Review on Silverstone Tek Argon Series CPU Cooler - 120mm Cooling Fan, Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011, AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2, White AR01 by Jason Marquez

So, I collect HTPC from old parts and new ones. I have an AMD A10-5700 as a base and a Gigabyte GT 1030 Silent Low Profile card with graphics. This is a passive card with no fans, just a large heatsink. All of this fits into an InWin CE-685 chassis, which is roughly the size of an Xbox. Needless to say, it gets hot in there and my CPU had some thermal issues. First, I used an old AMD stealth CPU cooler that didn't work remotely. The idle temperature with HWINFO (CPU Package TSI - the temperature inside the CPU cores) was around 60 degrees Celsius, and it reached 82 degrees Celsius under load. It's definitely too hot. In this case there isn't much I can do about the airflow, so replacing the CPU cooler was my best option. This is a very small mATX case at 3.8 inches wide. CPU cooler gap issue. the cooler came in, but it turned out to be almost the same height as the other cooler, so there were no problems with the gap, there were no problems with the RAM either, the block was small, an installation on the FM2 panel was impossible. It's not hard at all - I've done a lot worse. It has brackets that fit Intel and AMD boards with different sockets. The included thermal paste is a decent item from Thermaltake, although nothing special. So I put everything back together and powered up. It's on, running a video, and running some stress tests. The processor temperature at idle is about 45-50C, under load - 60-65C. Not bad at all. This AMD chip tends to get a little warm, so these temperatures are acceptable for it: 15-20 degrees better than the previous cooler, and it's completely silent when booting. I am very happy with this cooler and would definitely recommend it for SFF builds. Will definitely be using this again in future builds.