
-Price -Easy to install (AMD 4/5) -Nearly as good as Noctua (1-2 degrees less) -Quiet


- Virtually silent - Excellent instructions - Relatively easy to install (especially a new install, where the motherboard isn't yet installed in the case

The white is immaculate. The ARGB is beautiful and bright. It is easy to install and worked right away with the RGB software on my build,

Others have mentioned this, but this is clearly a device with a ton of care put into making it great. It's so easy to install, so quiet, and keeps things very cool (even the Core i7 6700K I'm using that is technically above its heat specifications). Seems like classic German over-engineering! :) Also, the packaging and instructions that come with it now set my gold standard for how all my tech should come. Very clear, very simple, and everything fits together neatly and precisely. The labels on the bags in the box, and on the 3 instruction packs make figuring out which parts / instructions are for which socket type a brainless activity. I've never bought a Noctua HSF before, but they will be my top choice next time I need one. This company cares about good, easy to use products.

When I had a shipping issue and the package was claimed to have arrived but I couldn't find it on my doorstep, Noctua resolved the claim within a day or two of my having opened it. The product itself works even better than advertised. I bought this specific model because my PC case has very little room vertically to mount a cooler, and this model seemed very low in height. It fit perfectly onto my board and gave me no issue in the clearance above my motherboard. The mounting process was easy due to the directions which were tremendously detailed and simple to follow. The unit itself is almost completely quiet and cools the CPU flawlessly. Noctua went above a beyond here, not only with the product but with their customer service and quick response time to any issues present in the shipping process.

Very well packaged. Nothing was damaged. All the correct mounting components were included for my AMD AM4 Ryzen build. Temps recorded with CPU-X while running benchmark on Bazzite which is seen in picture. Stays well below 50c underload with my build. Fans run quiet and push a good amount of air. I have no issues with RAM clearence since I use low profile non-LED sticks.

Installation is as simple as: Remove the cover from the adhesive, "paste" to the back of the motherboard, then screw in the fan. Much. much better design than Intel stock coolers which depend on flimsy plastic fins. Nice and quiet and does it's job of cooling (mind I'm only using this on an i3).

Idle Temps = 35-40 c Load Temps = 60-77 c Intel Ultra 7 265K


Once figured out how to put fan hooks on and latch em to the heat sink then installing moved along nicely. Temps seem to stay 30's idle 50-60c when gaming. Great heat sink for price, slightly bulky so yeah if dont got decent room in case that may be a problem.

Great temps Sleek Design Very easy installation

- Low profile, but excellent heat sink. Would fit on pretty much any mATX or miniITX board. - Fan quality, low noise and speed commendable. - Case clearance ? low profile. Not an issue at all. With fan mounted, height is 65mm - GPU clearance ? Not an issue at all. Does not even come near to GPU - Memory clearance ? All 4 memory slots easily accessible pre and post installation. - On board VRAM heat sinks, Fan headers and m.2 slots ? easily accessible pre and port installation. - In a nutshell, you won't need to remove this cooler to remove any other component from Board. Or you won't need to remove any part from board to install this cooler. - Can be installed after board is mounted on case or entire PC build is complete. No need to dis-assemble entire PC. This may depend on the PC case. - Easy compatibility check chart provided at Noctua website. Would recommend referring that if any doubt regarding compatibility with main board, or any other component. - TEMPS - Straight decrease in CPU temp after installation. - CPU Intel Core i7 8700 Stock speeds and voltage (More specs below) - Ambient Room Temp - 32-36 Degree Celsius - Stock cooler - 44-48 Degree Celsius on IDLE - 70-80 Degree Celsius on load - Noctua - 34-38 Degree Celsius on IDLE - 62-70 on load - Prime95 stress test all threads and cores - 80-88 Degree Celsius during test. Test duration 20 mins. - Fan is low noise without low noise adapter. Excellent option for cases without any sound dampening material. - Overall - Excellent air cooler for low profile clearances and stock non-overclocking CPUs. Must be considered if upgrading from Intel's Stock cooler or any other low profile cooler not performing as expected.

Newest design working with Core 5 250K Plus. Straight forward design. Runs 30-35C home office, web browsing etc

super quiet came with all tools required clear instructions

I use MSI 's Mystic Light to sync the color with other fans. Keeps my Ryzen 7 9800X3D temp at 39 to 42(C) idling The DDR5 memory sits little high, I was able to moving 1 fan half inch above the heatsink. I ran 3dMark Demo 's Steel Nomad, the temperature peak at 51.3 (c) for a second, Averge temperature was 44(C)

The dark rock keeps a risen 7 well cooled even overclocked. The only time you hear anything is a whisper of a click as the fan cycles off.

Works great lcd looks great

-Dual heatsinks with no RAM clearance issues -Impressive cooling with suboptimal case ventilation -7mm offset mounting for AM5 (still no clearance issues)

I got this for my 1700x and I have no complaints. The fan is silent, it keeps my CPU cool, and it looks good.