Customer Reviews

AeroCool Xfire CPU Cooler Retail

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Bought this for a socket-AM2 motherboard (gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5), but never got very far in just trying to install it, because the socket-AM2 hardware that comes with it is just awful.

This cooler comes with a crossbar type of clip with a hinged piece at each end that is supposed to reach down to engage the tabs of a standard socket-AM2 retention frame. However, it is clear that the manufacturer put absolutely no thought into the design of this clip. Each hinged piece has a dozen notch positions that can be used to adjust how it's hinged onto the crossbar, but there is absolutely NO guidance as to which of those positions are correct, which forces the end user to guess what they're supposed to do, and frankly, I couldn't find notch positions that seemed to be correct for socket-AM2 no matter what I tried.

Many other coolers for socket-AM2 also use a crossbar with hinged end pieces, but they don't design them to force an end user to enter into a guessing game as to how to put these pieces together -- this was a uniquely bad idea!