Thermaltake Gravity I2 92mm CPU Cooler CLP0556-D

I bought this Thermaltake Gravity heatsink fan for my CPU long ago for my LGA 1155 motherboard, but recently needed to buy another one for my other LGA 1155 motherboard. The Thermaltake heatsink fan works good. Definitely quiet. It replaces my other heatsink fan(Intel) that uses those plastic knobs that requires turning counter-clockwise followed by forcibly pulling up those knobs to remove the heatsink fan from the motherboard. Well, in my case, those knobs(or whatever they’re called) got stuck, likely due to wear-and-tear and age, and I almost physically broke my motherboard in the process of removing that Intel heatsink fan. With this Thermaltake heatsink fan, I don’t have to worry about using any physical pulling force because it uses plain screws to keep the heatsink fan in place on the motherboard. The only negative about this heatsink fan is that you need access to the other side of the motherboard to secure it in place using the plate it comes with for reinforcing the heatsink fan to the motherboard. I prefer to use a screwdriver to secure and to unsecure the heatsink fan, so this product is a good fit for my needs. I have a second Thermaltake Gravity arriving soon to replace a broken heatsink fan(also Intel) on my other LGA 1155 motherboard, which broke because it got so stuck(despite properly turning counter-clockwise and pulling up each knob) that I had to physically to rip it off my motherboard with so much force that the plastic knobs shattered, thus needing to replace it. I have expectations that the Thermaltake Gravity(both the one I’m currently using and the one that is arriving soon) will last much longer than my previous heatsink fan(Intel), and I don’t think I will be disappointed.

I bought this for the cheapest stream PC out of old parts my siblings and I had laying around. Well it so happens to be the only thing we didn’t have was a cooler with the appropriate bracketry for the LGA 1155 socket. So I resorted for for this unit! For under $15 it keeps an overclocked I7 3770K at 4.4ghz 1.2 volts under 95C in 29C/90F ambient temps on a 30 minute Cinebench R23 run.

It does exactly everything we need but now the CPU is now too slow for the load we’re throwing at it LOL!
Not the coolers fault at all in that case and of course is the reason I threw a mild overclock at it.

Now what I don’t like is how it has a 3 pin fan connector. The ASRock P67 Extreme does not have a way to control DC powered fans. So the fans are on full blast in the case. Spins around 2200 RPM and isn’t great to be next to. Thankfully in my case I am using Windows remote desktop and running headless so the PC can be on the common area. Keeps my room nice and quiet!

The mounting bracket is kind of a pain in the arse but now that I think about it, if you have a case that has an opening on the back of the motherboard tray, you can try setting up a pillow or small box behind the pc and laying it down. I did it with the PC standing upwards which wasn’t enjoyable.

Nonetheless for the money, I am happy and the PC stays cool during 6 plus hour streams.

PC Specs:
ASRock P67 Extreme
Intel i7 3770k 4.4Ghz @ 1.2v
16gb DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
GTX 1060 6gb
Fractal Meshify C mid-tower case

I used the Thermaltake Gravity i3 to replace the stock cooler in my Dell Optiplex, which has an Intel i5 12500 chip. Two things I noticed right away — compared to the Dell cooler, the Thermaltake is larger, both wider and taller, and has a larger fan. It screwed in to the existing holes and is a direct replacement, so it was super easy to install. Mostly I wanted something quieter which wouldn’t present any challenges inside the small Optiplex case, so I tried this out and was pleasantly surprised that not only is it noticeably quieter to my ears while under heavy CPU load, it lowered peak CPU temps from 93 to 83 degrees C while running a Cinebench test. Overall, good enough for the cost.

por el momento todo bien, venía de usar uno stock de intel para enfríar un core i5 pero le costaba aunque no hiciera algo tan exigente de pronto se subía a los 65-70 y jugando ni se diga llegaba a los 80, pero con este sigue en 55-65 grados aún jugando apex legends en calidad máxima, en cosas de render si se llega a subir algo pero no llega a 80 o temparaturas más altas, si hace ruido pero no tanto ni molesto, el stock de intel hace más ruido y no logra disipar bien (no deberían seguir incluyéndolos, es mejor usar uno como este de alto rendimiento); y no todo es lucecitas a lo mejor carece de eso pero cumple muy bien su funcionamiento, hay otros modelos de thermaltake que si traen rgb pero si checan en su página no están en la sección de alto rendimiento, desconozco si varíen mucho pero este es muy bueno.

Fantastic cooler, I use on an i7 12700KF and never exceed temps of 140F, even when gaming heavily and multi tasking.

Más que nada lo estoy utilizando para actualizar la bios de algunas tarjetas madres (pasar de 12va a 13va generación ) pues el disipador que traen los procesadores Intel son “fastidiosos” porque se pueden dañar con facilidad, así que ocupo éste porque solo lo atornillo y rápido lo puedo poner y quitar, con los de Intel ya me había lastimado los dedos de tanto poner y quitar (aproximadamente he actualizado 30 tarjetas madres) así que me ha gustado bastante por lo práctico y lo seguiré usando para los mismo.