Corsair A115 CPU Air Cooler Review

A Closer Look

Taking the A115 out of the box, you can see, there is a protective plastic cover on the coldplate, ensuring the pre-applied thermal paste doesn’t get smudged before you open the packaging.

It looks really cool the way they’ve done this to match the triangle pattern we see on a lot of Corsair products and packaging. Having it ready to use is going to speed up the install time too, which is great.

The cooler itself looks great with a hefty weight to it, which isn’t that surprising given just how densely those chunky fins are packed in, as well as some robust-looking side plates that double up at fan mounting slide-rails.

The fins are all finished with some saw-like teeth, they’re not sharp, but the shape does help increase the surface area and will diffuse the air a little more as it exits the cooler, allowing it to draw even more heat away as it exits.

From the side profile, it’s a much cleaner finish, with folded edges on the fins closing up the sides, so air should only really pass through the larger faces of the dual cooling towers.

Corsair has kept the branding pretty classy on this cooler, with a light grey font on the side of the fan (see above) and a glossy black print on the top of the cooler (see below).

There are two cooling towers, kept quite close together so that the pre-installed fan in the middle pretty much fills that gap, but there’s a second fan included in the box that can be installed to improve performance should you have room or need for it in your particular build. Six heat pipes pass through the cold plate too, giving excellent coverage of the CPU socket.

The cooler comes with two fans, one is pre-installed on the cooler, and the other is included in the box. They’re both the latest Corsair AF 140 Elite PWM, which feature a fluid dynamic bearing design and operate at up to 1600 RPM.

These are great quality fans and cost £26.99 each if you were to buy them separately. With up to 84.5 CFM of airflow at a peak of 1,600 RPM with a zero RPM mode should you need it, they are well suited to use on an air cooler or radiator.