CONCLUSION

   Copper CPU coolers have been around for at least a decade now and although they do offer superior cooling efficiency compared to aluminum models both their price/cost and weight have made them a far less popular choice among manufacturers. That being said all-copper models I’ve seen released to date have been surprisingly popular among enthusiasts, modders and even some overclockers over the years so I’m actually surprised we haven't seen more over the years. With that out of the way although we never had the regular C7 here and thus we can't compare its performance with that of the C7 Cu we can say with certainty that for its size the C7 Cu does extremely well which is also why it's the 4th best cooler in our Intel Core i7-3770K charts. Unfortunately, just like with many other coolers performance comes at a price and so its 92mm high-speed fan is quite audible when at full speed (interesting enough it's 4th place again) so you should keep that in mind if you plan on putting the system through heavy use.

   As mentioned already in this review copper CPU coolers are quite more expensive compared to aluminum ones and so the C7 Cu small form factor cooler by CRYORIG currently retails for 44.99Euros inside the EU (Alternate.de) and although still more expensive compared to the regular C7 model (10Euros to be exact) we really think it's worth the extra cost (unfortunately at the time of this review we were unable to find it anywhere in the USA). At the end of the day the C7 Cu may not feature the best fan around (so some people may choose to use another one instead) but it offers very good cooling efficiency at a price tag which is less than its MSRP (just 10Euros over the aluminum version is a bargain) and so it certainly deserves our Golden Award.

PROS

- Very Good Build Quality (All Copper)
- Zero Interference Model (Just 47mm In Height)
- Cooling Efficiency
- Bundle
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Current Availability (USA)
- Noise Levels