OCZ Vendetta 92mm Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: Quiet and cools cpu well

Cons: Intel push pin design is hard to work with. Fixed that with a bolt, washer, and nut assembly from hardware store.

Other Thoughts: Keeps an overclocked Celeron e3200 @ 3.6Ghz 1.26v cooled at 58c max.

Pros: These coolers work great with both the AMD Athlon X2 or Phenom 2. I have run a 5000 BE @ 3.2 for over a year on the first one, and no probs... Had to order a second one on my last build with a 955 BE cpu and it works just as well for my new quad.

Cons: Wish the fan had LED's...

Pros: easy install on am2 board, dropped my temps 21 degree's Celsius on a 100% load for 20 minutes.

Cons: fan is noisy. even though it says ultra quiet fan..i'll have to buy another fan

Other Thoughts: for the price there's nothing else out there to compare. i got mine for less than 25 dollars shipped

Pros: -Keeps my AMD P2 X3 730 (OC'd to 3ghz and unlocked 4th core) at 32 degrees C idle and 39 at laod.

-Easy to instlall

Cons: -None

Other Thoughts: -Thing is massive, and heavy, but thats what you get for great cooling. Be careful during install, I almost dropped the thing on my mobo, which would have cause some damage...no room for butter fingers.

Pros: A Big Pro here. It keeps Cpu cool like it should. My temps are in line with most of the other praising reviews.

Cons: Really ticked me off that I had to run to store to get alcohol to clean the nasty bumpy residue left by the plastic sticky sheet that protected the bottom of the cooler from getting nicked in shipping. Im like "what could they have been thinking?"

Other Thoughts: Rubber tabs were awkward but I got over it cause they work well. Like someone else mentioned, for an AMD cpu on the tension bar, keep the lever on the opposite side of the fan and mount the fan before install if you can.

Pros: I did not mind push pins. Tried 4 times to put cooler in without problems.
I thought maybe in was due to way it was sitting on top of CPU but that wasn't it.

Cons: I installed 2 other coolers before. This one was causing my CPU go to 66C in 2 minutes while running Prime95.
Computer was q6600 overclocked to 3.2GHz (8x clock multiplier).
I guess I got defective one and I returned it.
I replaced it with Zalman 9700 worked like a charm and on the first try - temperature now maximum at 53C after hours of testing.

Manufacturer Response:

Hello, we are sorry that you had installation problems. Most customers have no trouble at all, and see great performance. We regret that you could not make yours work properly.
Thank you

Pros: Might be the best heat sink on the planet... I wouldn't know, because due to the cons below, I am sending back and going with another product.

Cons: The push pins that you are supposed to use are horrible. I pushed in the two on opposite sides as it said, one stayed in, one did not. I could not get the three remaining pins to attach to the motherboard (spent two and a half hours trying. When I finally gave up, I could not get the attached pin to release; I ended up cutting it off to free my motherboard from this awful piece of equipment. The instruction mentioned nothing about what to do with either of these two difficulties.

Other Thoughts: I have never had this level of difficulty with other OCZ products, but after this I will probably steer clear of them in the future.

Manufacturer Response:

Hello, we are sorry that you had difficulties installing this prduct. It is possible that the mounting holes in your board are not standard size, and this may have contributed to your problem. We will be glad to assist you with troubleshooting and installation on our support forums at the link below.
Thank you

External Link(s):

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Pros: Great cooler & fan for the price. After installation without any overclocking, it dropped my core temps average of 20degrees!

Cons: None so far!

Pros: Keeps my CPU very cool, 28c during normal use, and about 32 when gamming at high.

Cons: Instructions were a bit confusing.
Its very tall, almost hits the side panel of my Mid ATX case, and can't use a side fan because of it.

Pros: Looks great. Cools well.

Cons: Instructions were not that great at all! First time i installed (AM2+) the fan just dropped onto my video card! thankfully nothing was broken. I re applied everything so it faced up instead of down.. but the instructions never told exactly how to fit it into the motherboard well. Some may just install it with luck and get it right, but hey you get what you pay for. In this case, a great cooler, but horrible instructions!

Other Thoughts: Asus motherboard says the CPU is at 42c.. but all other real time temps i check say around high 20's-low 30's idle AND load.