Dynatron P985 92mm Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: Small footprint, Back-plate security and precision, decent cooling, relatively quiet for most of its life at low load.

Cons: Fins get very dusty very quickly, reducing cooling seemingly overnight. The fan can degrade over time until it howls and it DOES get a bit loud when under high or sustained load.

Other Thoughts: I really like this unit. It's generally an excellent performer. But it does get dusty very quickly. It also gets quite loud under load - especially when gaming. Unfortunately, over time, the fan just kind of decided to go werewolf and howl all the time. My first one lasted about four years before the fan started getting loud enough for my wife to complain. I ordered another, only used the fan and it's like it was when it was new. Nice and quiet except when I'm gaming, which isn't that often.

It's easy to clean since the fan attaches with a simple pressure clip. Getting the fan back ON is a touch tricky, but not unmanageable. I discovered this from the build-=up of dust that caused my T-Max settings to kill my computer in the middle of a game. The top becomes easily clogged by dust and airflow is through the top. I play it safe and keep my T-Max at about 65 C, but it was startling to see my system overheating.

The copper core and aluminum fins do a great job of keeping the CPU I have (a 3.0 GHz, Core2 Duo Wolfsdale) running between 24 C and 58 C depending on load and air temp - provided you keep it CLEAN. I subtracted one egg because of the fan life (all the other fans in the case are both older than the HS fan on this one and are still working FINE) as well as the design which seems to trap dust easier than most coolers I've used in the past. Overall, though, I'd definitely recommend it, provided you don't mind cleaning it every few months for optimum performance.

I'm now making my new system (the MB on my current system is getting squirrely) and wish they had a back-plate version of this for the LGA 1155 socket. But they don't, so I have to use something else. I'd definitely recommend this over the stock Intel fans but you'd have to have an LGA 775 board for it and those are, sadly, out of style these days. Too bad, since it seems they have more options for a socket 775 than they do for the more current 1155/1156.

Pros: Quiet, Really guys. I don't know what some people are talking about when they say it is loud. Maybe it is their power supply fan being loud because this fan is so quiet they have nothing else to listen to.
Also this is a great option for you guys upgrading your grama's compaq presario. The OEM motherboard that those came with works perfect with this because it already has a bracket installed underneath the motherboard. So you just have to screw this one down(no motherboard removal neccessary!) and you're good to go! Did I mention quiet?

Cons: Was a tad trick screwing the mounting screws in but it was secure in the end.

Other Thoughts: Do not attempt PC building whilst consuming bacon.

Pros: I resurrected an old machine to run as a server and accidentally broke the annoying plastic pins off my old heat sink. I specifically got this heatsing because it uses screws instead of those plastic pins.
It was ridiculously easy to install.

The fan is not loud either.

Cons: None yet!

Other Thoughts: When idle, the fan cant' be heard with the case fans turned on.
Under high load the sound is audible, but isn't a high pitched whine. Its more like the whooshing of air with a slight mechanical tinge. Not unpleasant like previous heatsinks I've had.

Pros: the fan works as its supposed to, keeping machine cool as hoped.

Cons: thermal paste wasn't shipped in bottle as picture provides. thermal paste is placed on the heatsink; normally would have been a great idea. the bracket/heatsink didn't fit my board like i expected.. wait, at all. i snapped in everything as obvious as it was. hooked up machine. got strange beeping noises. unhooked took out, noticed that none of the thermal paste was changed, then after closer inspection, it wasn't touching at all, large gap from between the cpu and heatsink. blah blah fast forward, the fans were similar enough that i had to break a couple things, and modify the new fan on old heatsink. after about 30+ minutes got it all together and installed. would have been nice to have that tube of thermal paste to put on my old heatsink.

Other Thoughts: i love newegg, never had a problem with them. always fast and at a reasonable price. the pictures and description was off a little bit on this one. this is the FIRST negative review i've ever done.

Pros: 775 Socket
Cheap
Efficient
Simply put it does it's job.
Price
Easy installation

Cons: No cool little LED that you will never use.

Other Thoughts: It keeps my core 2 quad cool at around 30 degrees. Under load MAYBE 50.

Pros: Huge upgrade from the cheap fan i use to have. The previous one had plastic clips to hold it to the mobo, this one has metal screws that go into a supporting backplate which help keep it on

Cons: None.... so far

Other Thoughts: Recommended =)

Pros: Sturdy, simple.

Cons: Wore out quickly.

Other Thoughts: I am writing this review to let others know that this fan has worn out on me after only 6 months. It is higher quality than stock fans, but has a far shorter lifespan. When it works, it is works fine, but what is the point if you need to keep buying them twice a year?

It has become loud, irritating, and sounds as if it is dying. Spend some extra money on a higher quality fan that will last longer. There is little reason to buy a fan that wears out so quickly.

Pros: Has worked great and kept CPU cooler than the Intel stock unit would by far.

Cons: None

Pros: A decent product for a second review a year later.
The fan is very durable. (workhorse)
The low profile aspect for me is it's best qualities as I couldn't go with anything too tall.
Slightly beefier than a typical 775 Intel stock cooler & more efficient imo.

Cons: Not too quiet, but not overly loud either. I can hear it.

Other Thoughts: The temps start to go up as the dust and grime accumulate in the heatsik fins, but a cleaning and a reseating with a fresh dab of thermal compound will restore it nicely. Bit it's not quite due for it yet, ...soon though.

This is doing a decent job of cooling the 95W Q9650 processor on an X48 Intel board performing grapics and video encoding as load.

Pros: Reduced the temp of the CPU significantly. Much better than the stock Intel cooler.

Cons: Dying a slow death. The bearing is clearly bad and the cooler makes horrible noise at startup. The sound dies off a little when running, but the problem is worsening.

Other Thoughts: 30-Day warranty isn't long enough.