XIGMATEK cobra - d984 92mm HYPRO Bearing CPU Cooler

Pros: - Easy to install (AM2 socket)
- reduced cpu temp by 25 degrees C (note I also used arctic 6 thermal paste and installed better fans in my case)

Cons: Some of the fins were bent...Probably about 5 fins were bent, not a big deal, took 2 minutes to straighten them out to my liking.

Other Thoughts: If you are OCD about looks the bent fins might be a bigger deal, didn't take off any stars for it because I only care about performance.

Pros: It looks great, kinda like half an engine block in ur case. it also keeps it incredible cool and I'm using a micro mobo and even with the RAM with the cooling system it fits perfectly over the top of em with room to spare..

Cons: Notta one

Other Thoughts: I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a great cpu fan/heatsink and is restricted on space.

Pros: Used it on my AMD 1090T build. Once installed, it works very well. It cools just as much as the AMD stock cooler, but with significantly less noise.
I like that it's not a giant tower inside my case.

Cons: Installation. I installed it after I had the rig up and running. So I had everything in the box and decided to replace the stock cooler. I didn't have a lot of room to work with, my fault. But clamping down the locking mechanism was very trying. It felt like I was going to break the lock handle when I was trying to lock it into place. I couldn't get enough leverage to lock it with my fingers so I used needle nose pliers. That worked quickly and the heat sink is VERY secure.

Other Thoughts: I have the CPU fan running at 50% speed minimum. It is silent and the cpu idles at 23C in a 73F room. In other words it idles at ambient temperature. Under load, it maxes out at ~59C.
I use arctic silver 5.
I have ~1mm of clearance between my ram (G.SKILL RIPJAWS) and the heatsink overhang.
I thought it was a little pricey, but I'm pleased with the results, especially the sound.

Pros: Works great, keeps very cool.

Cons: large heat sink, and it hangs over the ram on my mother board so i have to take it off to access the first two sticks of ram

Pros: I bought this last week due to some heating issues with my recently built desktop that would randomly shut down, believed it was temp related but never caught the temp at the specific time it shut down, my temp with a Athlon II X4 640 was running on avg about 38c to 45c at most times idle. With this unit it is now at 29c idle and 38c max with full 100 CPU usage.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Great product, I will use these in my future builds

Pros: 4 HDT pipes. Dropped temp on a budget-build Rana 3-core 450 by 10C. And that is in a recycled Dell Dimension 4700 case which is notorious for bad airflow (I couldn't resist reusing Dell's case and PSU by substituting a new mobo & chip just for spitz-n-giggles. Looks on the outside like old junk - runs like a new PC :D).

Cons: When overclocking (which means the fan is spinning at 100% all the time) it is a little loud. Not too bad though. I might replace it with a Noctua 92mm spare I have lying around.

Other Thoughts: Idling at 17C (cross-checked using AMD Overdrive, HWMonitor, and Core Temp - all report the same). Used Arctic Silver 7. The Dell 4700 case is mostly empty now (SSD and using onboard graphics) with a few extra fans strategically placed inside. Didn't want to spoil the outside look since I plan to tell people all I do is defragment regularly to keep it tuned... :P

Pros: This is a gr8 cpu cooler,nice way to mount fan and hs.PWM.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: This keeps a cool e8600 oc@3.8 at 29c,games and video renderat 43c in a 74 deg F room.Cool down time less than a min back down to 29c.C1E and other power savings diabled.Was well pleased with this cooler and its recovery time from full load temp(amazed)A little shorter than the loki with fan mounted but only by a few mm.The stock cooling could not compare to this cooler.I could only mount it one way with it blowing on vrm(p5ql-pro) wich is what I wanted this for compared to the loki or any other tower stand up cooler.I purchased the back plate kit (still dont like the push pin )with xziggy asgaurd case it has open window behind MB to mount this kit holds well used roswell silver paste and has done more than I expected for a cooler.

Pros: MUCH better than stock cpu cooler,5C cooler on idle, 20C under 100% load!, pretty solid, kind'uv exhaust about half of the heat toward top/rear case fans, ALOT bigger than stock but well designed, but small footprint on mb,ram fits under it (so cpu fan would blow on mem), i put on other way though. above ranking for cpu cooler ONLY, handling ranked below (see other thoughts, cons)

easy to install .

Cons: box was open inside ups box (NO damage to ups box), cooler still in plastic packing, missing 1 screw(needed for intell cpu, i use amd), bax was definatly opened though .

Other Thoughts: unhappy i seem to have been shipped/sold an ?open box unit? would give actual cpu cooler a definite 5/5 BOX WAS OPENED before shipping.

?handleing? a 1/5 score
would give actual cpu cooler a definite 5/5

Pros: nice looking and cthe opper shines.
lower temps than Scythe that was on there before.
AMD 965BE @ 3.8GHz idle temp 31C.
compact in size and doesn't interfere with RAM.
4-pin motherboard header.

Cons: fins fragile and a few were bent, had to bend them back.
would have liked to had a better fan to hs/f connection, rubber grommets are OK but would like anti-vibration secure clips instead.
mounting for AMD is not the firmest fit but does seem to mount flush and make good contact.

Other Thoughts: 965BE @ 3.8GHz
GA-990XA-UD3

Pros: Very easy to install - always dry fit first.

Cons: Had to download HWINFO in order to be sure it was running, as I NEVER hear the fan now.

Other Thoughts: Had a stock OldSchool aluminum heatsink/fan, my temps ran 40 idle and upto 55 under load. After installing this, hwinfo's records give my system 27 idle to 38 load.