Pccooler S83 CPU Cooler - Mini CPU Heatsink - TDP 95w - Single Tower and Support Dual Fans - Anti-Oxidation Protective Layer - 80mm Silent Fan Suitable for Mini PC Case - Wide Compatibility

I purchased this little cooler to replace a stock cooler on an i7 4770. I replaced the thermal paste on both coolers prior to finalizing the build and tested.While there was zero temperature difference from the stock cooler under load, it took about 10 min longer to reach a peak of 85C under AIDA64 with this cooler. Where this little cooler shines is the noise, or lack-thereof. The nonexistent noise of the PcCooler is the reason I purchased it to replace the stock cooler.Installation was easy - the mounting system on the cooler is the brace-style and will fit an AMD bracket out of the box. The Intel bracket the PcCooler comes with is very easy to install and will fit any 775 or 115X (1150, 1151, 1155. 1156, etc.) socket.Compatibility with the PcCooler is great. It is a tower style, but about 30% smaller than a Cooler Master Hyper 212. OEM cases and RAM slots rejoice!Overall I am very pleased with the performance of the PcCooler for the price, especially on the noise. If you are targeting significantly lower temps or overclocking, I'd look around. For lowering the noise it's awesome and will definitely be ordering more for other non-overclocking builds.Notes on my experience with receiving the product:The condition of the PcCooler upon receipt was unexceptional at best, but with my experience building and slight modification, I made it work.It looks like my unit was used or returned prior to it being shipped to me. There was no plastic cover on the heatsink bottom (not even floating in the box), and it was covered in old thermal paste. The mounting bracket only came with 3 of the 4 plastic push-pins for securing - overall presentation was unacceptable.Good thing about Chinese products, is everyone makes them and everyone steals ideas. I had an old Zalman cooler lying around with the exact same 775/115X bracket lying around and it worked perfectly with this cooler. I had to dremel the base of my bracket a couple mm to get perfect fit/mounting pressure, but it all worked out and fits great.Again, price to performance is great with this little thing and I will buy more in the future. I realize shipping mishaps happen, and while it may reflect poorly on the company, this cooler gets a solid A from me.

Well presentation is nice and the cooler looks great. My problens came when installing the fan. I was missing a piece for the bracket and instructions are close to minimal. I was hoping to replace an old am2 socket fan, but it was not compatible. i would need to buy a seperate am2 bracket to install this fan which is not what i wanted. I decided to install it onto my 115x socket computers. I found am old bracket and transfered the parts over. although it fit fine. The amount of pressure i had to use to install it was uncomfortable. I felt like i was going to break the motherboard, or the plastic bracket. Then came the preformance. Compared to idle on a stock intel fan it was 5-6 degrees lower which is nice. At stress levels it was relevatively the same as a stock fan. I got around 64-68 degrees while gaming. I get the same on a stock. All in all if you have an old pc that is getting too high in the temps and have the brackets then get this cheap solution. If you are looking to game with low temps and a nice easy install then look elsewhere i reccomend a 400 gammax. It comes with everything you need to install into basically any pc. Has its own brackets for amd and intel. This cooler does not just the intel 115x bracket. Other than that i am returning this fan asap since i have no need for it, and it came with missing parts.

My old fan was starting to give out and things were getting a bit too warm for my liking, even when it wasn't being stressed by gaming or running numerous applications (60c at certain points). I decided to pick this one up since it was a little larger than what I had installed (my PC was pre-built). I'm using an AMD FX-6300, so I didn't need to use the included bracket; although it was at that point I ran into a small but fixable problem.I needed to attach the heat sink to the existing bracket that my old setup was using, but the problem was that it was just a hair too high up for the clips to reach. What I had to was unscrew the connection and bend it just a little bit with a pair of pliers, and after screwing it back together I was able to make the connection as intended. I'm not sure if anyone else would need to do this, but I would suggest trying this out yourself.The fan itself runs nice and quiet, which is what I hoped for when looking for a replacement fan and heat sink. I didn't bother using the included thermal paste, since I had purchased a graphite thermal pad instead. It's definitely worth the price and isn't needlessly flashy like some of those other devices with all of those colorful LEDs.I had to give this 4 stars, only because of that small hassle in the build quality. One size certainly doesn't fit all.