Highlights
Quality
I bought the 2nd one as a temporary replacement since my liquid cooling died and needed a solid slightly cheaper cooler for a f... Read More
This was my first time building a pc and i choose this fan for my cpu works great no issues installing it it came with the ther... Read More
As reported by a lot of users the cpu was running hot and noisy with the stock cooler
It is suitable for 1200 compared with the original one of the i7 it works so good
Price
Price is nice and the cooling performance is very good
Shipping
I had installed a similar cooler master cooler on my own rig an old x58 system so this was a pretty fast and easy install
Packaging/appearance
It was hitting the tjmax and throttling down during any sustained load
Competitiveness
Works well with my ryzen 5 3600 using the msi overclock genie
Im sure if you invest the money into a decent noctua fan itd greatly improve acoustics and its perfect
Also when i installed it i guess i didnt align it properly so it is slightly crooked but it hasnt given me any kind of trouble ... Read More
You get the same temp reduction as water cooling at a fraction of the price
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- This product had a total of 12,115 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 6 2020.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With this setup the temperature never goes over 85c and the fan isnt too loud even when stress testing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I can see a dozen things going wrong during installation however given the absurdly awkward brackets and incomplete instructions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But the instructions are just a series of photos that are not overly helpful
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In fact theyre pretty awful
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In the end i ended up throwing them away and just figuring it out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
At high load in a game with the stock cooler temperatures were hitting 85c celsius on really hot days with no ac it even went past 90c
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The fan barely has to kick in and i dont even notice it running
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It was hitting the tjmax and throttling down during any sustained load