CORSAIR CAFA70 120mm Dual-Fan CPU Cooler

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Does a genuinely very good job keeping my amd x4 b55 overclocked to 3.7, at 1.5v consistent at 52c beneath load. The fans are quiet and I like the style with the heatpipes directly contacting the CPU. Had to take motherboard out of storm scout case for installation, but I knew that prior to getting. I also had to take 1 if the heatsinks off of my patriot ram to clear the size if this heatsink. Not truly cons but my components selection at fault. MSI 785gtm-e45amd x4 b55 3.7ghz overclockcorsair a702x 2gb patriot gaming series ddr2storm scout caseocz 600w psu Ati 4890 with scythe musashi gpu coolerI previously had a thermaltake v1 cranked at complete fan speed, but running prime95 for 15 seconds brought my CPU temp from 50 idle to 70c before I stopped it. That was at three.3 ghz and 1.44v. A70 keeps it at 52c no matter how extended I ran it, at three.7ghz and 1.5v. I'm quite impressed with this solution just make sure it'll match with your setup prior to buying.

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- Fantastic cooling on my i5 2500k three.30 GHz Sandy Bridge Processor.- Usually obtaining higher 30's to low 40's, not getting higher 20's or low 30's (generally around 32 degrees) - Massive, JUST match in (another half cm, wouldn't have produced it)- On the noisy side, but can be turned down if necessary. - Instruction manual included is on the great side, and is good for a computer item manual (usually crud manual incorporated)- Had a small difficulty with the bracket (hard to move), but got it adjusted ultimately.Would I suggest? I'm not certain. The fan that was currently incorporated with my processor (i5 2500k) was really small, and handled the heat Incredibly effectively. Old fan naturally had heating difficulties with prime95, but this appears to be capable to run it with out getting to hot.

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Effortless to set up, superb cooling, silent, rebate. None. Performs as it must. I'm currently employing this on an AM2 6400+ chip that naturally runs hot, even moreso when OC'd. Ahead of, it was extremely prevalent for the temps to exceed 70C w/ the stock cooling @ 3100 GHz. I've been in a position to OC even greater and the temps will not exceed 55C below full load. I'm now limited by northbridge temperatures that I will get about to fixing sometime.As previously stated, there is an issue with the latch getting in the way of installing the push fan. I'm specific I can operate about it, but it's doing it's job now with only 1 fan, so I'm delighted. The fans clip on the sides of the heatsink (notice the indention in the fins) with a lip that covers all sides of the heatsink fins. By creating some easy cuts with a dremel tool on the plastic fan, you could simply raise them if anything is in the way; the clips are on the sides of the heatsink, not the leading or bottom, so they can slide up or down about an inch--they match snugly.

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This cooler is remarkable for the price tag. My 2500k at 4.4ghz runs at 55C while operating prime blend for hours. Certainly the finest bang for your buck. None

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Box contains numerous connectors and mounting options, even resistors to quiet the fan down a bit. At present cooling my E6550 at 30-33 degrees, 39 degrees at max load. Earlier ASUS Fan was cooling at 72 degrees at idle. Much improvement. Crucial note, I am utilizing Arctic Silver 5 and not the included thermal compound. She reminds me of a watermelon. Enormous! The mounting bracket was crossing two capacitors but they had been very easily adjusted out of the way. My mid-tower necessary some adjusting as the side fan hugged the power supply with little clearance. Had to get rid of my window case fan as the heat pipes obstructed the fan and couldn't close the door. The drawback of the size is far outweighed by it's cooling capacity. No regrets, even if my finger was cut several times on the sharp fins. :)

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You get a lot of value from this package. Two ball bearing fans, good hardware (for Intel) but just sufficient for AMD and capacity to do Push-Pull. I hope the next air cooler Corsair's OEM would put a lot of effort into the AMD mounting. Recall, mounting (pressure) makes the cooler. Whilst becoming lazy, while clamping down on the spring loaded clamp, it slipped when the mobo was still in the case (P180 Mini) and I broke off a single edge of the hooking thingy. The cooler faces South-North so make confident you use it in a case that has a prime vent fan. Can't argue about the price tag. The unit is bulky and heavy but most modern day coolers are. Liquid cooling have their headaches too.

