal not plastic for the record the Intel plate was as well it's nice to see even expensive water coolers include plastic back plates so a nice touch here here's a representation of just how large the cry C1 is yeah that's the stock AMD cooler right next to it night and day difference in terms of both sound and performance by the way don't Mount the fan until after you've mounted the cooler you'll see why here in a second kbri includes quite a number of special accessories that make this cooler appear premium and when you have a look look at the price you can't really blame them for trying I mean come on an alcohol pad I guess so I mean we'll put it to use in this video but I can't really see I guess I guess it doesn't hurt to have it I will say that the manual is very detailed and easy to follow I'm glad I opened it there are several screw packets to sort through here you can also download the manual from their website Linked In this video's description so let's get to it then this one is for AMD but Intel shouldn't be too difficult to follow either after all you do have that excellent manual start by removing the plastic pieces up front we won't need these but save them just in case you can also store the old metal back plate cryg includes their own use the thumb screws lined with rubber pads on their bottoms to secure the new back plate being careful not to overtighten they're called thumb screws for a reason folks insert the front plate and use the short stubby screws to lock it into place one on each Corner again don't overtighten these no Phillips screwdriver is required if your CPU has old thermal paste pre-applied you can remove it with the included isopro alcohol pad I guess I'll use it here but be careful it is runny and fairly thin only 70% too I recommend 90 or higher after ensuring that the CPU heat spreader is dry you may remove the plastic cover covering the nickel plated base look how nice and shiny that thing is apply a fresh line of thermal paste and align the two spring-loaded screws on the cooler which you can see here from the top see why we shouldn't have installed the fan in the first place with the holes on the front plate sorry that was a lot of that was a lot of interjections in one sentence this took some time and for hands the C1 was super stubborn and without help from my brother I doubt we could have properly secured it there was plenty of clearance Over The crucial ballistic sport RAM on board but we found that it was much easier to mount vertically I I don't really know why I can't really explain it but regardless the fan will be pointing downwards sure to cool off voltage regulator modules and the CPU itself once the cooler is mounted screw in the 140 mm fan of your choice again I see nothing wrong with using the low profile Crow rig fan it's quiet efficient and low profile important especially for those tightly packed ITX builds after plugging in the fan power cable this can be tricky if you didn't already plug it in before you secured the cooler take a a few seconds to admire the cryg C1 it's honestly one of my favorite coolers hands down thanks not only to its unique orientation but its minimalistic functional design my brother was very happy he received a CPU Cooler upgrade trust me it was much needed no more jet engine sounds and we were both satisfied with the new look the C1 offered plenty of clearance underneath even when oriented upward and honestly looks just it just looks good this one's sure to complement any rig and hold its own against even the toughest of overclocks speaking of which what are the temperatures like well off the bat Idols not visibly improved when just sitting there looking pretty temperatures were in the mid 20s roughly 10° lower than with the stock cooler keep in mind this is with an AMD fx6300 and surprise surprise overclock to 4.4 GHz the differences were just as Stark while the stock cooler brought the FX 6300 to 76° C and a degree of thermal throttling at that the se1 performed as expected pushing temperatures down into the low 60s safe operating temperatures for pile driver CPUs so at this point all is well right I should just end the video here well I would now the C1 is undoubtedly a great cooler but one thing has me hung up here the price at a little over $60 currently it's certainly no bargain and I'm sure many of you are wondering how well the hyper 212 Evo Stacks up probably the most popular air cooler around thanks to its Effectiveness and low price to be honest I was a bit disappointed don't get me wrong you can't get much better than the C1 when it comes to Thermal maintenance but at $60 makes me cringe come on cry rig this one was a review sample that they sent me but I am willing to admit that I would not use my own personal money to purchase this cooler at this price if it creeps into the $40 range though I personally guarantee you cry rig you'll have the competitive Advantage you're looking for you can find a link to the cry rig C1 in this video's description like I said love the cooler just don't love the price this is sence Studio thanks for learning with this\n"