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And spoiler alert! It is perfect!
No, I'm being serious, it is a really good cooler. It's actually an universal so it will fit just about any modern system.
It's the LC-Power LC-CC-120
Box
Box is nothing fancy, so it won't be picked out of a line at a shelf for sure.
Box contents
Packaging is better than expected, fan in separate box, with the cooler itself in plastic clamshell.
Plus instructions for installation. Small box contains all necessary screws backplates, spacers. An 1g tub of thermal grease and two sets of noctua style fan holders. So you can make it push and pull if you get an additional 120mm fan.
The cooler itself unpackaged
The finish and workmanship is perfect, the heatsink itself is no worse than say a noctua one in build quality.
The fan is not the worst it is actually medium quality fluid bearing fan, it is silent for now, will see how long it lasts.
Installed Heatsink
You actually have to install the heatsink without the fan, becuase the fan itself blocks access to the screw holding down the coldplate. This made installing the fan quite difficult. This is about the only complaint I have about this cooler. / You have to do the same for the noctua NH-D15 as well, but their fan holders snap in place much easier, they aren't as tight /
So that's all she wrote, I have nothing to compare the cooling performance to so I can't really say anything useful on that, as I'm replacing this with it:
Old cooler for reference
This is an old Primecooler HCIII+, socket 478 cooler. Yeah I had it rigged up on s2011, so obviously the new cooler will be much better than this was, it's no comparison.
It's on a Xeon E5-2670. And keeps it around 45C° under light load with the fan turned off. Under full load it settles in at around 65C° with the fan running at 800rpm still inaudible (the HDDs make more noise). This is not running prime, just the cpu-z stress test.
So the verdict is: Great Value! Absolutely recommended for any budget build.
No, I'm being serious, it is a really good cooler. It's actually an universal so it will fit just about any modern system.
It's the LC-Power LC-CC-120
BoxBox is nothing fancy, so it won't be picked out of a line at a shelf for sure.
Box contentsPackaging is better than expected, fan in separate box, with the cooler itself in plastic clamshell.
Plus instructions for installation. Small box contains all necessary screws backplates, spacers. An 1g tub of thermal grease and two sets of noctua style fan holders. So you can make it push and pull if you get an additional 120mm fan.
The cooler itself unpackagedThe finish and workmanship is perfect, the heatsink itself is no worse than say a noctua one in build quality.
The fan is not the worst it is actually medium quality fluid bearing fan, it is silent for now, will see how long it lasts.
Installed HeatsinkYou actually have to install the heatsink without the fan, becuase the fan itself blocks access to the screw holding down the coldplate. This made installing the fan quite difficult. This is about the only complaint I have about this cooler. / You have to do the same for the noctua NH-D15 as well, but their fan holders snap in place much easier, they aren't as tight /
So that's all she wrote, I have nothing to compare the cooling performance to so I can't really say anything useful on that, as I'm replacing this with it:
Old cooler for referenceThis is an old Primecooler HCIII+, socket 478 cooler. Yeah I had it rigged up on s2011, so obviously the new cooler will be much better than this was, it's no comparison.
It's on a Xeon E5-2670. And keeps it around 45C° under light load with the fan turned off. Under full load it settles in at around 65C° with the fan running at 800rpm still inaudible (the HDDs make more noise). This is not running prime, just the cpu-z stress test.
So the verdict is: Great Value! Absolutely recommended for any budget build.
