ThermalrightAXP90 X47 Low Profile ITX CPU Cooler, 47mm Height, TL-9015 Slim PWM CPU Fan, Computer ITX Heatsink Cooler, for AMD:AM4 AM5/Intel LGA1150/1151/1200/1700

I’ve done a great deal of research for CPU coolers strictly under 50mm for a few years and this is the best one I’ve ever seen. And Im talking about the Full Copper version specifically.For context I’ve previously I’ve owned an Alpenfohn Black Ridge and while cooling was great and was a top performer for its time, its fan was too loud being too close to the heatsink and causing turbulence. Putting the fan on top of the Ridge heatsink would be much quieter but would just increase the total height to 62mm+ which is definitely not ideal for me. Not only that, the heatsink is too massive so cool air doesn’t even pass through all its fins when using a 92mm fan. And because it’s so big I dont even have access to M.2 drives and Ram. Anyway I had too many problems with this that I realize it’s not good enough to be one of the most effective coolers.Now with the Thermalright AXP90 X47 Full Copper, it performs slightly better (making it the best performing 47mm cooler from all the tests I’ve seen despite it’s much smaller heatsink), is much quieter, easy to assemble, and is so much smaller. My cpu stays at around 70-80C at max load, no turbulence because of the fan on top of the heatsink rather than under, and I can easily get access to my M.2 drive and ram sticks. Also the horizontal heatsink fins allow for hot air to make its way to exhaust through the front and back of my vertical case with almost no obstruction, rather than the bottom and top. This may be one of the reason this cpu cooler is more effective than the much larger Black Ridge.One thing I don’t like is the color of the fan it comes with, so I replaced it with a ID-COOLING TF-9215 ARGB Case Fan 15mm (which is about as quiet and effective as a Noctua NF-A9 if not better). Keep in mind, I’ve heard of reports that the original ugly fan may actually be the best fan for this specific heatsink design, but I haven’t tested this myself.

The old heatsink wasnt cutting it when i switched out the motherboard and the old I3 for an I7-4790. It ran entirely too hot and the fan was very loud. I tried one of the premium coolers but it was too big for my case. I ordered this because it was one of the cheaper options, plus the low profile was perfect for my mATX case. My processor tops at 60*c under load now. Its honestly a top-notch cooler that's not insanely priced. The fan is super quiet, too! Even under load its barely noticeable, and its speed controllable via 4-pin connection. Fan Control program reads the RPMs.My only complaints are, one, the instructions aren't very clear. Its just tiny pictures and some vague broken-English instructions. If you're tech savvy or computer literate, it'll take you 5min to figure out what they want you to do. The actual brackets are labeled 115x/1700/amd.Secondly, the thermal paste is unlike any I've used. Its not bad, it works well! It doesn't smear easily like most pastes. Its hard to describe but it likes to stick to itself. Using the tip of the dispenser as a tool was useless, there's a little ridge around the tip and the rest of the bottle so the paste just kept connecting itself back to the tip and pushed into the gap. It wants to stick to itself and not so much anything else. Little finicky to work with, but its does work well.Very happy with it.

So the instructions werent very clear but picture wise i figured it out also includes thermalpaste which is a blessing over all preformance its average works great on a 5700x3D for sure temps while gaming are 60⁰c-75⁰c the over all look of the cooler is great for small builds noise level wise its pretty quiet for such a small 92mm fan

The media could not be loaded. small affordable cpu cooler, tested on a core i7-12700K undervolted -50mv got aprox 22700pts on cinebench R23 max temp 97C so it can cool that powerhungry stove cpu (180watts while testing), the fan noise at max rpm is acceptable you will hear it but is not loud, it looks nice and it is a must have since it will fit perfect in any miniItx build, also compatible with am5.

Surprisingly good enough to keep my i9 14900k cool even with turbo enabled and under full load including the integrated GPU (no overclocking) for an air cooler. I was dubious about it because it’s not name brand and less than $30 and was expecting to have to return it because it wouldn’t keep my i9cool. But surprisingly it does a darn good job. My last cooler from a different brand actually almost fried my i9 it got so hot and that was only $3 less than this one but this one cools it like a BOSS and that’s even with turbo enabled and with the cpu AND integrated graphics under full load! Definitely pick this up if you’re trying to cool your $600 i9 non overclocked and don’t wanna spend big $$$$$ on a name brand air cooler or aio. I don’t recommend it for overclocking but I don’t mess with that so I don’t have any worries using this. I was expecting I’d need to get an aio to replace this but glad to say I really don’t. This does a perfect job and I’m sticking with it for the long haul. The bonus: it looks good with my other hardware and my chassis. Clean white and square. No weird shaped design no ugly RGB. It’s also whisper quiet too. I sometimes had to check to see if it was even on at first until I just figured out it’s just quiet but is DEFINITELY ON and at FULL SPEED TOO. Definitely definitely recommend this!

I wanted to like this cooler. I did a ton of research and thought it would be a great combination of size, price, and performance. But the mounting just doesn't fit am4. When you try, there is a massive gap between the stud standoff and the motherboard. If you tried to put the nut on the back and tighten it, you would either break the cpu/board or have to leave the nuts somewhat loose. I'm not leaving it loose, and its insane if that is what Thermalright is expecting us to do. Crazy. Don't get this cooler, get anything else.