ID-COOLING CPU Cooler AM4 CPU Cooler 5V Addressable RGB Cooler 4 Heatpipes CPU Air Cooler 120mm PWM Fan, Intel/AMD

Edit\update for 4-6-2021I gotta say, if you read the rest of my original review you will see more good about this fan. I recently rebuilt my pc. I'm using msi z590 gaming force, i9-10850k, dominator ram (8x4), and evga 3080. The fan is still amazing. I'm overclocked on cpu to 5.0ghz on AC Odyssey and AC Valhalla, maxed graphics, and even have field of view and resolution% all the way up, and this fan still keeps me in the low 60s. In my original review i talk about the rgb settings. With the evga 3080 and the little 5v connector on there, it allows you to connect the fans argb to the gpu and change the settings in evga precision and syncs with the gpu. The mobo is a 1200 socket and fits in with almost no room next to the 4 sticks of dominator ram, like laser precision snug. Loved this fan when i first bought it and still love it. Based on another review, i feel like i should comment about the install. It is not hard to put in, period. Black bracket goes on underside of mobo, 2 other brackets go on the front side and have flat sides that obviously go on the flat mother board and onto the posts that come from the bracket on other side, you will see what i mean if you buy. then i think it was 4 screws one in each end, the the heatsink just sets on it an has its own two spring screws on it that fasten to the brackets. Easy peasy. I'm also using a lian li dynamic 011 xl rog, and the heat sink cmoes to about .5 to .75 inch from the glass. End edit/updateFirst off, wow. I am extremely impressed with how well this thing cools. I researched a lot before buying this fan and found a site that lists almost all brands of air cooling fans and AIO fans by tiers based on their research and testing. This fan was ranked in tier 4 (1 being the best & 9 was the worst) I had a Thermaltake UX100 which is like 10$ less than this. It ranked in tier 9 on this site. The Thermaltake did its job better than the stock Intel fans but i was still running hot on certain days where my room temps were hitting 80. I have been playing Assassins Creed Odyssey with these 2 fans with an i5-9600k. The thermal take on a hot day was between 80c-90c and i was running at 3.8ghz. After getting the ID-Cooling fan my temps have not gone above 60c and hang in the mid 50s with my room being as hot as when the thermaltake was in and im running at 4.5ghz for now. I could not be more happy with this purchase, i mean 36$ and this fan is super cool, i don't hear it when my glass is off my case and im sitting right there. I have a gigabyte aorus pro mobo therefore i have rgb fusion. Fusion does not have any good settings except for like 3 out of 16ish. Luckily with the controller that comes with this fan you can get some surprisingly interesting patterns that are 20x better than rgb fusion.2 things to unfortunately watch out for. It's huge. Really big. It does leave room for all 4 slots to hold corsair vengeance pro ram. My case is 8.07" wide with about an inch for cables so i got 7inchs to spare. This thing come to about 3/4 of an inch to my tempered glass. The last thing to lookout for is the LED on the front plate of the heat sink. Normally it looks really cool and was part of why i chose this fan. You will see others note it's a little dim in the middle of the pattern but its not to noticeable so don't let that scare you but mine did just stop working 2 days after i got it so i am getting a new one sent to me. I know things happen so i'm not holding it against them and neither should you.