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Dual fan, substantial copper heat-pipes, packed in voltage minimizing extensions for running fans at a reduce speed for reduce noise, very good price tag for the cooling ability. Poor AMD retention mechanism compared to the packed in Intel one particular, can only face one direction in AMD setups, three wire fans rather of PWM capable fans. Overall this cooler is a excellent deal for the cash. It hangs with the greatest of the higher finish coolers quite readily. I have mine paired to a Phenom II 955 BE overclocked to four.2GHz employing Arctic Silver 5, and it is giving me an idle temp of 38C and a maximum of 61C when operating Prime95 with the fans operating at low speed.The match and finish of the cooler is fantastic, and it comes packed well. The incorporated fans attach effortlessly and function properly. They are only 3 pin, so they won't permit for fan manage by way of PWM though, which is unfortunate.As previously pointed out, the AMD retention mechanism is rather low cost hunting at feeling compared to the Intel mechanism. When I was installing the cooler, the retention clip felt somewhat weak, like it could accidentally bend or break if I wasn't careful. It also shows visible sideways flex when locked in location. Further disappointing is the reality that this decision of basic/cheap retention mechanism implies the cooler can only be oriented in it's socket in 1 direct

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This is a wonderful cooling program if you determine to go with air instead of liquid. Running at a strong 2k+ rpm, these keep my case cool. The stock Thermal paste actually keeps my cpu cooler than when I utilized arctic silver 5. One of the screws that came with it broke and I contacted Corsair about it and they never ever got back to me. I've produced a short-term fix but I'd like for them to send me a new screw -_-

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-Solid construction-Simple Fan mounting-Includes Thermal Compound -Undesirable incorporated instructions, with merely passable supplemental directions on the web (via an online search). Both have equivalent omissions (see Other thoughts).-DIMM clearance can be tough. I have a P8P67 Pro with some Ripjaw (old HSF style) so that's all I can comment on. The Shroud+Fan cover the very first two DIMM Slots. My DIMM in Slot Š basically has Ӭ clearance with the fan. It would not be achievable to fit in Slot ş considering that the shroud extends slightly additional than the fan does. Each guidelines have the following omissions:-4 black plastic washers are included, but by no means mentioned. These ought to go on the backplate posts on top of the plastic insulation, prior to installing the backplate.-The HSF is asymmetric. One side is slightly concave, one side is slightly convex. No mention of which side goes with which fan (push vs. pull). I utilised a bit of reasoning to assume concave side = push.-At least for the LGA1155 boards, the HSF can be mounted in each front-to-back and best-to-bottom orientations. This affects more than just your air circulation path, given that it adjustments the way that the heat pipes cross your ISF on the CPU. One orientation may possibly lead to all 4 to cross your die perpendicularly, while the other may well have two operating on leading of it and the other two operating beside but by no means overlapping it. This is never ever addressed anyplace.I haven't had the time to mount it in both strategies and see which is most best.

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none lead to i could not set up . The fan cover 2 RAM slots. My Ram is the Corsair Dominator so i could not install . If you got brief heat-spreader memory than it would have installed .

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this cooler keeps my CPU good and cool. It's even gotten as low as 27C, but usually idles about 30-32C. Some say the size, but I like larger. originally I had a Raidmax Smilodon mid tower, but this cooler was as well massive and couldn't match. Now most would think that was a poor point, but I didn't like that case and was hunting for an excuse to upgrade anyway even although I had just bought it. So I purchased the 932 HAF (the case I originally wanted but was attempting to save some funds at the time) and it fit beautifully, becoming that it's a full tower. My temps are way reduced then with the stock fan, but I have not begun to overclock however. I am waiting for my new motherboard which will be hear tomorrow,so I'll create a different overview following I OC.Phenom II X4 955Corsair A70MSI NF980-G65 (when it arrives tomorrow)G-Talent ripjaws 16GB 1333MhzGTS 250 X2(SLI)Cooler Master 932 HAFCorsair 650 W PSU

