COOLER MASTER RR-LIE-L9E1-GP 95mm Rifle CPU Cooler

Pros: A little bit better than stock fans. Its designed for people who just buy chips and need a close to stock fan. It works pretty good for what its designed for. It screws.

Cons: Absolutely no overclocking with this beast. I would not trust this with my life to overclock a processor. Its a decent design. I'm pretty sure its based off the intel heatsink and fan. It doesn't have variable speed fan.

Other Thoughts: For regular system builds it will do just fine. Most of the processors sold have heatsink and fans with them... but if yours doesn't this is a cheap way to complete your build. Its easier to install that a lot of heatsinks because of the screwing. I like screwing.

Pros: Fairly easy to install. Thermal paste good enough. Very quiet, especially when idling.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: I put this in a mini-tower chassis (Model: IN WIN IW-MTJADE.GLS300). Even though the Intel stock fan is recommended, this one is just low enough to fit (simply remove the extra piece of plastic on the adjustable cooling partition plate) and is quieter.

Pros: 1. Power Supply is on the bottom of the case. --This helps my system to run cool since the power supply's heat remains essentially isolated from the rest of my system, most notably, my video card.

2. Large. --Plenty of room to house the longest of video cards.

3. ESata front port. --Plugs into an unused Sata port so no need for onboard ESata support or an expansion card.

4. Attractive minimalist design. --Has a nice feel to it and seems very well put together. Sturdy and shiny in all the right places.

Cons: 1. (Minor) Power Supply is on the bottom of the case. --Mention this as a con because most motherboards are organized to have the power distribution from the top. I barely had enough length in my CPU power to plug into my MSI P7N motherboard. Power Supply used: "Cooler Master's Real Power Pro RS-750-ACAA-A1 PSU"

2. (Minor) Front (-err--top) ports barely long enough to reach the plugs that happen to be on the bottom of the MSI P7N I'm using.

Other Thoughts: This is the first time i bought a case and price wasn't the primary selection method. I am very happy with my purchase and will be recommending this case to any of my friends (-err--friend) who will be building new systems this summer.

The cons were mostly because of mycomponents I chose and not an indication of a failure by Cooler Master in any way, so I gave this case the full rating

Pros: If your tired of your heat sink & fan falling off this is what you need!!! Lowered my tempature by a few degrees. Nicely buiild, works well

Cons: Can be a pain to retro-fit a already built machine but well worth it.

Other Thoughts: If I ever builid another PC with this type INTEL socket will buy one of these fore sure.

Pros: Cheap, reliable, easy to install, solid bracket mounting (not like that bad clip-on Intel system), cools very nicely.

Cons: none that I can see

Other Thoughts: I own 2 of these, one purchased and installed recently, the other running for other 1 year with a Pentium D on a box that is powered almost 7/24.

The latest one cools a Quad-core 9450 running at stock speed at avg 25 Celsius (85F) under load.

Pros: Good replacement cooler, easy to install, average temps

Cons: dont OC with this cooler

Other Thoughts: i installed it on an ECS P4M800PRO with a P4 Prescott@3.4GHz. Wasnt able to OC but its ok i didnt really need to.

Pros: It's got the back brace that the heat sink screws into. The 95mm fan is quite while still providing good air flow.

Cons: Pre applied paste. Be careful not to put your fingers there by mistake or you'll need to go get new paste from a store if you haven't already.

Pros: -Easy installation - Even though I had to remove the motherboard from the case but that is normal
-Relatively quiet
-does it's job... best bang for the buck

Cons: -It was a 3 pin heatsink. My Intel board uses a 4 pin. It still worked but my mainboard could not utilize the variable setting... no biggy.

Other Thoughts: For the price well worth it.

Pros: Moves a lot of air. Qietly. Not very expensive.

Cons: Only 3 wires, so fan control is not possible.

Other Thoughts: I originally thought I'd need a fan, but Intel supplies one with their processors.

Then, I thought I'd return the Cooler Master, but the Intel fan proved to be such a pain to install (it relies on you pushing expanding bolts through the motherboard -- some of which go in easy, some of which do NOT! :(, that it was simply easier to go with the Cooler Master (a plate slips under the motherboard, the fan screws into the plate). The plate is thinner than the stand offs holding the motherboard to the motherboard tray, so there is no problem at all with the installation.

Pros: So much better than the stock attachment pins that intel and others use, man those are a joke. The back plate and screws assure a good contact. Small in size, relatively quiet, fantastic price. Cools better than stock cooler that comes with retail CPU's.

Cons: Nothing special to look at in a window case. Not sure about stock paste, since I always use AS-5. Small contact area between the cpu lid and cooler, it's a copper dime sized core. Madelline, James, Charlie Manson, and the quest for.....

Other Thoughts: This cooler is a pretty good deal. Like others have pointed out, it's not the best in the world- but it's far from the worst. If you're not overclocking, or OC'ing moderately, you can't beat this cooler. Temps on E6420 at stock 2.13 clocks/volts was 28c idle 54c during OCCT. Same E6420 at 3.4Ghz and 1.5 volts runs at 36c idle and 67c during OCCT. Temps bounce between 36c and 44c during daily computing. Don't feel safe pushing it any more with this cooler. Bye bye!