ID-COOLING SE-903-XT Black 123mm Height CPU Cooler, 3 Direct-Contact Heat Pipes, 92mm PWM Fan, Mini CPU Air Cooler for Intel LGA1700/1851/1200/115X and AMD AM5/AM4 Sockets

This was my first time installing this kind of Cooler. It is a little more annoying than the kind that doesnt need you remove your motherboard to install the back plate but its worth it, and probably less annoying when building a new PC. But Anyways just pay attention to the instructions included, and make sure you install the brackets with the screws in the centers upwards, as this is what the radiator will attach to. And dont over tighten it. Just until it stops wiggling. My CPU was running IDLE at 60 degrees Celsius, and now runs much cooler at 40 Degrees Celsius. Even under it load doesnt get much hotter. I did make upgrades to my system, as it was a gift. I guess the new ram sticks, as they are technically mis-match, made my CPU run a little hotter despite a 12GB upgrade. The cool thing is that I can bring this to my next build if I want, but I most likely will just order another one since its pretty affordable. I definitely recommend this, I cant attest to overclocking or anything like that. But it fits what seems like every socket type, although I saw no mention of AM5 socket but if you know if AM4 and AM5 are similar in terms of screw placements, then this may not be bad, but if youre running DDR5 then you probably can afford a better cooler even water cooling anyways. This is my very first PC experience and honestly everything is idiot proof lol. My grandma probably could install this.

Great fan ! Very quiet. Stock fan that came with Ryzen 7 5800xt was a little to loud. Replaced with this one. Its true "silence is golden".

Decent Little Cooler. Cools a 5700X just perfectly at stock mind you. Installation is easy but the fan clips are horrible and require too much force.

works great, fit perfect, not easy to install i was new to clips on fan cooler look it up though.

I installed this into a smaller pc case and I could have gone with a larger tower cooler, but I had already purchased this for another build and didn’t use it for that one.This is currently sitting on top of an i5-14400f and is excellent at keeping temps VERY low. Surprisingly low. Now, I am using a contact frame for the lag 1700 socket because that’s a must, but wow. It sit around 60c during a cinebench r23 run. I haven’t seen it get any hotter than that.It seems inadequate, right? And maybe on higher power CPUs that may be the case, but I think this will work very well in most cases.

These things are shockingly good for the size and the price. Like really shockingly shockingly good.I have the previous version of this thing on my emulation/tv gaming computer in my rec room which is an older build 5600x/6700xt and even on games that push the hardware the CPU maxes out at 73C. Is that kinda hot? It is vs a $100 big air cooler or AIO. Is it well within specs for that CPU? Absolutely. For $14 it's impossible to beat and these are my go-to coolers for basically any build that isn't getting overclocked or a known "hot" processor.I see all these builds with crazy cooling setups and obviously ppl can build however they want. It's one of the awesome parts of the hobby. But 90% of the time, this $14 cooler would be more than enough for a build that someone spent 10x as much for a RGB AIO.

The mounting system is all these random little spacers and stuff and they’re all plastic and cheap. Really annoying and disappointing. You get what you pay for.

Works way better than what I expected. Under load my CPU (AMD R7-5700X) stayed at 40°C and under, paired it with Arctic MX-6 thermal paste. Installation was super easy and straightforward.