Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Black CPU Cooler,Dual TL-C12B V2 PWM Fans and Double Towers, 7 Heat Pipes Heatsink Cooler,for AM4/AM5&Intel LGA1851/1700/115X/1200, Computer CPU Cooling,Black

This is a terrific heatsink/fan combination that is well made and highly affordable. A y-splitter cable is provided to combine the 2x 4 pin PWM connectors into a single 4pin PWN mobo header. The fan even comes with a large tube of Thermalright TF7 paste which is quality paste. This product was purchased for a stock 12700kf, no undervolt or overclock, just stock with intel pref settings (none of that MCE stuff) inside of a H9 Flow case (2025) and there's no issue with noise or sound; keeps the CPU in the low to mid 60's with small bursts to 71c at 70% power in Cyberpunk 2077 with all Raytracing settings maxxed. One thing worth mentioning, if you have large RAM heatsinks, you will need to get creative. If you have low profile ram, you should be fine. Overall, this is a great product with easy installation and quality performance that would rival AIO's.

I constantly saw this cooler recommended as the best basic air cooler around. I have to say, it's very well earned as this is an excellent cooler. The package includes a nice set of brackets and standoffs for both AMD and Intel CPUs. A good thermal paste TF7 is also included which I used. Setup was pretty easy, it was a little finicky to seat the two main screws that hold the plate to the CPU. I had to watch a short video to figure out how to attach the metal wires to the fans and then stretch them over the radiator. One thing to note is that the front fan might not fit if your RAM is on the taller side. I had to move the front fan up a few notches which was pretty easy. Performance seems amazing, even under load the fans are quiet and my Ryzen CPU doesn't even break a sweat. It seems AIOs are popular now but I wanted something as simple as possible with good performance and I'm really pleased with this.

I bought this to replace a 240 mm water cooler that was giving me issues. This is very much a budget cooler with good performance. After applying the correct amount of thermal paste, repositioning the fans in my case to blow air out the top and front, I am idling between 37-40 c. It does great at idle and during light loads, loading up some 4k high on Battlefield 6, and it hits as high as 73c on an AMD 9700X. I don't think you can ask more of a sub $40 cooler. UPDATE: I just swapped out the stock fans with three, that's right three, Noctua Redux 120mm fans and idle temps have dropped by 2-3 degrees (35c at idle)! The Noctua fans spin 200 rpm faster at peak and push about 10 more CFM and are quieter. I think performance and value with this setup is a better cooler for your dollar than Noctua's own flagships. If you have some cheap, fast and reasonable pushy fans lying around you can easily improve this HSF already good performance for great performance.

This thing is awesome. I was previously using a Noctua NH-U12S, but I upgraded my CPU and these newer Ryzen chips are known to run pretty hot so I needed to reconsider my cooling. The Noctua was nice and silent, but it was only a single tower cooler. I installed this bad boy and saw a significant drop in temps under load, and it's still relatively quiet. I will say that if you're not using low profile RAM, like really low profile, the front fan on this will stick out a bit further than the back one. That doesn't bother me too much though and I doubt it has an effect on cooling performance. It's worth noting that the box includes everything you'll need like mounting brackets, standoffs, thermal paste, daisy chain cable, etc. Certainly worth picking this up if you're in the market for a solid CPU cooler with incredible value. Thermalright knocked it out of the park!

This fan works great and it was straight forward to install. My original CPU fan would start to spin at a very high RPM when playing video games and had poor cooling performance. This new CPU cooler is extremely quit even when playing videos games and keeps the CPU's temperature cool and stable. The only issue I had with it was that I could not fit both fans on the towers because my ram was sitting to tall. So I installed one fan in the middle of the coolers towers which work perfectly.

Chilly cooler, a small case will cause problems, so could a small motherboard due to it contacting ram sticks, but if this fits it's a beast. This is a little more risky due to its size, but if your case/motherboard can handle it it's one of the best budget coolers.

Very effective for my CPU (as much as the water-cooling on my old PC). Made for a fun build.

I bought this to cool a 9800X3D and it's a great, affordable system. Measure your RAM as the front fan sits over the RAM slots. I have Kingston Fury Beast non-RGB and the fan makes contact with the modules, requiring it to sit a couple mm higher than it should, but nothing awkward. RGB RAM would definitely cause the fan to be raised up quite high. In that situation it may or may not hinder cooling. The fans use metal clips to grip the fins and is adjustable up and down, so it's not difficult to adjust them to fit. Otherwise, I've read that a single Phanteks T30 may fit between the fins and possibly be quieter. I might try this hack at some point just for fun. Edit: I purchased a Thermalright TL-E12B V3 fan to replace both stock fans. The E12B has almost 2x the static pressure and higher CFM, but under 2 dBA louder. I'm running this single fan between the fins clipped to the rear fin and am actually seeing lower temps at load. I am only undervolting, no OC. Idle temps are 28c, normal load like gaming or high demand apps are 40-60c, full stress test in Prime95 max load is just under 80c at 100% fan speed. I've adjusted the fan curve since, but initially the same fan curve as the dual fan exhibited much less noise at 60-70c. I attribute this to the higher static pressure, and although I have not tested the stock fan in single mode, am very happy with this config.

This is a good replacement to a water cooled option and is quiet. Its man enough for a top end i9.

Great cooler, keeps temps really low,ryzen 5 5500 OC'd to 4800Mhz, Temp doesn't go above 70C

Great cooler for moderately power CPUs like a 7950X3D. Have installed this on that CPU in my home server and it keeps the CPU temps at reasonable levels without generating a lot of noise. Easy to install with clear instructions.

When i play games it can’t handle the heat, evertime its reach 100c