Vetroo V5 CPU Air Cooler with 5 Heat Pipes 120mm FDB PWM Processor Cooling for Intel LGA 1851/1700/1200/115X AMD AM5/AM4, Addressable RGB Lights Sync – Pink

Good budget cooler with nice RGB.
I was looking for a cooler that wouldn’t break the bank but still looked good and kept my CPU temps in check. This was easy enough to install on my AM4 socket, and the RGB lighting adds a nice touch to my build. The fan isn’t too loud, even when it ramps up during gaming. It keeps my CPU cool enough, though I’m not doing any crazy overclocking. For the price, it’s a solid deal. It might be a bit big for smaller cases, though.

Improvement over the AMD Stock Cooler, hassle to install
Bought the white version for use on a Ryzen 7 3700x on a MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI AM4 ATX motherboard, Neo Qube ATX case (a copy of a Lian Li 011D XL).Compared to the AMD stock cooler: at ultra settings with full RTX on for Cyberpunk 2077, I was easily hitting 80C for CPU temp. With the Vetroo V5, I was hitting about 62C with the same settings (AMD says 80C-90C is typical for the 3700x under stress loads). Idle temps with the Vetroo V5 as I’m typing this are about 32C, 35% fan speed.It does come with thermal paste and they give you brackets so you can install it on either an Intel or AMD motherboard. The heatsink also pretty tall compared to the AMD stock cooler. Its height cut really close to touching my glass side panel but it managed to fit without touching/scratching it. In terms of clearance alongside the RAM sticks with the included fan clipped on the heatsink: It can cut pretty close. I have 4 ram slots to the right of my CPU but I’m only utilizing 2 slots [ x O x O, (O is slot used, x is empty)] and with the fan on either side, it fits no problem. If I had all 4 slots filled and the fan positioned on the same side as the RAM sticks, it would cut pretty close to touching the RAM sticks. I’d recommend holding it in place prior to screwing anything in just to see if clearance is an issue for you. Because the heatsink is taller/narrower, it might give some leeway for the fan to fit next to the RAM sticks and be no issues.I had a few gripes with the cooler: mainly pertaining to the installation. For the most part, the instructions they provide you are clear in how to install it for either Intel/AMD. For AMD motherboards, when you screw on the two metal brackets onto the heatsink, point the diamonds at the ends so that a majority of it is facing inwards TOWARD THE HEATSINK, NOT AWAY, and orient the coiled covered screws in the proper direction. If anything, I’d recommend aligning the two metal brackets themself with the CPU backplate (if your mobo has it) prior to screwing the brackets onto the heatsink itself. My mistake was mounting the brackets incorrectly so the screws didn’t align in a perfect rectangle to the backplate (it was more like a parallelogram).This could be an issue specific to the design of my ATX case, but because my motherboard was positioned vertically for the installation process and gravity wants to pull the heatsink down, that became a problem for me. I could not position my case/motherboard down horizontally as I needed to hold the backplate in place to the back of my motherboard (my case itself could not prop up the backplate nor could I get my hand in a position to hold the plate if i set my case horizontally). Like imagine trying to assemble a sandwich in midair and the bread slices are standing vertically. The heatsink is the left bread slice, the backplate is the right bread slice and the motherboard/case is this gigantic ass piece of hard ham. The only way to hold them together is using toothpicks through the left side where the heatsink is. (I believe only AM4 motherboards have this backplate that detaches behind the CPU/mobo?) Anyways, after a small struggle, I was able to sandwich the heatsink/mobo/backplate together just so the screws slotted onto the top of the backplate, then tilt my case moreso on its side to actually start screwing it together.In addition, because the screws that tighten to the motherboard sit so close to the heatsink, I had to use my screwdriver at an angle instead of just having it straight down. I was afraid of stripping the screw, but it felt like the grooves were big enough so I was able to tighten it a fair amount so it fit securely and not strip the screws.Overall and despite my long rant about the annoying installation issues, I’m satisfied, especially considering price to performance ratio. Noise level is minimal/quieter than the AMD stock cooler even at higher fan speeds. Aesthetics with RGB fan is fine to me and the CPU is running at a lower temperature which was the main thing I cared about. All at a decent price and I couldn’t ask for more personally. It’s akin assembling IKEA furniture. It might be a bitch to put together but if the end result provides functionality and aesthetics of it, then you may be fine going through the hassle if it is one.

This is a very cheap but surprisingly well-performing cooler.I ended up installing 2 of these for some friends who had similar pre-built systems both from Asus, one was AMD and one was Intel. The Intel system had chronic throttling issues and idled at 60c and the AMD one’s fan was ramped to max permanently and they complained about hearing it even with headphones on.The Vetroo V5 is fairly easy to install but does come with custom mounting brackets so depending on the case and motherboard you have to work with it can be quite difficult to get this installed but that’s not really a problem unique to this cooler. Instructions were good, all the included parts were there and the thermal compound was easy to apply and seems to be good quality.It dramatically dropped temps on both systems, is nearly silent and most importantly for their scenarios it is quite a short tower– this will (just barely!) fit in some very narrow pre-built mid-towers. The tip of the heatpipes actually touch the side panel of one of the systems but that’s fine. No other decent air cooler I could find would fit and they didn’t have the space for an AIO.Worked fine as a replacement cooler for a 65W TDP CPU (AMD) and a 105W TDP CPU (Intel).Not sure I’d want to throw this on a really power hungry processor but if you want to upgrade a stock cooler this will totally fit the bill and is so cheap it won’t break your budget.

Perfect heatsink unit, very happy with performance, and ARGB light up, price was fantastic very happy with purchase.