un excelente disipador+ventilador siempre los he usado así, antes que este, un mugen 2 Ojo!, la pasta térmica me vino seca, pero como me gusta este mundillo tenía artic silver 5 por casa, así que ningún problema, compra recomendada si dispones de espacio en tu caja y te molan los disipadores grandes, caballo grande, ande o no ande!
So I have an ancient computer (4 years old) running a MSI board. It was completely stock until now. I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor. I was told about a neat program called Core Temp and use it all the time now. While using Nero to burn a movie, my processor was running both cores at 100%. My core temps were in the low 50*C's. Since this was an old system and hearing how the new coolers make a huge difference, I picked one of these up for ~$25 after a rebate from Corsair.
My temps now never exceed 28*C. I feel much safer having my computer run at full processor power and never having to worry about temps. I don't think that the low 50's would have done any damage as the recommended max temps were in the low 60's, but the security just knowing that I am ok, and also being able to upgrade any computer by adding this baby makes me feel good. ALSO, I leave my computer running 24/7 and shut down maybe once a week or two for a minute.
It shipped very quickly, but I do have Prime so that should have helped that. It came in its original packaging which is extremely padded. The box had stiff edges so I know it has never been opened.
It was also really easy to assemble. I put both 120mm fans on in a push/pull config. To put them on, they come attached to a clip system(I dont know the technical term), which just slides onto the ends and clips into place. Very simple. NOW the only tricky part, and it isnt bad at all, was the mounting to the processor. Because this was an existing computer, I left the Motherboard and all other parts in place. I do have an aftermarket tower and I think it is a full tower?? Its huge. Now I think it would be very simple to attach if you are building a system because it would give you more room with the motherboard outside of the case, but regardless, not overly bad. I cleaned off the thermal crap off of my old processor and applied the amount recommended on the instructions(a pea size amount). Then when putting it on the processor, it seemed to move around a bit like the paste was more like Vaseline. I did get it attached and secured. THEN, because this thing is HUGE and it was inside the case, I had a bit of trouble attaching the power to the board because it was slightly behind the fan.
Overall, because most of my troubles were because of my own doing, this thing is amazing. It has 4 copper tubes that attach to a huge aluminum fins. Both fans are running and I decided to add the resistors which bring down the fan speed, and a bit of noise. My temps (as far as Core Temp says) idle at 17-20*C. Max is high 20's so not much change. I am looking to do a major upgrade and build my own budget computer so I will report back once I have the new machine up and running. Wish me luck because this is new territory building my own.
I will and have recommended this fan to everyone I know who has their own desktop. Corsair will have plenty of new customers in the future. Also, great small non spyware/adware programs that are useful and fun to look at even though I dont understand them all is Core Temp, CPUID and GPUID. They will tell you more about your computer hardware than anyone will ever understand.
My set up currently: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane @ 2.095 MHz MSI MS-7327 Motherboard 3gigs of RAM GForce 7300 GPU 512Mb I think 400W power supply 320g hard drive Fresh install of windows 7 (previously Vista)
Bought of these about 6 months ago now to replace my stock cooler as i noticed my temps were starting to get a little hot for my liking. I know corsair have a good reputation for quality and products that work, so i put my money on them.
Well 6 months on i havnt been disappointed, temps dropped over 20c, and barely move under heavy load (Im a gamer running a high end rig, so temp is important)
Easy fitment, looks well good in a cable managed case.
The only catch in my case, was that my corsair dominator ram has tall heatspreaders on it, so i had to unclip two of the heat spreaders to keep the ram in, as the cooler sits lowish to the board, unlike some which account for them but put extra strain on the motherboard.
Would and have recommend this cooler to fellow gamers and hi-end system builders.
Da ich zu den Standard Lüftern von Intel absolut kein Vertrauen habe, habe ich mir dieses Cooler bestellt. Und er bietet sehr gute Leistung.
Ich habe einen Intel 2500K (nicht übertaktet) und bin unter Volllast noch nie über 36 Grad hinausgekommen. Dies setzt jedoch auch eine gute Luftzirkulation im Tower voraus!!!