This cooler is a great buy for the price. If you have a standard size case then it will fit just fine. The cooling is much better than the stock amd wraith cooler on my am3 fx series 8 core. I don't overclock so I have no opinion on that. The led function is controllable by the standalone buttons it comes with or by your motherboard if that feature is available. Sure the buttons seem cheap but these things were intended to be board controlled so not many options for manual control. As far as installing it wasn't too bad. Take your time, read the directions, and everything will be just fine.

If you want a good CPU cooler but don’t wanna go through all that stress to install a Liquid cooler, I can’t recommend this enough. Amazing price, customizable, and very easy to install. And don’t worry about it “not being compatible” with your PC because I promise it works with just about everything. It comes with everything you need, different sized and adjustable brackets, RGB controller if your motherboard doesn’t have an RGB header, Thermal paste, everything. 5 stars! This things amazing

If you are looking for a budget cpu cooler then this is it. Sure it looks big and bulky but if you do not have case fans then this will for sure keep your cpu cool while you play.

I bought this cooler because the cooler that came with my pc was loud and hot. I can say that this cooler is definitely not only quieter, but also performs leaps and bounds better than my old one. I have attached and image of my thermals using this cooler and Thermal Take TG-7 (which you can also get at best buy) as my thermal compound. My test was running 5M based off of GTA5 with graphics mods and reshaders at 1080p Ultra/Very High settings for about 30-45 minutes. I experienced 0 thermal throttles as shown by third party software and at the peak reached 61C averaging around 50C. And this was all done on a Intel I7 boosted to 4.7GHz. Unless you are running some NASA level CPU this cooler with the proper thermal paste should do the job for you just great. If you find you need more airflow you can also get a second fan as this comes with the mounting brackets for a second fan and a fan splitter so you can run both fans off of the CPU 1 header if your motherboard doesn't have two CPU headers. Installation was honestly pretty easy. And this is coming from someone who just did this for the first time ever. When installing be careful as it is pretty easy to cut your fingers on the blades of the heatsink, but other than that is 15 minutes of work and you're done. I think this cooler will stay with me even when I build a whole new PC in a couple of years. For $40 you cant beat it. As a side note to those of you considering the non RGB version of this cooler it should be know that it moves less air through the heatsink than the RGB version. If you don't want the lights just don't plug in the RGB header as the Higher Cubic Feet per Minute of the RGB version is worth it for an extra dollar.

Buyer beware: this cooler is very large! It almost didn’t fit inside my case so definitely make sure you have the clearance inside your case to use it. If you do, this is an amazing air cooler! When my i5 9600k is at full load, it stays under 45 degrees Celsius! I haven’t overclocked my CPU, but the cooler effortlessly keeps my CPU temperature in check. The only big issue is that with this cooler, it was impossible to go quad channel RAM as it covered up the closest RAM connector to the CPU. Other than that, great cooler!