SE-214-XT PLUS CPU Cooler 4 Heat Pipes, Single Tower with 2x120mm Fans in a Push-pull Configuration, Noninterference with RAM, Compatible with LGA1700/1851/1200/115X and AMD AM5/AM4 Sockets

Impressive little cooler, especially when you consider the price. Currently using it on a 5950x. Was worried it wouldn't be enough for this CPU, but after doing the Multi-core R24 Cinebench test the CPU temp stayed around 66C the entire time, with one small spike of 72C at the beginning of the benchmark. So, if it can handle 145 watts just fine, I think you could even get away with using this on a 7950x or 9950x (maybe not the 9950x, but I'd be curious to see someone try). No need to spend way more on a noctua, this cooler is great. Why did you pick this product vs others?: Low price and good reviews. Mountability: Easy to mount. Size: It's definitely not a small cooler, but I was able to fit it in a 18L ITX case without any issues. Noise level: Fans are very quiet. Build quality: Had to gently bend two fins back in place, but I think that's bound to happen during shipping due to how thin the heatsink fins are. Wouldn't really call that a downside, just felt like it was worth mentioning. Otherwise, the copper base looks well machined and the headsink assembly is overall very sturdy. Airflow: I'd recommend making sure you have an intake fan very close by this cooler, even if it means you have to change to a back-to-front airflow configuration. After changing to that setup, my temps went way down. I think it's just a good practice to feed your CPU coolers cool, fresh air.

It keeps my overclocked Ryzen 5500 cool at 30% fan speed push pull under heavy gaming. I have a single 140mm case fan in the front, straight into the CPU cooler, and a single 120mm exhaust fan in line with the other fans with perfect airflow. This is the quietest PC I've ever built with only 2 case fans running at 25%. GPU is slightly overclocked and undervolted 5060 TI also with slow fan speeds for minimal noise. This PC draws about 300w at peak! Incredible efficiency, super quiet, and can get 300+ FPS in Fortnite. WOW

Its sounds like an a320 trying to take off, its so loud, performance is decent, but the fans sucks. They are incredibly loud. The cooling is ok while youre not doing any overclocking its not bad. Easy enough to install. It looks decent and is a good size. For the price its not bad but i think i would rather go with an AIO liquid cooler.

nice inexpensive heat sink, the fans have an arrow on them of the air direction flow. the fan closes to the case, i have pushing the air in and the one on the other side pulling the air out. The one fan could not put all the way on was contacting my RAM. Still OK though, case cover fits on

At this price I didn't believe it could perform *that* well. Needless to say, I was shocked. It's easy to install, very quiet (even at 100% rpm) and does a great job keeping the CPU cool. My only recommendation is to purchase some high quality thermal paste as the "stuff" included isn't very good and IMO isn't enough. This paired with Thermal Grizzly Duronaut is an amazing combo.

It work good for a 7600X cpu + 8 Case fans + Duronaut and PBO on. kept temps below 70 when clocking up.

I replaced my stock AMD Wraith cooler with the ID Cooling Tower and it dropped my cpu temps by 20 degrees. The after installation numbers are with the cpu overclocked and higher cpu utilization. The max temp it reached under that load was 61. I’m extremely impressed. It fit in my full sized tower with no clearance issues at al. I do have a lot of airflow so I think this will work as a great alternative to an AIO cooler. I did not use the provided thermal paste so I can’t speak to the quality of that. My only complaint is it requires a fan splitter for the two fan model but does not come with one. I had one on hand but pick one up if you don’t! Great cpu cooler and price! I should have switched sooner!

I chose this CPU cooler, because of the cost and that there were 2 fans included. The setup was an annoying process. So far after setting it up, my CPU temps hangs around 30°C - 33°C while idling. My CPU is an Intel Core I9-14900K (My BIOs was updated to "resolve" the overheating for the CPU issue) Barely any noise. Setup Instructions is understandable. The product matches the photos. Price is cheap. Edit: My CPU started heating up after opening Enshrouded. This CPU Cooler was getting cooked by CPU instead of my CPU getting cooled. I wouldn't buy this cpu cooler, if you have a 13th-14th gen intel core cpu, those CPUs can get hot super easily and you'll want something other than a cpu fan to cool them down.