Thermaltake Slim X3 Low Profile CPU Fan for Intel LGA775/1156/1200

I have this Heat sink Fan Assembly installed now. I love it. It's whisper quite and effective enough. My temps are reasonable. For the price you'd be hard pressed to find anything better. I love it's low profile design and I had fun with the mounting system. It's not practical but I had a ball. Of course I'm a nerd who enjoys putting things together. What is bad about this mount is that you pretty much are forced to remove the board before you install it so once it's in make sure you don't plan on removing it ever really. The mounting system is unique and you just have to see for yourself but it works great. It's metal mounted and holds great. No plastic tips and really guys it's not that bad to mount the CPU. It' relatively easy.

I put this on my Intel Core i7 6700K 4.00 GHz. I threw away the fan that came with it and replaced it with a 80mm vantec stealth fan. I dont adjust the fan speeds manually since I dont overclock and I get near silent operation out of it. I have excellent hearing and I can only barely hear it when the room is dead silent. I also put arctic silver on it.I love it because its built solid, attaches really solid, its low profile, and transfers heat well.DO NOTE: you have to pull the motherboard to install this though. So my suggestion is use this for a new build while you already have everything out of the case. It is easy to install but you are required to have access to the bottom of the motherboard.

Got Lian Li PC-Q07 with i3 2125 and need a CPU Cooler that can reverse the fan because the case itself does not have any system fan other than the fans inside the PSU abd CPU Cooler. If the CPU fan is reverse and suck the heat toward the PSU fan, the PSU will be able to draw the heat out of the box. After considering the issues for price, performance, height of cooler, I bought a recondition X3 from Amazon Market. It came without the original box. But all parts and instruction are intact and looks new to me. Overall, it is easy to install. Low profile does make it a good choice of HTPC slim case. If the fan runs in full speed, it is a little loud (my PC-Q07B is just behind my monitor that is two feet away) . I adjust the level of fan control in BIOS to make it run quite. When the room is around 23 degree, the temperature of CPU is 34-36 degree idle and 52-56 degree full load which is about 5-8 degree lower than the intel stock cooler. If your case has good airflow, I believe its performance will be similar to the intel cooler. But its fan can be reversed installed (adding screws to create gap between fan and heatsink) to fit my need. Yes, I am happy for this purchase and will recommend it to any one who has the special need. By the way, it is not designed for the CPU with 65W TDP or more. Make sure what is the TDP of your CPU before buying it.

I bought this fun for my home made NAS, because of case require low profile fan. This fan fits really wel.Quite and performant!NAS config:1. 8GB USB flash - OS installed.2. 2 x 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory3. 4 x 5K3000 Hitachi 2TB HDD4. CPU: Intel Core i3 Processor i3-530 2.93GHz 4MB LGA11565. motherboard: Intel Media Series Mini-ITX Motherboard Supporting Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RAID) BOXDH57JG6. Case: SERVER CHA CHENBRO ES34169-BK-120R. To reduce noise, fan voltage is changed from 12V to 5V.7. Extra fan for case Vantec Stealth SF6025L 60x60x25mm Double Ball Bearing Silent Case Fan (Black)"8. CASE needs low profile fan for CPU - Thermaltake Slim X3 Low Profile 36mm Height CPU Cooler CLP05349. OS: Ubuntu Linux 10.10It is $400 hardware set + $240 for 4 HDDs, much cheaper than baying something expensive and very low performant.