SilverStone SST-AR06 - Argon CPU Cooler 4 Direct Contact Heatpipe, 92mm PWM, Intel/AMD

Since building my new PC I had only installed a stock cooler to my i5. Under load I was experiencing temperatures close to 80 degrees c. Which of course won't kill my chip but it's not ideal. I was looking for a cheap aftermarket cooler to upgrade to at that point. Read a couple of reviews online regarding this CPU cooler that were quite positive and on the whole I would have to say they were right about this cooler. It's pretty great!Installing it was fairly easy and that's with my motherboard still in my case. Temps now get no higher than 65 degrees under load. The fan is so much quieter than stock and on the whole. Really happy with it.

Built a mini gaming PC in a Silverstone Raven Z RVZ02B case, I7-6700 and a RX-480 8GB, M.2 256mb NVME drive and a 128GB SSD. Worked fine and fast and I was running on stock Intel cooler....it didn't get too hot, 27 degrees idle the and was at hottest 75 degrees at maybe 75% load....decided to give this a try as i'd seen a few similar setups with one, it was a TIGHT fit but it fits, v v simple to install I didn't even take the motherboard out the case!! Anyway, after install it's maybe 3 degrees cooler on idle and topping out at 62 degrees under the 74% load so 13 degrees cooler....I think it was well worth it. Only issue is the color of the can.... I might change it out if I can find a fan as good and as thin/thinner.

I bought this for a Home theatre PC Build to keep it cool and quiet and it is exactly that. I will post an update after benchmarking with a Intel G3258 Anniversary Edition OC'd as far as possible. On average under moderate load this thing doesn't go over 45*C with idle temperatures around 23 - 27*C Last benchmark I remember after 1hr of Prime95 Max Temp was 56*C with ambient being around 22*C. Please note you will need access to the back of your motherboard and this fits the socket 115X category i.e. 1150 etc. and screws directly onto the motherboard instead of a mounting bracket. PS it is very low profile and doesn't obstruct RAM slots, at least for me anyway.

Great CPU cooler I didn't like the blue fan so I replaced it with a Noctua NF-A9x14 low profile fan that is 1mm thinner than the Silverstone one so no problems with clearance. I have it on an i7 4790K and I've had to under clock it down to 4GHz because it was getting too hot with this small cooler but its the best cooler I could find with a max height of 58mm. With the i7 running at its stock turbo mode of 4.4GHz it was running at around 70-80 degrees just doing general use. Clocked down to 4GHz idle it runs at between 40-50 and under load its between 60-70 degrees. So its on the very edge of my comfort zone with temps but I'm happy with it. I would recommend it for an i5 or below but probably not for an i7

This CPU cooler is not for overclocking at all . Otherwise it is good , the 95 WATTs TDP is a stretch . My i7 4770K is a bad overclocker running at 4.2GHZ at 1.2V . on these settings my CPU reached 89C which is hot hot . I needed to down clock to 4.0GHZ at 1.09V , now my CPU tops at 76C , I can live with that .Pros: Small and fits most cases Cheep Not load easy install looks GoodCons: Low performance not made for OCing

This is about the AR06, when I got it I thought yes great, it looks the part, I am running a 4570 ITX with the stock fan was touching 65C with the CPU at 100%, so I thought I would get this, fitted it it hit 72c!!!!!!!! just does not make sense the AR06 is bigger lots of pipes that get hot its fits well!!!! unless you want a cooler that looks cool dont bother. Such a shame

The screws are too short and it came with no manual

This fan is so silent but yet efficient! I bought it for my mini build and it keeps the machine cool - only a couple of degrees higher than my other, which is trice the size!

Muy reducido y silencioso, se mantiene a unos 48 grados sin forzar.

Pose facile et rapide,tout est livrais y compris la pâte thermique.Pour le moment tout est OK,silencieux et bonne dissipation de la chaleur,à voir dans le temps...

gleich vorweg, ich verwende nicht den original lüfter der reicht vl für htcp pc's aber für alles andere eher ungeeignet.teuscht man jedoch den lüfter, in meinen fall der dragonfan von msi @4000u/min (nein rennt nicht auf max. xD), kühlt das ding locker einen übertakteten i7. selber nutze ich ihn auf einem i5 4570S @ 65watt TDP, hattew vorher einen scyte shuriken rev.B der ansich schon gut war mit den selben lüfter aber der sst-ar06 setzt nochmal einen drauf und kühlt das ding unter Volllast auf 40-45° runter, der shuriken war auch gut schaffte 50-55°, aber 5-10° sind dann doch eine Hausnummer.kann ihn auf jeden fall für itx gaming Systeme empfehlen wo nicht viel platz vorhanden ist aber trotzden nicht auf kühlleistung verzichten will, vorrausgesetzt man tauscht den original lüfter gegen einen normalen. (passt jeder 92ger, auser be-quiet)

Performances supérieure pour les systèmes avec une utilisation élevée du processeur. Facile à installer. Ne demande pas d'espace. Esthétiquement joli.

He hecho varias pruebas con varios tipos de disipadores. Los mejores son los que son un único bloque como este cuyas laminas de disipación están en contacto con el procesador. Esos enormes que tienen muchas láminas pero cuya conexión es sólo a través de las pipe son mucho peores, disipan peor. Este lo quería para un Intel que viene sin ventilador pero para los AMD que vienen con ventilador siempre han mantenido la cpu mucho más fresca. El único problema de esos ventiladores AMD era su reducido tamaño que los llevava a 6000 rpm y hacía ruido (para un FX 8350 de 120w) pero ahora que son de 95w y son más grandes, no aconsejo para nada comprar otro. Ah! y la pasta térmica la mínima. Usar una líquida y extendida con pincel. Cuanto menos mejor. La pasta térmica, su origen, era el de cubrir los posibles huecos que pudieran quedar. Pero hoy en día, los propios procesadores ya tiene su difusor de calor integrado que facilita el trabajo del disipador. La pasta térmica hace de aislante, tiene mejor capacidad de transferir el calor que los metales. Ya digo, se usaba por los huecos de aire no porque sea algo bueno.