SilverStone Technology SST-NT07-115X-USA LGA1150/1151/1155/1156 CPU Cooler Low Profile 23mm Tall for 65W TDP Support with 80mm PWM Fan

Excellent thermals on my i5-9500T @ stock TDP (35W). Idles at about ~28 C, never really gets any hotter than 40 C. Mounting system is very simple. Fan is totally inaudible except for when at very high RPM, although even then it's very quiet. I'm guessing this would keep a 65W CPU reasonably cool. Really excellent considering it's less than an inch tall.

I have an Alienware x51 r2, so there's not a lot of space for a big heatsink/cpu fan. This one fit perfectly when the fan that came with the x51 snapped around the screws for some reason. I just installed it and it's so much quieter than the one that snapped. It's also easy to install so if anyone has an alienware x51 or any computer that's compact like the alienware x51 and needs a low profile cooler, I recommend this one as an option.

I bought this for my mini PC. Sadly it was 2mm higher than what I needed and that is the fan and not the aluminum heat sink. If the heat sink was my only problem. I would have sand it down since the cooling was good on my test. My problem is the fan was just a little bit too high.

This is the second one of these that I get for Thin Mini ITX systems, it is great to pair with Goodisory cases and Silverstone's own, it is silent-ish, but some tweaking is required in BIOS to avoid very fast changes in rotation speeds on the slighter load change as it gave me a headache hearing the bssss BSSss BBBBBSSSSS bssss changes as I kept the system very near to me. At low and constant speed, it is fine, but the sudden changes are annoying and at full speed, well, just leave the room or use another system for heavy loads. This one works great for HTPCs at a distance or office systems behind the monitor.