Reeven Kelveros (RC-1202) CPU Cooler Review

At stock we see the Reeven Kelveros posting decent figures that rival that of the more expensive Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced and Reeven Arcziel 12 CPU coolers. The Kelveros is very comfortable with a mild-TDP load of a stock processor.

At overclocked speeds of 4.5GHz and 1.3 volts we see the Kelveros starting to struggle and for a tower cooler it performs mediocre at best. Although this cooler is a fair bit cheaper than some other competing solutions which it loses out too, the Hyper 412 Slim is priced similarly and performs 15 degrees better. Flicking between the low and high switch makes almost no temperature difference at all – there is about 1 degree difference at load.

With four heat pipes and a relatively high speed 120mm fan, something has to be fundamentally wrong with the design for it to fall so far behind the competition because the specifications and the actual performance just do not match up. The only real positive we can draw is that this is still miles better than a stock cooler.