This thing is a beast. The only system I had to test it on is an ITX board, the cooler is nearly bigger than the motherboard lol. In all seriousness, I have tested this system with a "stock" cooler and it was barely able to keep the cpu below 70c during stress tests. My Thermalright AXP90 had no problems keeping things below 55c during the same tests. This guy is just as capable as the AXP, I realize that my room's ambient temps were colder when I tested the AXP, winter is finally gone and the house is warming up a bit. When I tested this one even under full tilt 3hr stress tests, it remained below 60c and within seconds of stopping returned to 30c which is where it sits when idle. As air coolers go, this is a great value and very well performing unit. It looks quite industrial, but those 120mm fans definitely get the job done. I will purchase this again if I need an air cooler for something that needs more than a basic cpu cooler. Even under stress the fans are not loud, in my open test bench, the fans were no more than whispers.
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