When we overclocked the temperature rose to 68 degrees which is respectably close to the 62 degrees managed by Deepcool and Phanteks. It kept our Core i7-4820K at 40 degrees at stock clocks. Testing The Basic name doesn't really do justice to the Prolimatech Basic 81 as it does a decent job. There are spare clips in the package so you could install a second fan if you choose and you also get a choice of fan sizes as you get four clips for 120mm and four for 140mm fans. We found the way the wire fan clips hook on the outside of the fan meant they could conflict with your RAM. The rails can be arranged so the cooler mounts in either direction.įor LGA115x you have a back plate, spacers, side rails, screws, a cross bar and two more screws which is pretty conventional however the nature of Prolimatech's hardware means this isn't really a job you want to carry out inside your case. The hardware looks a bit crude but fits well and does a decent job. Once you figure out which thread size is correct you mount two side rails (using a back plate with LGA115x) and then mount the cooler.
We found the installation instructions were not especially clear and the two sets of screws for LGA115x or LGA2011 were not labelled.
It is a tower cooler with six heatpipes and a single 120mm fan. The Prolimatech Basic 81 is aimed at the mainstream and is supplied with mounts for Intel LGA115x and LGA2011 so you can forget about LGA1366, LGA775 and AMD.
