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It's a lot bigger than a stock CPU cooler but it's regarded as 'compact' by overclocking enthusiasts. I bought the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO CPU Cooler to replace a flower-type low noise heat sink/fan cooler and the difference in CPU temperatures was remarkable - 21C lower at idle and 22C on full power. This was with an AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE CPU running at standard 3.2GHz continuously (no clock stepping) and undervolted. The low noise cooler being replaced was designed for a less-hot CPU anyway. The temperature range before was 55-61C and now it's 34-39C. This means I now have scope for some overclocking while keeping the maximum temperature in the mid-50s. The fan runs faster than the old cooler so it is audibly louder but once the case is closed up the difference is not great. A nice touch is that fan (at least with the AMD clamp) can be rotated or reversed to suit the layout of your motherboard. I have mine pointing at the main exhaust case fan, which is ideal. On my board there is no problem with fitting close to adjacent memory modules. The fan has a four-way power and control lead so is speed controllable if your board supports this. You can also attach a second fan (not supplied) if you want a push-pull fan arrangement but tests seem to indicate this only provides a marginal benefit. Overall, this three heat-pipe cooler, with direct contact of the heat pipes to the CPU top, plus 92mm fan, works extremely well for the money.Read full review
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Really good heatsink and fan, supports a wide range of sockets and installation is very straightforward. Keeps my i7-3770k below 75 degrees Celsius with the fan running at 40% speed even when at full load, while remaining inaudible. Shorter than the Hyper 212 evo, so it will fit in smaller cases. I am pleased with this purchase and would recommend to a friend, would have bought the hyper 212 evo if my case would fit it, but this is a great cooler, far better than the Intel stock cooler that came with my CPU.
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Very good cooler keep my i5 7500 on 37 degrees with minimal load, 50 degrees on full load when gaming massive drops compered with stock cooler, also quieter that intel cooler. Only 4 stars as are very difficult to use with lga 1151 as arms bit to wide and not going straight into the motherboard holes, requires bit of fiddling. When is mounted (due to size) there's not much around space so difficult to connect cables. Used wit m-atx motherboard and q300l case.
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Easy to fit to LGA 1150 socket motherboard (MoB) without removing the MoB from the case. Fan is relatively quiet over the operating range. Very effective in dropping the CPU temperature by around 20 degree C when doing a 100% CPU load test.
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This is an excellent product at a very realistic price. My PC has run almost silently since it was installed. Similar products available but at a higher cost. This suits my need and have had no overheat crashes since installed.
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