Id-Cooling Reveals IS-65 Low-Profile CPU Cooler (Fans Sold Separately)

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  • Dark Lord of Tech
    Very nice , love the LED Concept and easy install.
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  • dstarr3
    Umm... 90mm (w/ fan) isn't exactly low-profile. There's an awful lot of HTPC cases that it won't fit in being that tall.
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  • Dark Lord of Tech
    I use the CRYORIG C7 another nice real LP.
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  • Mr5oh
    @DStarr3, I agree, and it appears its 90mm tall for no reason. 90mm would not fit in either of my HTPCs, both of which are using Silverstone AR06 coolers.

    They could easily bring that heat sink down in closer to the CPU.
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  • DarkSable
    19483370 said:
    I use the CRYORIG C7 another nice real LP.

    Out of curiosity, how do you find it performs, specifically when it comes to noise?

    A lot of people with 48mm available for the CPU cooler (Dancase A4, Dr. Zaber Sentry) are finding that while its performance is good, it's very very noisy when anywhere near a case panel.
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  • Dark Lord of Tech
    So far so good noise levels are decent , for what it is , performs well.
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  • Valantar
    For a "low-profile" cooler, that thing is conspicuously tall. I mean, it requires a support brace to avoid flexing. Noctua's NH-L12 has two fans, and is only 3mm taller. Not to mention that it can run with just the bottom 92mm fan attached at 66mm total height ...
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  • ddpruitt
    I'll hold off any criticism until its released, but it seems like this would have trouble at 120w. Only 3 heatpipes and small cooling fins at 90mm or so? Why can't anyone make a decent LP cooler? It seems that the only decent LP coolers were the units that came with high wattage AMD CPUs, aftermarket units rarely do any better.
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  • firefoxx04
    STOP WITH THE AUTO PLAYING VIDEOS MY GOD. I dont even read the articles anymore. I see the headlines and move to a different site.
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  • dstarr3
    19485357 said:
    For a "low-profile" cooler, that thing is conspicuously tall. I mean, it requires a support brace to avoid flexing. Noctua's NH-L12 has two fans, and is only 3mm taller. Not to mention that it can run with just the bottom 92mm fan attached at 66mm total height ...

    I think they might have just labeled this a "low-profile" cooler to create an excuse for possible poor thermal performance.
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