upHere P5K CPU Air Cooler 230w TDP 6mm x 5 Copper Heat Pipes CPU Cooler with 120mm Fan PWM 1800RPM 77.93CFM for Intel LGA 1700/1200/1150/1121/1155/1156/1366/AMD AM5/AM4

I have an Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield from a computer I built in 2010. Unlike the inaccurate claims of other coolers listed here, this CPU cooler was designed for and did fit the old LGA 1366 fan mounts. It came with a long philips screwdriver (that I didn't need though) and thermal paste, but I used Noctua NT-H2 thermal paste instead. I didn't realize until recently that the stock Intel CPU cooler did a poor job of cooling my CPU. According to HWiNFO64, my CPU would EASILY jump up to 180+F when loaded down with heavy video encoding. Now, with this seemingly "no-name" brand "upHere" CPU cooler, the maximum core temperature does not exceed 144F with the same heavy video encoding. The max core temperature is about 106F at idle. I think that's a stellar difference! This upHere CPU cooler also cleared all the other capacitors, RAM, and I/O heat sinks on my Gigabyte X58A-UD3R motherboard. It seems very well built and the fan is very quiet too running at about 1680 RPM max (~1440 RPM idle). My case fans are louder. The only thing remotely negative that I have say is that I did have to unmount my motherboard from my computer case (all but 1 screw) to have room to place the CPU cooler mount behind the motherboard, but that wasn't hard and more a factor of the cutout in my computer case. I am very happy with this Cooler!

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Very good price, good reviews, supports AM3/AM3+ motherboards as well as AM4. Ease of installation: Easier to install than a lot of the competitors and I've installed several of them. Value for money: Excellent value for the money. Temperature control: Good temperature control on 125W TDP AMD3 processor.

I'm using this product with an Intel Core I7 920 and a DX58SO motherboard on a 2008 retro build. It works great. That processor is notorious for consuming s lot of power and running very hot. This keeps it nice and cool. I will say this...size wise it is yuge!! Typically the cooler would be installed with the fans oriented vertically, but I installed it 90 degrees the other way. Not sure it matters much but the tall Northbridge heat sink on the mobo makes it physically necessary to orient it that way. Clears the RAM modules and other hardware just fine as it has more than one way it can be positioned. As long as your case can hold it. This Antec 300 case feels pretty full with this inside

No problems with the cooler so far. It was easy to install and it's big so ensure case clearance. It's quiet and we'll see how long the sleeve bearing lasts. The one thing that feels off is that the packaging indicates the cooler has RGB lighting, and that is not a feature on the cooler I received.

I had some trepidation buying this product because of a negative review that it cools poorly. Now having tried it out, these fears are completely unwarranted. I've been running a 10-core Xeon processor for hours at 65+ load average, doing a heavy CPU stress test, including virtualization and heavy memory IO and it's been rock solid at 30-40C and that's excellent. (Did he not remove the plastic guard before putting it in?) This does a great job, but it is MASSIVE. It seems almost too big for my big box server and it's a HUGE case. It dwarfs the motherboard, and I had to remove the power supply in order to plug in all the cables because it was so big and in the way. However, it does leave plenty of room for the RAM sticks, and the fan appears to be a decent quality one that will last a while. Because the fan is so big, it's quiet.