be quiet! Pure Rock 2 150W TDP CPU Cooler | Intel-1700 1200 2066 1150 1151 1155 2011-3 Square ILM | AMD-AM4 for Desktop | Black | BK007

Pros- My CPU came with a cooler out of the box, however it took up space in the worst way possible. Even though the Be Quiet! CPU cooler's heat sink is MASSIVE it scales upwards before it starts scaling outwards which allows you access to ALL the necessary parts of your motherboard while providing a huge heatsink which helps keep things cool- The Fan can be fit to your needs and blow either direction, it fits nicely on the CPU cooler- Pins that hold the fan are TIGHT which provides piece of mind that the fan won't come down tumbling on top of the GPU or other components- This thing runs cold, like really cold. Out of the box my CPU was running at 30C with this CPU Cooler. I decided to overclock my CPU to the recommended max overclock and it still remains under 45C under heavy gaming load and during all stress tests.- Comes with every mounting brace imaginable to man, it will fit on your motherboard there are brackets for multiple motherboard options and it comes with a simple assembly guide to help you attach it correctly- Comes with thermal paste ready to go and it applies nicelyCons- I wasn't aware of which way the CPU Cooler was supposed to be facing. So I had to detach and reattach within a 5 minute time frame, which wasn't fun with the thermal paste, but it worked out; I used this in my first PC build, so just make sure you know which way your motherboard is going into your case so you can assemble it with the words "Be Quiet!" not facing upside down in your caseOverall- I'd buy again. No complaints. I'm not sure how it fairs to those in the price range but I feel like i got my money's worth- My CPU is happy and running cool- I have not heard the fans on this thing once, can't hear them during stress tests, gaming, or anything else, which is awesome

This cooler replaced a severely underperforming Intel heatsink that came with the 9400. It's for my "hackintosh" which sports said chip (i5 9400). Day to day tasks were fine with the included cooler but for rendering video or doing anything else that was CPU intensive, the stock cooler would spool up and sound like an electric leaf blower. This cooler took that problem and stomped it flat.The CPU and this cooler are on a Gigabyte Z390 Designaire motherboard (nice board and it has thunderbolt too!) along with 32 GB of RAM. It runs dead silent and is very responsive.For installation, it wasn't too bad, just a little tedious. But that's with most coolers, really. It does involve taking both panels off of your case (each side) to access the back of the motherboard in order to fit the cooler's back plate. The instructions provided are adequate enough.You can probably get more bang for your $ by going with Thermalright but I don't know how quiet their coolers are compared to Be Quiet's. But it's definitely that: QUIET!It's best to chunk those stock coolers to the side and spend a little extra dough to get a good cooler so that you won't think your computer is about to grow wings and take off.

I barely hear the thing and it does a great job cooling the CPU. Fits great and looks slick!

After 2 days with my stock cooler that came with my 5600, I couldn't handle the noise any longer. Also, when my CPU was maxed out, it sat at 88 degrees C. So I went out to find a new quieter fan that would at least cool as well. After performing a deep dive on Amazon, I came across this one. Decent price and good reviews. Sure enough, it's definitely a LOT quieter than the POS stock cooler, but surprisingly, it performs a lot better too. With the CPU maxed out, I'm now at 65 degrees C. So, for the price, this is a great cooler.My only issue was the instructions for the install. They aren't the greatest. The barrels that have to be installed under the unit have a bigger hole that slips ver the holder. They don't tell you this in the instructions, so I spent a good 5 minutes trying to get it screwed down and the barrel was upside down. Trying to figure out how to stall the fan was a challenge as well. Probably took me an extra 10 minutes to install with the crappy instructions.Either way, I'm not taking that off as the quality is just too good and I'm just pleased with the outcome.

I have a Ryzen 7 5700G on an MSI B550 and routinely use it for programming, virtual machines, gaming, and home office use. I was using a stock AMD cooler and decided to upgrade. I noticed that my idle temps are slightly higher than what they were on my stock cooler, which was a bit of a surprise. However, my overall temps went down quite a bit. I don't think I've seen it go past 65 Celsius under some pretty heavy loads. Compared to my stock cooler I would often go up to nearly 80 Celsius when running multiple VMs and running simple games. I would definitely recommend adding another fan. I already had an exhaust fan that lined up perfectly on the back of my case, so there was no need to add another one, but the push pull config is hard to beat with tower coolers. The fan is extremely silent, which is to be expected from this brand, and I have had no issues with it so far (about 2 months of use). Installation is a bit tricky if you were lazy like me and didn't want to take apart your whole PC, but I was able to get it installed pretty quickly. The brackets for the AM4 boards weren't the easiest to install and line up to get that perfect fit, which is really the only issue I had with the product. If not for that I would have given 5 stars. Overall great product and I would recommend it.