ARCTIC Alpine 12 CO - CPU Cooler for Intel 115x and 1200, for Continuous Operation, 92 mm PWM Fan, up to 100 W Cooling Power, Pre-Applied MX-2 Thermal Compound, Easy Installation

I recently upgraded my PC and decided to try this cooler out. I was a bit nervous since I’ve had mixed experiences with cooling solutions before, but this one totally surprised me in a good way. First off, the installation was super straightforward. I know some coolers can be a pain, but this one just clicked into place with no hassles. I didn’t even need to look up how-to videos, which is always a plus.What really impressed me was how well it kept my CPU temps down, especially during gaming marathons. I play a lot of demanding titles and usually, my old cooler struggled, cranking up the fans and making a racket. This cooler? It’s quiet and efficient. Even when I pushed my system, I didn’t see the temps getting anywhere near the danger zone.The pre-applied thermal compound is a nice touch too, made things even smoother. Honestly, for the price, I don't think you can beat the cooling power it offers. If you’re on a budget but still want solid performance and easy setup, this cooler's definitely worth it. I'm really happy with this purchase and would recommend it to anyone looking to upgrade without breaking the bank.

I've had this cooler before and it's a lot better than stock intel. Fitting is easy and it's quiet in use without compromising cooling performance. Seller posted this promptly and it was received well packaged in good time.

Alpine 12 CO - Initial impressions were not great. The mount is flimsy and mounting was not very firm. I do this stuff a lot and it feels about the same as a stock cooler. Line it up well and it will probably clip in. If you have a problem, lift the black pins, push down on the rim of the white part with a screwdriver. The white clips snap into the holes, then you can the lock off. My first try on a i5 2400 ran idle at about 35 degrees, increasing to highs of 80 under Intel's Extreme Tuner. Later, I swapped motherboards, cleaned up and fitted with NT-H1 paste. I think the first setup was not fully in contact, leading to poor performance. Now, with a mild overclock the temp sits close to 30 at idle, and raises to about 62 under test. The stock cooler was much worse, hitting close to 90. Sound is good, you can hear it once it winds up but most the time it is very quiet. The cpu fan lead is long with no clips unlike the stock cooler which may be a little untidy. This and the mounting cost one star, but it is very cheap.So, good cheap cooler, but take care mounting. The screwdriver trick works, where brute force would fail.

I had an old i7-2700k and when I moved it into another case the artic freezer pro 13 snapped off the mounting brackets. I was only using it as a TV theatre computer so bought this cheap replacement. Well the idles actually went down, old freezer pro though like 7 years old and I never replaced the thermal compund on it. I did clean case a lot as well. Overall It is quiet enough and works well. I did 1 hour of prime 95 (I know it is not long enough but it was long enough for me to know I would never have issues at all given my work load on it) and it maxed at 70 degress but I do have excellent air flow in case and I do not have a powerful graphics card in it.Installation took me 10 seconds, I literally just pushed down the 4 pegs into the holes done then plugged fan in. I was like well that was easy enough.

Arctic is my go-to for value but performant coolers. This is no exception. Noise is good considering the size but obviously a Tower cooler will be quieter or cooler. Price is excellent for the performance and worth buying over any cheap Chinese no-name cooler.

I recently upgraded my computer and the i7 CPU came with Intel's stock fan, which I didn't mind having used them previously, but this time round I was not happy with the fan at all. The noise level was crazy high from what I had been used to and the fan just seem to intermittently make an awful whirring sound too, even when running on silent, so I decided to upgrade the fan to the Arctic 12 LP and it's the best decision I could have made.The fan was very easy to install, took me about 5 minutes in total to do and comes with pre-applied thermal paste as well, making it even easier and as soon as I switched my PC back on I could instantly notice the difference. The Arctic fan is so much quieter than the Intel one and already having 2 other Arctic fans installed as my case fans, it's just looks good now with everything matching.I let the fans run for a while and then checked the temperatures in the Bios and the CPU is running at least 6 degrees lower than with the Intel fan and it's still extremely quite, with the running speed set to normal instead of silent. I haven't tested it yet with any games, but I'm 100% more confident now with this fan installed than I would have been using the Intel one.The Arctic 12 LP is an amazing purchase and I would highly recommend to anyone looking to upgrade.

Started years ago with a i3-4360 and the stock intel fan. After 2-3 years it was noisy so got the Arctic 12 (non OC version) and was installed in minutes.Recently upgraded to i5-4690K and although the Arctic 12 was still going strong, the OC version supports a higher max TDP and the cost of the new heat sink and fan (HSF) was not far of from a tube of decent thermal interface material (TIM) so opted for the Artic 12 OC.Both versions are easy to mount and install as no back plate is needed. Just mount over the processor whilst lining up the pins. When you are sure it’s right push them down one at a time until they click. Plug in the 4 pin wire to the CPU FAN header and job done!!Quiet, cool (don’t think it’s hit 70 C yet even under 100% load) and whilst it’s plain looking and has no RGB it does the job of keeping the system cool.