DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 200T-CPU Cooler 2 Direct Heat Pipes 120mm PWM Fan

Pros: no requirement to remove mobo and mount a bracket under the board. Simple push pins into the 4 holes already in the board to mount the ring bracket and then the AMD style clamp down on the installed ring bracket sets the very light cooler. Amazingly knocked my poorly mounted stock cooler on an 17 2600 from 75 Deg C down to 55 deg C. -wow, with 100% stress test for a few minutes going, where before it would ramp right up to past 70 deg C under the 100% test.

Cons: The fan is not a stock square 120mm fan making replacement a problem. The fan gets going pretty good and is somewhat loud when cooling a CPU running over 50%. At idle I dont really hear it over the other case fans. The stock optiplex 990 fan was actually louder than this one however and was really obnoxious.

Overall Review: I would highly recommend this unit as while only having 2 copper pipes the finish on the bottom was extremely smooth and it worked very well at knocking the heat down to safe levels. The mounting was much easier than the cooler master t2 and the t2 with its 90mm fan instead of this ones 120mm fan did not cool my i5 2500 near as well (it runs about just shy of 70 deg at 100%, instead of this one cooling my i7 2600 at 100% to 53 deg (big difference although more noisy).

Pros: Nice design. Easy mounting.

Cons: Can not replace fan with aftermarket or when fails.

Overall Review: Daughters I5-2400 stock fan was starting to see its last days making the grinding noise and temps starting to rise. I put this with arctic 5 paste and what a major difference. Low 30's idle and she does some gaming and have not noticed going above 55C.

Pros: small, cheap, keeps my i5 3540 nice and chili

Cons: not really a con but something to point out, the fan came upside down and would not fit on the mounting hardware they provided without me flipping the fan right side up.

Pros: This unit is perfect: It does not interfere with any other components around it, I have enough room for the memory. enough room for North Bridge, enough room for the fan to run without being blocked. It has 2 pipes coming up from the base on each side. After the system has been running for 4 hours I shut it down and felt the base of the unit - it was barely warm. North Bridge was a lot hotter. I am very pleased with this unit. This is the perfect size for a CPU heat sink and fan.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I have the model above this one it is a 400, it is nice to, but after I discovered this unit, this is the unit of my choice. The other models are over kill. This unit is perfect.

Pros: -Alot better and quieter than the stock cooler that comes with the Athlon x4 860k. OCed to 4.2ghz and there was barely any difference in temps -Pre-applied paste(I used Arctic Silver 5 because I made a mistake on the first install attempt) -Fits in Rosewill FBM-01 mini tower -Low price

Cons: -Difficult install -Had to unscrew my brackets enough that it would let me connect the cooler

Overall Review: -Highly recommended over stock coolers

Pros: Great Design. Easy to Install. Nice Fan.

Cons: A little more than I would expect to pay, even on sale.<br><br>Very Sharp Heatsink. Be Careful with this one Installing. Don't count on Rebates through Newegg/Manufacturer, since I rarely see them show.

Overall Review: IF you can get for $15 or less, it fits the bill.

Pros: Huge improvement over the stock cooler on a X4 860K. CPU temps never went over 56 C while running prime95. CPU idles at a cool 31 C Fits nice and snug on a FM2+ motherboard. Not too tall. Fit nicely in the DIYPC P28-R micro-atx mid tower case i used for the build. Quiet. The case fans make more noise than this thing.

Cons: It wasn't free and didn't install itself.

Pros: - Fairly quiet (barely audible over the case fans) - Small enough to fit in my brother's mid ATX tower - Does not block RAM slots in our build - Decreased max load temp by 10C compared to stock HSF

Cons: - Clips are a little tricky to line up but not too bad

Overall Review: Bought this to replace the stock HSF on my brother's aging computer. CM Hyper 212+ is too big for the case, so I had to look for a smaller alternative. Budget was $15-20. AMD Phenom II X4 975BE Rosewill R5730-P BK ATX Mid Tower Computer Case MSI 770-C45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard HIS IceQ X Turbo Radeon HD 6950 DirectX 11 H695QNT2G2M 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 Rosewill Green Series RG630-2 630W Ambient temp 73.4F / 23 C Installed with thermal paste that comes with it: Idle: 35C Max Load Prime95: 63C Gaming (LoTRO, SWTOR): 51C Replaced with Arctic Silver and added a 120mm lower side fan to case: Idle: 31 C Max Load (Prime95): 58 Gaming (LoTRO, SWTOR): 45 In comparison, I have this build in the same room: HAF 922 case AMD 8350 Hyper 212+ CPU cooler HIS HD7950 Idle: 21C Max Load: 43C Gaming (FFXIII, SWTOR, Borderlands 2): 30-35C Overall, the Deepcool GAMMAXX 200T does a pretty good job, but for a few dollars more you may be better off with something a little more powerful provided it fits your case and budget. I wish I had waited and tried the GAMMAXX 300T as it went on sale right after I bought this... but I don't like doing rebates anyway. Oh well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other, other thoughts: When I removed the cooler to replace the stock thermal paste with Arctic Silver, I thought I had separated the cooler from the CPU (dark room). Instead I found it had yanked the CPU off the socket! (grimace) Thankfully, there was no damage and all is well.