MITXPCQ5 Alder Lake-S LGA 1700 CPU Heatsink and PWM Fan, 125W TDP

Don’t buy one of these unless you absolutely need an extremely low profile blow-through style cpu cooler.Used in an ultra slim HTPC build and replaced the fan with a 60MM Noctua. The Noctua fan does not spin even remotely as fast as the stock fan, and as a result the i3-12100 it sits atop does hit 80C under extreme conditions. When gaming or streaming it stays relatively cool and quiet, while passing air front to back in the case. Exactly what I wanted.Typical Dynatron product, built like a tank.

I installed this on my homelab server, and I've been regretting it since. That 80mm fan is REALLY loud.The cooling performance is decent for the pricepoint though.I'm moving to an external cooling solution soon.

This was about the only cooler I could find that would be effective on my 12700K CPU running in a 2U Supermicro chassis. Some Noctua models would fit, but they do not blow the air towards the rear as this one does. They also would potentially run into airflow constraints having the fan pretty close to the top of the case. Overall it's a great cooler if you're running a CPU in a 2U rackmount chassis.

Extremely noisy. I have never had a fan this loud.

If you're like me and wanted the performance and cost benefit of Alder Lake consumer hardware, but planned on putting it in a 2U chassis, you'll quickly find that there aren't too many options available without some level of hackery.As all things Dynatron, this is a very, very well build cooler. No, it's absolutely not going to be as quiet as whatever 1337 gamer company pumping out 120mm coolers will be. But, it has no issues keeping my i5 12600k cool at 100% load, while pushing the air inline and out towards the back of the chassis, exactly where it should be going.