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Plain But Effective: VANTEC FCE-6030D

The underside of the FCE-6030D is extremely smooth.

The workmanship leaves nothing to be desired, and installation is as easy as it gets. Its weight is almost 80 grams below the AMD specification of 300 grams.

FCE-6030D: Pretty good cooling performance for a pure aluminum cooler.

Unfortunately, this performance comes with quite a bit of noise.