Macho Rev. C (rev. C)

A helpful hint on install. When attaching cooler to crossmembers, the back screw is easier to see by looking under the cooler rather than looking down through the hole in the fins if mobo is still in the case. Idles in the low 20's and mid to high 40's under load. In spite of its size, it is surprisingly light in weight. Using Thermalright TF8 thermal paste on a Ryzen 7 2700 with no OC. Runs extremely quiet. My case has blue halo led fans and gives the cooler fins a light blue glow. I will buy and have bought Thermalright again and again.

Lightweight high quality air cooler works with AMD and Intel sockets, Thermalright did it again a brand you can trust.Very easy to install keeps my 8086K cool even at 5Ghz OC no problem.When stress testing at full load (minimum 1 hour test each)Aida64 CPU&FPU, Prime95 26.6 at 5ghz 1.260V LLC High with 0 avx offset, Z390 Aorus Ultra board stays in the 76-82C rangeThe package came with a nice screwdriver and a pair of gloves (antistatic I guess not realy sure) and all brackets for AMD and Intel socketscon:Installation instruction could be betterQA:Is your 8086K delidded? noDoes the cooler come with thermal paste? yes, but I used my own thermal pasteIs the cooler fan really quiet? It is extremely quietWhat case do you have this cooler installed in? Corsair Carbide 200RDo you recommend this cooler to a friend? yes of course, Thermalright is a brand anyone can trust

This thing keeps my Ryzen 5 3600 cold as ice. The backplate of my mobo made installation of the nylon stoppers between the brace a little difficult without someone elses hands to hold the backplate still, but I made it work. And it's much easier to get the cooler flush with the CPU as opposed to the stock cooler, which is a pain to get to thread evenly (I think this was why my temps were so bad with the stock cooler - however I've been looking for aftermarket coolers for a while anywho). Plus it just looks mean. I'd say it was well worth my money and should serve me for years to come.

I wanted so very badly to find a large air cooler for my 9900K that didn't cover my RGB ram up. Thermalright's Macho line of coolers were the only ones I could find that delivered this. The installation went well, I used MX-4 instead of the thermal paste that came in the box, and I checked my temps immediately after boot.In a panic, I had to immediately power my system down because my temps were at boiling point while I was only in the bios. After removing the cooler and looking at the contact patch it made against my CPU, I saw that only a small sliver of contact was being made right down the center. I grabbed a straight edge out of my toolbox and placed it against the base of the cooler, and was astounded to find that it wasn't anywhere close to being flat.I knew that if I wanted to run this cooler, I'd have to lap it with sandpaper before it would be usable. This took quite a long time, because I had to use coarse, then medium, then super fine sandpaper to get a proper finish. It sucks that I had to do this, but I ended up with an amazing CPU cooler when I was finished. My CPU is parked at 5ghz all core now, and sits at around 55c while gaming.After reading a bunch of Thermalright cooler reviews, its said that they purposefully do not make the base of their CPU coolers flat, for whatever reason, and one reviewer even said that the IHS of his CPU was permanently tweaked after reviewing a few of their different models.I hate to leave a negative review of this CPU cooler, because this thing is exactly what I wanted in terms of ram clearance, and it performs amazing now. Its just terrible though that I had to spend a lot of my time making it perform like it should have out of the box. Plus I had to postpone my build to purchase the proper sandpaper from the hardware store.