Amazon Basics Computer Cooling Fan with Cooler Master Technology, CPU Air Cooler, 4 Heat Pipes, RGB LED PWM, Aluminum Fins

The media could not be loaded. My PC system is a few years old, rocking an I5-4690k. It's been struggling with games of late and I was trying to figure out a low cost way of improving performance. I considered replacing the CPU with a i7-4790k, but then figured my i5 is a "k" and can be overclocked.I had the stock cooler with some thermal compound that's probably past it's best. Running at 3.5Ghz the cooler was fine, despite it running at 79c under heavy load. But overclocking to 3.8Ghz, and it would be thermal throttled at 100c. So I decided to buy an aftermarket CPU cooler.My case has a glass side, so I wanted a cooler with RGB lights. Most of the ( Thermalright and Cooler Master) coolers are all ARGB that need a special socket on the motherboard that I don't have. Some RGB coolers come with a molex to ARGB adapter, but they generally cost more than the newer ARGB ones.I initially discarded the Amazon Basics Cooler, as changing the cooler is a hassle and what's the point of putting a cooler that is considered "basic". It makes you think it's going to be worse than stock.Searching for reviews, people say it's not as good as a newer cooler with ARGB. But they also say it's a de-branded "Cooler Master Hyper H410R RGB CPU Air Cooler" which currently sells for £30. The Amazon cooler sounds good value for £14.Fitting was easy and it even came with some thermal compound. I can overclock my CPU to 4.5GHz (up by 1Ghz) and it runs 10c cooler. My games run better and I get a 3dmark score of 7641, up from 7276 with the stock cooler.For £14, I can play my games a lot better. I can't recall paying so little for a boost in performance.On the downside, the RGB controller died in the first hour when I adjusted the brightness. Amazon shipped a new cooler the following day and the new RGB controller is fine... so far.

I needed an emergency cooling stop-gap after my liquid cooler kicked the bucket and died. My old CoolerMaster CPU fan didn't fit in the PC any longer after I'd upgraded my RAM, so I picked this cooler up with absolutely minimal expectations as it's Amazon Basics. It's now been several months and I'm still using this cooler. Are my running temps perfectly optimal? Of course not, but I don't need them to be. I just need my PC not to overheat while trying to play games or watch movies.Would this have been my first pick had I not been needing an emergency stop-gap cooler ASAP? NOPE, not even close. But it's been performing amazingly, and it was very cheap as well!

Cheap and quiet, easy to install. For energy efficient systems. Price is a key :)

Good cooler but are better

works great

great cooler, does the job on my 13400 easily, and programable RGB

Good quality fan

Not great cooler. Don't use on a 5800x3d CPU.Switched for a smaller form 240mm liquid cooler.....and a better ventilated case.