![]() ![]() ![]() You can also attach a second fan (not supplied) if you want a push-pull fan arrangement but tests seem to indicate this only provides a marginal benefit. The fan has a four-way power and control lead so is speed controllable if your board supports this. On my board there is no problem with fitting close to adjacent memory modules. I have mine pointing at the main exhaust case fan, which is ideal. ![]() A nice touch is that fan (at least with the AMD clamp) can be rotated or reversed to suit the layout of your motherboard. The fan runs faster than the old cooler so it is audibly louder but once the case is closed up the difference is not great. This means I now have scope for some overclocking while keeping the maximum temperature in the mid-50s. The temperature range before was 55-61C and now it's 34-39C. ![]() The low noise cooler being replaced was designed for a less-hot CPU anyway. This was with an AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE CPU running at standard 3.2GHz continuously (no clock stepping) and undervolted. I bought the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO CPU Cooler to replace a flower-type low noise heat sink/fan cooler and the difference in CPU temperatures was remarkable - 21C lower at idle and 22C on full power. It's a lot bigger than a stock CPU cooler but it's regarded as 'compact' by overclocking enthusiasts. ![]()
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