Pros: - Cheap
- Quite design

Cons: - Cheap
- No back plate
- No instructions

Other Thoughts: Neebs install instructions:

with your motherboard in your lap and flat screwdriver handy, pull up all push tabs on the heat sink and get the plastic tips to go into the heat sink holes on the motherboard.

- use the flat screw driver to push the tips into the holes one side at a time.

Once a point is through the motherboard, spin the tab until the flat side is against the heatsink and push down to secure it.

once secured, install the motherboard.

Pros: Looks great. Fan appears to be sufficiently big enough to move some air.

Cons: Any clip down fan is a gamble as to whether or not you'll get the contact needed for the cooler to do its job properly. This one however actually broke apart upon installation.

Other Thoughts: In order to install this type of fan, a certain amount of pressure needs to be exerted on it. If t=what's required makes the cooler fall apart, what's the point?

Pros: This heatsink keeps my Intel Xeon x3230 (same as Q6700) at 25 degrees celcius when idling... The first time I installed it I didnt push the pins down hard enough. It takes ALOT of pressure to get the pins to lock correctly. Once its installed correctly it works great so I wont deduct a star for that :)

Cons: the pins are very hard to push all the way down and then lock... (now my fingers hurt) but other than that it works great

Pros: Very easy to install and yes it comes with heat sink compound.

Cons: None So Far

Other Thoughts: The lock Plunger tabs need to be smaller so they do not interfere with other components on Mother Board.

Pros: No back plate to install. Works fairly well, actually. If you apply quality paste properly, you can have a core 2 duo idling at 27C and maxing in the 36C's on a 65nm C2D chip.

Cons: DREADED pop in clips. I hate em. At least once you get em in, they are in. But it can be a little different every time.

Other Thoughts: To be such a stock looking cooler, it cooled better than I expected.

Pros: Get's the job done. Better than the stock fan.

Cons: Plastic locking tabs are a little tricky. No behind board mounting bracket either.

Other Thoughts: It's better to mount this heatsink with the board out of the case to make sure you have the tabs in right. They are kind of hard to see when you're looking straight at the fan. Not that loud either, but I did just come from a Socket A Thermaltake Tornado (as loud as the name implies =) ).

Pros: Paper weight.

Cons: Cheap!!!

Pros: price, easy to install quieter and cooler than the massive dell cooler it replaced. 95 watt 3.04ghz pentium dual core.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I always use third party thermal grease

Pros: I bought this CPU cooler to help maintain and extend the life of my four year backup old computer. For the low cost, was pleasantly surprised by the good quality of the item. It is compact and comparable to the original factory equipped cooler that came with my computer.

Cons: No cons, however, the user who decides to purchase this item needs to be aware it is not a drop-fit replacement for the original item.

Other Thoughts: To install this cooler, the user will likely need to remove the motherboard from the case. The fasteners that are supplied with this cooler will not be secured to the mobo in the same fashion as the original equipment, which is held in place with screws. Instead, the fasteners are a type of nylon press-fit items. My mobo had to be prepared by first removing the steel X bracket on the bottom of board to receive the new mounts. Not a difficult job, just be aware. The three pin fan will run at a constant speed, not variable speed. It is quiet. My CPU is currently running between 30C at idle to 45C under heavy load using this cooler. It came with thermal paste (unknown variety), but I used Arctic Silver to be sure of a good, proven thermal compound.

Pros: cools great

Cons: little bit loud