For whom is this cooler is not suitable:
For someone who has a small housing and people with extreme overclocking needs.
The fan came well packaged and on time, to the effect of praise to the dealer! The Thermal Interface Material (Arctic MX 2) has already been applied, so there must be no additional purchases. Included with the cooler itself as well as mounting material is available for both Intel and AMD sockets (cooler fits on the new Intel 1150 the cooler attachment here is identical to the 1155er base).
In AMD (in my case a Phenom II X4 955 BE to 3.8GHz übertacktet) is mounting Extremely simple and well defined in the instructions, all in all, a matter of max. For 10 minutes even for inexperienced users. IMPORTANT !!!: poke the fan in the correct direction, otherwise there is a nasty surprise in terms of temperature ^^ Once installed, I set the fan speed of the cooler at 950 rpm manually, the radiator was there virtually inaudible; then the temperatures read by Core Temp: 32 ° C in idle compared to 39 ° C with boxed cooler. Long then half an hour Prime95 run the CPU utilization at most. Result: a maximum of 49 ° C under full load compared to 64 ° C with boxed cooler! The Mind with übertackteter CPU and throttled fan with good case ventilation.
So all in all good stats across, nearly 50 ° C are absolutely in the green zone, and full load is the CPU in everyday life hardly reach. When Gaming (Rome 2 and Battlefield 3) I never get above 44 ° C.
Who wants rauskitzeln a few degrees more (albeit unnecessary) can be should be a better thermal paste, about the MX 4, to order, which can reach again 3-5 ° C less.
As a passive cooler (ie fan with removed) of the Freezer Xtreme is limited suitability: 44 ° C in Office and Internet are in the open area, more demanding tasks, it is however critical.
All in all you get for little money a really good fan, the more than sufficient for gamers with "normal" overclocking ambitions, especially with Intel processors thanks to lower TDP even lower temperatures should be achievable. Who wants to have an even better cooling, must again invest more 20-30 and is then in the range of Dark Rock 2 or better Alpenföhns. For users and gamers with upscale, though not high-end claim this cooler but perfectly :)
