Reeven Kelveros (RC-1202) CPU Cooler Review

The mounting procedure is fairly simple. You affix the correct mounting clips to the mounting brackets and then screw these to the cooler. You then hold your backplate into place, and screw from the underside of your motherboard through the backplate and into the bottom of the mounting brackets on the cooler. If you have your motherboard inside a case this is all very easy to do. If like me you have to assemble this without any support for the motherboard, juggling the motherboard, CPU cooler, backplate and screwdriver is challenging to say the least. The Reeven mounting mechanism is average, I’ve seen better but at the end of the day it gets the job done on a lot of CPU sockets and that is all that matters.

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The Kelveros gives ample room with most low- medium profile RAM sticks. It also doesn’t block any PCI Express lanes which is always nice to see.

Here you can see DIMM slots #2, #3 and #4 all remain unobstructed on the this ASUS LGA 1155 socket motherboard. Slot 1 is blocked and so won’t be compatible with very tall RAM modules. If you happen to be using only two high profile DIMMs then you will be fine as you’ll use DIMM slots #2 and #4.

The Kelveros doesn’t even get close to conflicting with motherboard VRM heat sinks – it should be compatible with every motherboard on the market with a supported socket. The only real concern is the first DIMM slot.