The TherMax II is an excellent cooler for value. Performance is excellent and it has a UV reactive fan, a nice touch over other DHT coolers. It features four copper heat pipes running through a block of aluminium fins with an interchangeable 120 mm fan blowing air straight to the exhaust of the case. This fan is silent when set at a low setting but can get noisy when running at high. The cooler has a very simple installation mechanism for AMD based installations. For Intel based installations it is only slightly harder, the user has to put a plate on the front of their motherboard (not requiring the motherboard to be taken out of a case or motherboard tray though). Installation is also completely tool-free, another added bonus. There is also a PCI fan controller included which is very easy to install, yet does unfortunately require a Molex connection from a power supply (albeit, it outputs a Molex as well).
The cooler performed very well. The only downfall was that there was not much of a performance increase when the fan was set to its highest speed, yet it was a lot noisier. The Intel stock cooler was beaten in every test by a large margin.
Overall, the Spire Thermax II is a very large heatsink which is relatively silent and performs very well. For just under 39 Euros, it is not the cheapest of solutions but it is certainly not expensive and does get the job done.