Sentiment Overview
MOST IMPORTANT SENTIMENTS
TOP POSITIVE
"Has a nice fan speed controller."
"Installation is really easy."
TOP NEGATIVE
"Not really a con since the heatsink isnt removed very often at all but I did suffer some cuts from the fins of this baby."
"thermaltakes armor handles it with room to spare"
"easy installation"
Easy installation, and keep my CPU very cool even at low speed.
Easy installation, but see cons.
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"large cooler"
[ Large cooler, quiet, very effective.] It's also a little over an inch away from the rear case fan.
It's a large cooler, might not fit in your case.
"adjustable fan speed"
Cools well, adjustable fan speed
Under full load, the highest I have seen it hit was 44C and that was at 1900RPMs with my O-C'd 6000 + It's quiet, It's got an adjustable fan speed controller, and keeps the CPU ic
"cool design"
awesome fan, cool design, you might wanna check to see if it would actually fit in ur case then get it cuz it's awesome.
I'm amazed @ how much of a Difference this cooler and the Giga Crazy Cool design.
"large fan"
[ Large fan-heatsink] Does an excellent job cooling the CPU.
[ Large fan-heatsink] When I initially installed it I set the FanMate2 to run the fan approximately 40-50 % and my CPU was showing around 105F or so.
"cool blue"
Easy Install, Great Cooling, Cool Blue LED, Nice Copper Look, RPM controller
Looks very, very nice with the design and the cool blue lights.
"cheap intel stock"
[ non OCd set up, I needed something to replace the cheap intel stock cooler, this fit the bill.] Brought my temps down into the low 30s(idle)and wont let them budge past 41C under full load of both cores.
non OCd set up, I needed something to replace the cheap intel stock cooler, this fit the bill.
"sweet looking"
[ Awesome cooler] Quiet(on lower settings ), blue, sweet looking(in my steel case with no window ), very cool.
It is so FREAKING sweet looking if you have a window in your case, I would have seriously cut a hole in the side of my tower if I did not already have the Antec 900.
"huge heat sink"
It does fit, even with the huge heat sinks on the North Bridge and surrounding the processor.
Simple clamp design is awesome, it securely holds this HUGE heat sink in place.
"large surface area"
Large surface area, Fan fairly quiet.
Very large surface area for a lot extra cooling capability compared to the stock heatsink.
"cool temps"
COOL Temps
sustains cool temps even in hot roomlooks great in casekeeps my overclocked x2 4000(2.8)at 33 idle 42 load even my my hot upstairs apartment(my room is about 85-90f )
"huge surface area"
Huge surface area, great big fan, pretty lights, excellent performance and decent acoustics for it's performance level.
"nervous using"
I was blown away by its sheer size (I've never bought an aftermarket cooler before), and a little nervous using thermal glue, but other than that, it wasn't too difficult to get in
"cool system"
[ GREAT PREMIUM AIR COOLER.] I HAD THIS IN MY GAMING CASE WHICH AS OF LATE WENT TO LIQUID COOL SYSTEM AND HANDED THIS DOWN TO MY YOUNGER SON.
"sturdy installation"
Cools well ; looks great(the blue LED looks especially good if you happen to match it with other blue LEDs, like on case fans); relatively easy and sturdy installation
"easiest installation"
First off, easiest installation I ever had with a cpu cooler in mu life(for amd)no screws neded at all!
"cool plate"
no problem with fancy Crazy Cool plate on back of MB, just use Little Spacers you get to install MotherBoard in Case.
"huge piece"
Make sure you mount this with the fan facing the correct direction, otherwise it won't be as effective as it can be and it will seriously destroy you're rig's air flow - this is a huge piece of equipment - and fairly quiet (comes with speed controller that can be mounted outside the case if you like)
"powerful heat"
[ Zalman] very powerful heat syncits pretty and keeps things nice and low temp wiseit has a very good ball bearing fan that moves a lot of air(also lights up blue )
"large number"
A large number of case fans along with some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste may be helping to keep my processor running cool in addition to this heatsink-fan.
"smart design"
This is the best CPU cooler I have ever used ; high quality, smart design, keeps my QX6700(OC'd to 3.2GHZ)at around 50C under load, which is impressive considering how hot the Quad runs even without OC'ing.
