ARCTIC Alpine 64 GT - CPU Cooler for Quietness, Supports AMD AM4, AM3, AM2, FM2, Ultra-Quiet 80 mm PWM Fan - Black;white

Worst cooler I have ever tried to install.... The plastic clips that hold it in place just push / bend down to clip over the socket frame but you have to push so hard on it to get the clips to clip over that there is a possibility of breaking the motherboard. Most AMD coolers have a lever that you push down to tension the cooler on to the socket frame but not this it just has to be pushed on until the clips latch over the socket frame.No denying that the PWM fan is good quality as ever from Arctic but the actual design for mounting it is abysmal + it only provides sufficient cooling for 70w CPU's max which means not many CPU's except for the low watt ones can be used with it and why would you bother when the standard AMD one is more than adequate.Overall, if you want to upgrade your AMD CPU cooler then look elsewhere.

Swapping this cooler for an installed stock AMD cooler was a disappointment and my temperatures rose after this was equipped.The installation went smoothly although some of the heat paste got smeared in transit and packaging so had to re-apply paste. It operated silently but I noticed the RPMs were lower than the stock AMD cooler it replaced.In the end it's cheap and ok if you have no fan for your cpu but didn't do a good enough job for me. I had to put the old AMD cooler back on.

I used this as a stop gap for my ryzen 7 1800x and it's done a great job for such small cooler, I wouldn't use this permanently on a high end chip but for mid to low end cpu's j would be more than happy to use it. I did get some thermal throttling with 1800x but not much and the chip never got above 75c under stress test so as a stop gap or a cheap solution to no cooler I can highly recommend the only negative is it's a bit tricky to fit as you have to put a lot of pressure down onto the cpu to fit it

Nice little fan and hestsink. Fins on the fan are large and produce little noise. My only criticism would be the mounting mechanism. Seems to clip on the motherboard mounting lugs with a plastic clip system. Fine until it breaks. At first I was a bit unsure if it would apply enough pressure but temperatures are within normal ranges. Cheap and functional.

I bought a DIY power source and of course with most of these kits come without radiators I had to improvise. And what can be cheap(was £3,98), good and biggest ... a CPU heatsink. The perfect price and extra bonus a cooler. Job done ✔

Clipped one end on then thought it was going to be impossible to clip the other side, but you have to push gently down on the black plastic frame above the clip. It clipped on easy as pie! Seems nice & quiet. Hopefully it will keep the CPU cool enough as I don't intend to drive it hard.

Easy install.after snapping and old cooler master clip this was a doddle to put on compared to the old cooler master.This is cheap standard and probably wont last very long but it works fine.Cools phenom ii 1055t not over clocked(i have some arctic PCcase fans they only lasted 2 years, still not bad though)

Installation was super easy. Very simple clip on design.Good value for the performance (efficiency and noise level )Fitted in a Mini Itx case (cooler master Elite 120)Pre applied thermal pasteI installed it on a FM+2For the price you can't go wrong ! Best buy.