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

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.

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.

I've probably purchased 10 of these and use them in various computers. I build gaming computers for a hobby. They work flawlessly and provide a lower profile CPU cooler option at a nice budget. Very happy with these and will probably purchase more in the future. They look good in a nice all black build and work as advertised.

I'm using this with a 7500F and it keeps my cpu at reasonable temps even under 100% usage.Its a little louder than I'm used to, and the clips that hold the fan onto the heatsink could be designed better (as it is they bend the fins of the heatsink).But overall its great for the price and I'm happy.

The heatsink works well for low power 4th or 6th gen i-core cpus. Very easy to install. One caveat: the springs provided to connect the fan are not a good fit, and will slightly bend some of the heat fins.

I purchased this for an i7-8700K that my 12yo son was installing in his spare computer, Overall the cooler is compact and seems to perform well for its size (I ended up using Arctic MX-4 instead of the included thermal paste), with the i7 idling around 32C. But the clips that hold the fan to the heatsink? Absolutely awful. I've installed this style of cooler before (a lot of Thermalright Assassins) so I am familiar with the concept, but the wire clips on this thing are too stiff, too loose, and continually fall/pop off while you're trying to maneuver it into place unless you hold them in position just right. My son simply wasn't able to get it attached without the clips falling out and I ended up having to help him. Even having installed many similar coolers in the past, I had to put the computer I/O shield down to let gravity help, and pull the GPU and RAM so I had full range of motion.If you really need a compact cooler this will do the job. But if you are thinking of buying it just because it is cheap and you need a budget cooling solution, save some frustration and grab a Thermalright Assassin instead.

Super cheap and well built little unit!

Would give 0 stars if I could. Absolutely garbage cooler, would not even fit into my am5 motherboard and pretty sure messed up the threads to my backplate. Extremely dissatisfied.