This cooler is about what you would expect from a near copy of the stock cooler that's currently being shipped (October 2009) with Intel Core 2 Duos. It is quieter than the stock cooler, but only just. Instead of a whining noise from the stock cooler, you get a less annoying sound of air being pushed around by this one. I only would consider this as a replacement for a stock cooler that broke, or if you have a bare chip, especially if you're going for a very low profile. The price is definitely worth the trouble too. (To note, "quiet" for me is somewhere around 15 dBA MAX acoustics, not nominal. Also note, that I tested this for stock and overclock configurations using a Core 2 Duo E8400 [3.0GHz].) Cooler Master X Dream 4 Aluminum Extrusion Fins CPU Cooler - (RR-LEE-L911-GP)
I paid $20 for the cooler. It went basically right in. It didn't catch all 4 corners but I'm not worried about it, it'll come out easier when I upgrade the CPU. It got my computer running and I expect good service from it. If you can't find better, I recommend it.
I needed a cooler for a socket 775 Celeron D 336, and wasn't looking to spend a heck of a lot of money. This looks and behaves very similar to the stock intel cooler. It's not whisper quiet, but just above, and isn't what I would describe as 'loud.' With a fairly hefty and warm graphics card (an 8800GTS) in a fairly not well ventilated case, the CPU temperature averages out at about 52C - hot, but not dangerously so. This cooler won't win any awards for cooling prowess, but it does the job for cheap.
this is a well made product with a classic design made to fit inside tight spaces. while smaller and better than the stock cooler, you *will* get up to about 61c on the quad core unless you are in a high air flow tower. and of course if you were, you wouldn't need this you'd get something larger.
but in a HTPC this is great, just get better case fans if you run the quad core.
TOO LOUD PLUS IT DON'T FIT RIGHT SO I JUST BOUGHT A DIFFERENT ONE THAT HAS A PLATE 4 UNDER THRE THE BOARD WITH IS BETTER
PLUS IT MAKES BUNTCH OF RACKET LIKE IF THE FAN GOING 2 FALL OF THE BOARD SO DON'T BUY THIS ITEM IT'S ALL PLASTIC LEGS NOT LIKE THE ONCE THAT HAVE THE PLATE
Y IT WAS SO CHEAP, U EVER HEAR THE JOKE ABOUT THE BIRD WHO FLEW OVER KMART LOL....CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP LOL KMART FALL APART WELL THIS IS LIKE THIS ITEM...
Nice, cheap, silent, and effective. Bought it to replace a Masscool cooler that was bigger, heavier, screw-mounted, and that (a) made way too much noise (including unpleasant vibration noise) and (b) didn't cool as well. This cooler keeps an E6750 Core 2 Duo 8-10 degrees celsius cooler than the Masscool cooler, and with the case sides on it's basically quiet.
Had to actually read the directions, because the snap-in posts are more complicated than they were in the olden days--they have multiple positions for releasing/installing and initially this threw me off as I thought two of them were not latching correctly.
Would totally buy again and recommend this cooler to others.
I bought this to replace a fan in an old computer machine that sounded like a hair drier. The order arrived quickly and the fan installs very quickly (After wrenching the old one out of the machine, which was not as easy.) Best of all, it is nearly silent, even at full speed. - Cpu Coolers - Cooling - Am2 - Cpu Cooler'
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