Earlier this week we posted a story showing a what seemed to be updated Wraith cooler from AMD. In Asia at the Xfastest forums somebody noticed a new revision of the Wraith Prism with six heat pipes.

The big picture: For years, AMD's bundled Wraith coolers offered a plug-and-play solution that helped set its Ryzen CPUs apart. Their sudden discontinuation underscores how hardware perks can quietly ...