ID-COOLING IS-30 30mm Height Mini-ITX Low Profile Cooler with 92x92x12mm Slim Big Airflow Fan, Black Color Theme, AM4 and LGA115X, TDP 95W

Heatsink appears very well made when taking out of the box, no visible imperfections - heatsink is packaged separately from the hardware and accessories. Bonding of heatsink to heatpipes also looks good.When mounting, it almost seems there won't be much clamping force, as the brackets sit flush with the PCB when you just lay the cooler atop the CPU. I was expecting at least a little gap to "pull" the bracket downwards when you torque the rear nuts on the underside. Worry was unfounded - after torqueing down the nuts, the heatsink is practically unmoveable. No backplate, if I were to be picky - but given the price point, not surprised this doesn't come with one - plus the clamping force isn't nearly enough to cause concern on bending of the PCB. Heatsink compound is included - recommend you use it, as it's a bit thinner in viscosity than other compounds I've used - but easy to apply, and may be matched with the low clamp force of the heatsink.One word of caution - the heatsink sits a bit off center from the CPU bracket, so it may interfere with RAM slots, large VRM/M.2 heatsinks. As it were on my ASROCK B365M-ITX/ac motherboard, it could only be oriented one way - heatpipes pointed upwards, parallel to the I/O shield and away from the PCI slot. And even then, I can't easily access one of the two fan headers at the top of the motherboard (Chassis Fan/Water Pump).Temperatures are easily 7-8 degrees cooler than the stock cooler. I was using the cooler for an i7 9700 on an 8100 (65W TDP), so the heat load isn't ambitious. The 8100 was a replacement to modernize the platform for our home server, so I wanted to ensure this was "set and forget" when the server goes back into the closet.Inexpensive, and highly recommended. Now I've got my eyes on ID Cooling's IS-47K for our HTPC/Steam/VR PC.

It's no noctua with its very low density but it's also less than half the price, so far iv put 3 of these onto low wattage(35-65) APUs from amd, yes the can be slightly audible at full tilt BUT were talking about a low profile cooler here if your not talking about a open bench setup you will not hear this over your case fans, iv recently done something very very not advised and molded a mini pc with a mobile 3750H in it by cutting out a hole in the top of the plastic can and taken out the laughable light blower cooler that was included and CAREFULLY soldered the heat pipes from that lame mobile cooler directly to the exposed heat pipes on the bottom of this cooler(I specificly used low temp solder for this becase you do NOT want those heat pipes to explode) and for this mod I ditched the medium quality(it'd effective and pushes alot of air but was not needed for this) swapped it for a 92mm pwm bequiet fan and a mesh filter as this entire cooling mod will stand alone on the outside of this little computer case, I bring this up becase being only 30mm high the almost looks like it was desined for this and it being a chip that caps at 54watts(I typicly run it ar 24 tho becase I picked it up becase of its dual 2.5gbe not becase of the 4core 8thread ryzen 7) the fan might spin up to 15% at full load its amazing and it only hits around 55c at that , compared to the regular 95c the stock cheapo laptop cooling solution that was built in I'm impressed and I DO NOT RECOMMEND anybody else do this lol...this defenetly dumb on my part and only becase I tend to act first and deal with the consequences later was I afforded the opertunity for calamitous failure here potentially resulting in injury...lol...all that being sead this cooler at this price point compared to similar offering from noctua and thermalright is fantastic but no your limits don't go trying to cool a 105watt chip with any low profile cooler like this becase well to be blunt that's just dumb lol...

Fan is louder than I would have hoped. That being said, it is a really slim profile and cools well. You will have to choose between the 12mm height and louder noise, or something like 37 mm higher and less noise. Its a trade off.

I've been looking for a low-profile cooler for the AM4 socket for a year, planning to build a Mini-ITX, maybe. I've got a Ryzen 2600 that ran up to 80C when mining 3 or 4 threads of cryptocurrency. After installing this cooler, temps have dropped, on average, 14C to 20C. It's an upgrade from the stock AMD cooler that came with the Ryzen 2600.The mounting arms do not attach to the backplate of the motherboard. Be careful not to bow the board too much when you install this cooler. I was surprised by that. Although, so far so good. Great value at $21.30 plus tax. It's a great cooler for the money.

The IS-30 is a poor performer, with a noisy fan. In my testing, the IS-30 performed worse than my AMD stock cooler. Performance of the IS-30 heatsink is comparable to the AMD heatsink, when using the same fan for both tests. In other words, the AMD block of aluminum performed about the same as the seemingly more advanced ID-30. Despite it's 100W rating, I wouldn't trust with ID-30 with anything more than a 65W TDP CPU.I swapped the default fan on the IS-30 for a Noctua NF-A9x14, which makes the acoustics much better. New, longer screws are necessary to secure the Noctua fan to the heatsink.I wouldn't recommend the IS-30 for any reason other than the size and socket compatibility. It is very low profile, and does support older platforms like AM3 and FM2. Unless you really need a 30mm cooler, I recommend the Noctua NH-L9a, which is 40mm tall.Below are some test results of the IS-30 compared to my AMD stock cooler. Pictures of my setup are included. I didn't record temperatures of the IS-30 with stock fan, as it was too loud for my application.CPU Tested: AMD X2 250 (3.0GHz, 65W TDP).Results are: idle temp / load temp (degrees C)ID-30 w/ Noctua: 36 / 50AMD stock fan: 25 / 40AMD w/ Noctua: 28 / 51

Thermals are a little bit better than a stock wraith stealth cooler or stock intel cooler. Size is amazing