"huge side"
If you have huge side case fans be ready to take them out or replace them with smaller ones
"cool heat"
If you want to use the CrazyCool heat plates on the board, then you will not be able to mount this cooler USING the back plate bracket
"overheat n"
This CPU cooler is got to be the best fan cooler out there, brought my Pentium D 950 Presler 3.4GHz to 26C idle, iam not much of a gamer, but I tried playing call of duty and it would overheat now I do not have that problem.
"quiet system fans"
Excellent coolingPure copperVery quiet(can not even notice it over my already quiet system fans)I like that it can be situated to face in any direction, such as to the top of the case.
"cramped side"
Then place the cooler onto the socket and if there is a cramped side, hook the clamp there
"effective cooler"
[ A great CPU Cooler] All copper design and smooth, polished base make this unit a very effective cooler.
"large copper heatsink"
Cools my E8400 to 22-25c idle, Large copper heatsink impressive looking in my case.
"easy choice"
If you have the room in your case and nothing in the way on your motherboard this in an easy choice
"cheaper coolers"
there are cheaper coolers that will do a better job at keeping cool if your CPU is farther away from the exhuast
"sweet cpu"
This is a super sweet CPU heatsink and is only bested by the thermal-right ultra-120 extreme with 2 120mm fans
"clear water"
The Copper is a real nice look along with the Fire Red UV dye running through my clear water hose(Water cooled VGA only ).
"cool back plate"
Some users have complained about not being able to use this cooler on a Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 board due to the CrazyCool back plate
"cool n"
I let the Cool n Quiet program do all the fan adjust ments as well as the AI Booster do all the overclocking.
"idle 5"
keeps my phenom II cool, stockHSF was 49c idle 55load, now with out even turning the fan up it idles at 27c and loads at 34c, easy 3 min install, amd for the win!
"quiet n"
Don't bother unless your a quiet nut, with a speed habit you cant break and you burn through money as if it was going out of style
"smart fan speed"
Couple this with a motherboard which has smart fan speed control function, such as Q-Fan found on Asus, works great.
"idle temps drop"
worked better than expected, my system idled at 51c making it impossible to oc, after installing this cooler temps droped to 40c, I thought that was good but after about 4 days noticed my idle temps drop an additional 10 degs.
"quiet pro"
I let the Cool n Quiet program do all the fan adjust ments as well as the AI Booster do all the overclocking
"sharp fins"
[ great cooler] Size. Sharp fins.
[ THE best CPU cooler on the markey] You may lose a finger on the razor sharp fins.
"huge fan"
I was skeptical about this huge fan-heatsink, but I'm so glad that I bought it.
I'm not a huge fan of the controller it comes with, and its size and configuration complicated installation slightly.
"large size"
It is on the large size and a bit heavy, but nothing unusual for heat-sinks with similar performance.
Large size make it a challege to mount.
"huge cooler"
Sometimes the back fan speed control does not work, HUGE COOLER!
This huge cooler does not fit.
"sharp edges"
[ A great CPU Cooler] The fins are quite thin, leading to sharp edges.
very sharp edges are the only con
"idle core temps"
This and the XCLIO A380 Plus case dropped my idle core temps by 15-20 degrees CELCIUS.
"huge deal"
Also if you have the 680i MB you will have to modify the backing plate(I did it with an exacto knife: not a huge deal ).
"securely fit"
Installation is not a" breeze" but does securely fit the cooler on the motherboard to support the weight.
"pricey side"
[ Great product] Little on the pricey side considering it has been in the market for a long time.
"cramped cases"
Only possibles are the size and sound ; may not fit some smaller or cramped cases(Check clearance before buying.
"passive cooling system"
I was running a massive Thermaltake passive cooling system, like 1.5 pounds of copper.
"huge people"
GINORMOUS, as said in many other reviews, this thing is huge people, when I first pulled it out of the box I thought for sure it was not going to fit in my rig.
"huge exhaust fan"
This Heatsink will perform better with a huge exhaust fan next to it and have the zalman blow air outward towards the exhaust(its shape is similar to a wind tunnel ).
"large case"
This heatsink is HUGE! Make sure you have a large case if you plan to make this purchase.
"idle room"
This coolerIdle 72F and Tacked 109 at quiet settingIdle Room temp which is 70F to a max tack of 88F max modeFor the people that gave this a bad review.
"durable mounting bracket"
Motherboard needs to be removed to install the durable mounting brackets because it weighs way more than Intel specs.
"quiet setting"
This coolerIdle 72F and Tacked 109 at quiet settingIdle Room temp which is 70F to a max tack of 88F max modeFor the people that gave this a bad review.
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