Thermaltake Venus CL-P0075 Cooler for AMD Opteron, Athlon 64, and Athlon 64 FX55 Review

Bought this to replace the cooler in my HP/Compaq after the fan on the stock cooler started making the sounds of death. It'd be nice if OEM's used better quality coolers like these in their builds.

Makes an ideal replacement. It keeps my AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ at about 80 deg. F, average at idle, depending on current room temp. The highest I've seen it get was about 111 deg. F at 100% load.

Even at about 2,800 RPM, the fan is nice and quiet. At 3,000+ RPM the noise becomes slightly more noticeable but it doesn't bother me.

I'd say the only con with this cooler is that the fins are so compact that dust tends to build up quickly between them but it's not something a compressed air can duster can't take care of. A few quick shots and the fins are clean.

If you need a Socket AM2 cooler, check out this Thermaltake K450, you won't be disappointed.

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