The media could not be loaded. The rest of my relevant components are Asus TUF Gaming X570, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Corsair 220T case, XFX RX580, Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro RAM.The stock cooler that came with this CPU is total garbage. I was hitting 80C-85C when gaming and it was idling at 65C! And yes, I know how to proper install a cooler, though I did go with their stock thermal paste. Apparently, this particular CPU has heat issues as inherent design flaw, but I knew it needed to come down, so I looked at a lot of coolers. My best friend has one of the really fantastic performing Corsair AIOs installed in this same case, but because it's a top case, it has to front mount which I was not down with. After all, what is the point of an "air flow" case if you are not building an air flow setup? Ultimately, I picked this for the aRGB.INSTALLOverall, took less than forty five minutes for me to do by myself. The wiring that connects all of the lighting and powers the fan is not exactly tidy so I had to figure out a way to loop it properly where it could all be tucked neatly. The heatsink is huge but not overwhelmingly so like some crazy Scythe and Noctua models. I did have to change out the backplate, but that's okay as I had to open the back panel to route the wires anyways. The tough part of that is that you do have to hold the backplate while connecting the brackets which is not easy because the brackets are not one whole part, as you can see in an image I provided. There are cheap plastic standoffs that are loose. My solution was to temporarily screw in the right side so the backplate would be held, then I was able to hold those little finicky standoffs on the screws while I secured the left side. That done, I unscrewed the right side screws, and combined them with their bracket and standoffs to attach them properly. Screwing the heatsink itself was super easy. I used some ancient Arctic Silver I found instead of whatever they provided. I clipped the fan on, did some wire fiddling, and routed the wires through the back of the case. The argb connector on this does connect to my motherboard, and I can control the lighting using the ASUS Armoury Crate software.PERFORMANCEI get different readings in different apps, but comparing same app temps, I am getting about 10-20c cooler temperatures depending on task. By the reports on AI Suite, I am peaking around 67C while gaming and idle is 30-40c. It ramps to 50c while playing video but I think that's something weird with the CPU. This is the app that was reporting me above 80C while gaming. I also am still tweaking the fan curves in Fan xpert 4 which is part of the AI suite that comes with ASUS boards. The AI Suite image is from today. The comparison images are from the dashboard in iCue.FAN - SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOMThe fan does make a slightly annoying whine when ramping up and down, but again, I am going to keep playing with the curves and ramp times to fix that. Overall, there probably are better performing fans out there if you dig into the charts, especially when it comes to noise. But it's not hard to just get whatever fan you think will do better and pop that on. It looks gorgeous though. Honestly better looking than the four corsair fans I also have in this build.LIGHTINGBoth the heatsink plate and fan look great. They are extremely bright. There is no way to just adjust brightness in Armoury Crate afaik, you just have to select darker colors or if you are using a reactive mode, make it less sensitive. I was able to connect the lighting directly to my motherboard using one of the addressable headers. This is a really unique and interesting piece. The audio responsive>wave mode is the coolest and I can select my own color palette and play with it until certain parts of the design are one color or palette of colors that doesn't bleed to another part.PROS-beautiful lighting, controllable and programmable with compatible software-unique and stylish plate and lighting on the heatsink-great cooling performance-enough clearance to install more RGB ram-fantastic value, basically a steal-fast and easy install-wiring is a good length to hideCONS-the software I have to use is ASUS Armoury which offers a little less options than Corsair iCUE, I also have to run both lighting applications-wiring is not neat around the fan, fan could have little hiding tabs on the side to fix that-included fan clips are not black and quite thin, they may break but they did include extras-plastic standoffs-probably not the best included thermal compound, but just spend the extra to get a good one-on my motherboard, there is very little clearance between cooler and PCI slot for the gpu, which means you cannot see the M.2. For most people, that's not an issue, but I was considering puting a Patriot Viper RGB M.2 in that slot, which I will instead put in the other slot below the GPU. This will also make changing that M.2 out, if I ever needed, possibly complicated. In that case, I would definitely need to remove the GPU, but possibly the heatsink as well.Overall, I am super pleased with this purchase, practically thrilled as the sound responsive lighting is amazing, even with the limited ASUS software. I looked at a ton of options and this is one of the best on the market, probably the best for this price if you want a combination of unique look and great performance. I'm glad I made this purchase, and will probably stick with this cooler if I upgrade the CPU.UPDATE:I purchased at end of August 2020. By April 2021, I was hearing clicks. I tested thoroughly and it is/was undeniably this fan. So I replaced it with a Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax on the cooler, which gives far better cooling and sound performance, though no LED light show. I relocated this fan as a top exhaust and set it to an unchanging RPM so it doesn't click and whine and when it does die, who cares lol, it will still do the colors hah. I am not taking off any stars because I still love the look and performance of the heatsink, and the look of the included fan. I just want people to know that this issue can happen and you will obviously get better performance from other fans like Noctua or Alphacool or possibly Arctic. Always look at multiple charts of tests on different systems that are as recent as possible to find the best fan.