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It keeps my 965BE as cool as an iceberg. Enough mentioned about that. The push/pull fan config is good. The fans are replaceable if you have two 120mm fans that you would rather use than the stock. The installation of new fans is very simple. Pull them from the rubber grommets and install the new fan[s]. No will need to change your motherboard backplate to set up the cooler if you have an AMD construct like me. The very best element about this HSF compared to my last one particular is that my pair G.Skill Ripjaws can match (with space to spare) beneath the CPU cooler without having hassle. Just make sure that you install the RAM ahead of you set up the HSF.I purchased at a time in the course of the rebate so I really should see a ฤ pre-paid VISA coming in the mail creating this ส right after I get my rebate back. The cooler is Godzilla sized. Seriously. It has some heft to it with each fans attached and is a lot taller than I anticipated which means that I have to either live with out my 200mm side intake fan on my NZXT Hades case or get an totally distinct 1. I adore this HSF so significantly that I can live with out my 200mm fan as extended as temps continue to keep low with this cooler. That is a fault of my personal. I really should have completed far more study. One particular point to maintain in mind is also how you handle this. It is effectively-constructed and sturdy but the bottom and top rated fins bend Incredibly effortlessly so preserve an eye out for that. This has to be the ideal upgrade I've thrown into my computer for a whilst and that's saying some thing thinking about that I've installed 2 SSDs, quad core CPU, and a TB HDD as of current. Absolutely a worthy replacement on my Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro Rev. two. That cooler is made of very low cost materials, particularly the fan. I man-handled this cooler and had no issues with it. I guess Corsair is worthy of their reputation!

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Maintain my i7 950 with Turbo and HT at 30c idle and 62c max with prime95 on blend and eight threads in a 1 hour test.It looks sweet. None for me. My make.i7 950ASUS Rampage III FormulaCorsair Dominator 1600mhzGTX 285Antec Truepower New 750WAntec 1200750GB 7200RPM 32MB Tough Drive

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I'm loving this cpu cooler. The fans are quiet and move a lot of air, I really like the black wires, the install was easy, their thermal compound operates just as great as Artic Silver 5, and I love the general quality of the product. Corsair does it again. With the two fans installed, this cooler is enormous. But not as huge as other coolers. So know the size ahead of you buy. Unless your case is tiny, or your mobo cpu socket is close to your ram slots, you shouldn't have a dilemma with the size of this cooler. I upgraded from a cooler master hyper 212+, and my temps are 4-five degrees cooler on an overclocked q6600. Stock speed: idle: 28degreesC Load: 39-40degreesCOC'd three.6ghz" idle: 35degreesC Load: 49-50degreesC

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Affordable pricing for higher end air cooling. Comes with mounts for Intel LGA775, 1156 and 1366 and also for AMD and should be able to be applied with the original A64 program onwards. Comes with some inline resistors to slow the fan speeds down for quieter operation if you are sensitive to noise. Uncomplicated attach fan holders operate nicely and can support substantially heavier fans than the stock ones. If you have ram with tall heatspreaders you can have clearance troubles with the 1st couple of ram slots. Heatspreaders with removable tops like the Corsair Dominator series can be utilised and ram with regular form heatspreaders will have no troubles though. Also, their speedy guide is pretty terrible for installing on Intel systems and don't apply the thermal interface material the way they show in the guide. This is a HDT heatsink so put a thin line of thermal stuff down each heatpipe as an alternative. I saw at least four C or reduce temps employing the lines down the heatpipes approach versus the pea size in the middle method that Corsair recommends. I didn't try mounting it on an AMD method, but since it uses the stock AMD RM it should install pretty painlessly. You will nevertheless have the interference difficulty with tall heatspreaders even though on your ram. In my testing of this heatsink, I found it's functionality to come fairly close to the True Rev. C and Venomous X and Megahalems, just lagging by a little. It lagged the Noctua NH-D14 by a little far more. But it's only around 60% of the cost of the Noctua as well, so that is a excellent trade off. If you are employing ram with brief heatspreaders, this heatsink ought to be on your brief list to select from.

