Summary: The included fan is kind of loud when running at max RPM, which it does when my temps get up to 60c.
Pros: The fan is quiet under most conditions, and it keeps my APU cool. Idle temps are near ambient room temp up to about 33c during normal operation. Fits nicely on my mITX...
Cons: Under heavy load, my APU gets up to about 60c. I use a a10-5800k chip at stock speeds. The chip is rated at 100w TDP and this cooler is rated up to 150w TDP. Personall...
Summary: I tried bending it (as another user suggested) but it snapped right away because of a fault in the metal (the metal is bendable if you're fortunate enough to not have
Pros: Cools better than my stock Athlon 64 cooler and is pretty quiet.
Cons: The K8/AM3/AM2 retention plate doesn't apply nearly enough pressure so you'll have to get a bit inventive if you want to use it.
Pros: Large improvement over stock cooler, fairly quiet for a CPU fan, keeps my temps low even in my OC'd system
Cons: I took 1 egg off for the mounting system of the fan to the actual heatsink, its a good idea and it works fine but on systems where the socket and ram slots are close t...
Pros: Purchased this a couple of years back as a stock replacement for my main rig. It's still on my main rig and has seen 3 AMD processors. It does the job, quiet, and allo...
Cons: I'm a pro now and can latch it on in a minute, but my first installation almost resulted in broken furniture out of anger. At $30 it's a little pricey... See other tho...
Summary: Installed this on my I7 980X and it runs MUCH cooler now. The stock heatsink let it run in the 40-50 degrees C range and with this one, it runs around 30-40.