Pros: - Many heat pipes - Seems to cool well even a ton of air bubbles trapped in thermal paste - push/pull dual fans - Offset to make headroom for RAM

Cons: Extremely difficult to get the screws that mount the actual heatsink (not the base parts) The base hardware is loose on motherboard: Asus Rog Strix X570-E Gaming

Overall Review: Seems like if you can get this thin installed without intrducing airbubbles then it would be fantastic. But that is nigh on impossible, because the heatsink itself attaches to the base with 2 screws that are just a tad too short to make it easy to feel out the holes on the base brackets, and you have to blindly line them up, while not pushing too hard (causing deflection and possible stripping the screws) Seriously Just make the heatsink attachment screw like 2 or 3 threads longer and I think this would be an easy install. But they are custom so I can't just get a couple at the hardware store

Pros: Better than stock cooler Nice all black aesthetic Diverse motherboard/ram compatibility

Cons: Seriously awful to install Plate on top looks nice but could make it needlessly incompatible with smaller cases

Overall Review: Like others have said, installing this is anywhere from not easy to extremely infuriating. I installed this for the second time earlier today and must say it was a lot easier to do outside of the case than in it. There are two screws holding the cooler onto its bracket. If you get one side threaded, then it's nearly impossible to get the other without popping the first thread out in the process since you can't thread more than a few turns without making the other screw's thread impossible to reach. All the while, you're slipping and sliding on thermal paste, pressing down extremely hard on brand new hardware just trying to get the second screw to thread. If the screws were a bit longer, to where you could rest them in their holes before you begin evenly threading each screw in turn, it would make the process a hundred times easier. I bought this since it's all black and the fans are nice and big, but I probably should've done more research first. I guess its about the best air-cooling you'll get for the size, that being a smaller single tower which clears ram and vrm heatsinks without taking too much room in a mid atx case. There is a raised plate welded on the top however, with the coolermaster logo, that hides the top of the pipes but also needlessly adds a quarter inch or so of height, making it nearly incompatible with my case which thankfully has a raised plastic side panel instead of tempered glass. I will probably go for AIO next time, whenever I part with this cooler, it just seems easier to work with/around and allows for more powerful CPUs in my build.

Pros: It looks cool while being useless

Cons: Doesn't work at all the mounting hardware doesn't secure it to my board (msi b550 a-pro) because the screws are way too short.

Overall Review: I can't even use the cooler and when I asked coolermaster about the possibility of me getting the wrong mounting hardware they ghosted me.

Pros: Does a really nice job on my 10850k at stock. 30* C idle - 40-50 during tasks - Max 62 on video rendering. Fan configuration is pull pull and high enough for Ripjaws memory to fit under. Really nice looking top shroud. Cooler Master got the rebate to me in about 8 weeks.

Cons: This is a patience tester and difficult to initially set due to the tiny screws that attach it to the mounting bracket. Equal distribution of pressure is hard to obtain since the outer screws never seem to stop turning, so it is possible to over tighten.

Overall Review: Probably would get the Noctua I was considering, if I was doing it over. In comparison to what Ive read about this cooler, I think Im getting above average results. I am using an eATX case for more airflow so that helps. Also only a 1650 gpu underneath so not much heat there either.