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+Matches my 800D+Cools effectively for the price tag (~ๆ with tax and absolutely free shipping)+Not very loud even on load -For AMD customers due to the mounting bracket you can only mount the heatsink North to South -perhaps Corsair could have created mounting hardware to alleviate this-Blocks one particular of my ram slots -For Dominator GT customers you can generally remove the best heatsink to try and make it match, i just moved mine over a slot but it's tilting just slightly- quite really hard installing the second fan on the clip side -the way i did it was i removed the fan from the mounting clips and installed the clips initial. Then the fans, install from bottom to prime at an angle to make it match. Ordered: Early Monday morning 12ቩቦDelivered: 12ቫቦ afternoonWOW THAT WAS Fast!Temps:CoolnQuiet is enabled!Stockʃ.5Ghz 鴈x17.five 1.4v)Idleᛃ-30cLoad(AMD Overdrive Stability Test)ᛓcAmbient:maybe about 20-25c(guessing) TBH i didn't apply the thermal paste incredibly properly, maybe with far better application i could reduced temps 1-2cMy Computer Specs:AMD Phenom II 970 BE Ɠ.5GHz)Asus Crosshair IV Formula Asus EAH5870 V2 龒񳂠)Corsair A70Corsair Dominator GT 1866 4GB Corsair F60 60GB SSD Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black & 1TB Caviar Green Windows 7 64bit ULTRA X3 1000W Corsair 800D Sony Bravia 32" KDL32S3000It is possible to have each fans installed just as extended as you have enough area in your case. Make sure to set up mounting clips for the fans initial(only on the side that has the retension lever on it) then the fan.

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A lot quieter than I thought it would be, Keeps my cpu cool as ice and can simply overclock Enormous! Make sure you have at least a medium size tower to set up this in! Also install was a Pain.If you are just beginning out constructing your personal computer, then it shouldn't be a dilemma. I was upgrading and its just a discomfort to eliminate your motherboard when every thing is plugged in and locked in. Took me about and hour or so. Idle temps dropped about 10 degrees, but the real amazing part was when I was functioning with a complete CPU load, my cput temps only hit 40-50! With the stock fan they hit one hundred in no time and that is Never very good.I then overclocked my i7 920 from 2.6ghz to three.8(http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-920-overclocking.html this website Helps if you have the identical set up!) and now it runs idle at about 35 and full cpu load at 71 max.Amazing, because that improved my performance by 40%I use my laptop for editing and immediately after effects, in which it cut my rendering time almost in half and I never ever had troubles with it finding to hot once again. Seriously, for the value, its worth it.

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Following switching the fans to TFC Mid speed Triebwerk's my temps on a four. Ghz 980x are 24 idle - 56 load If you install a pair of Triebwerk's on this it will be about eight-ten" extended from fan to fan

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- Solid construction. Not flimsy or bendable. - Comes with two cables. One for two,000 rpm fan speeds and one for 1,600 rpm. - Dual 120 mm fans offer optimum air circulation. - Easy and uncomplicated to install. - Performs for any newer socket forms. - Quiet (For me at least).- Comes with thermal compound.Kept my old E2160, overclocked to three. Ghz, 30C cooler under idle and load than stock HSF. (Right around 30C) - Instruction Manual. With the energy of tech support, no eggs want to be docked. Issues to Know!- Make sure you have sufficient space among your RAM and the cooler. Other folks have problems exactly where the RAM heatsink hits the bottom of the cooler eliminating 1 RAM slot. Fortunately, my RAM does not have a heatsink. - Like other reviewers said, the manual that comes with the cooler is extremely poor. It comes along with four washers that had been never mentioned. These washers go in in between the bottom bracket and the mobo for Intel installs. - Also talked about by one more reviewer, the cooler was designed in a exceptional way. One side is convex (out) and the other is concave (in). These go in element with the fans. The fans are laid out so one particular pulls and 1 pushes. I situated mine so the convex side is pulling the air outward or away from the cooler.

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temps are down, i mean far down. i have an phenom II x4 925 and it is overclocked to three.4 with voltage upped by .six. this cooler keeps load temp around 35c. i got this cooler at best obtain for 24.99, and can get cash back if i dont like it for a month its massive Ƒ mm left amongst it and my case) finding the x4 965 to overclock, therefore thought about getting the h50. then believed about the additional 60 bucks i will through away