It should be my first time post.
My I5-12600 did not have thermal paste and was using stock fan.
The temperature was very high, about 58 degree in BIOS with turbo boost on and about 48 degree with turbo boost off.
When installing CUDA, the system would 100% die due to high temperature. I had to disable turbo boost and limit CPU at 80% max to install CUDA…
Was seeking for a CPU cooler as I do not want to waste too much money simply on thermal paste.
Found this one a good price (regarding 3 camels and internet search), and since it comes with thermal paste, I chose to buy this.
Received today and installed it, my CPU temperature was down to 32 degree, which is 26 degree difference. Of course, the thermal paste should be a important reason, but this one is also better than the stock fan in my view.
If you do not care the colour, I think it is a good deal.
Fantastic cooler, I use this on my Ryzen 5800x and has been working like a treat.
I rarely ever go beyond 70c even at max load which is impressive on this type of CPU.