Scythe SCASM-1000 120mm Sleeve Andy Samurai Master CPU Cooler

Pros: Very efficient cooling. The fan stays below 1000rpm while keeping a 2.4GHz Quad overclocked at 3.0GHz. This is SILENT no matter how you look at it.
Mounting was easy. The base has a very good finish.
Temps at 3.0GHz stayed at 42C with days of quad core prime stress testing. Idle is 32C or lower.

Cons: NONE

Overall Review: On a gigabyte p35 DS3L I had to trim two fins on the north bridge heat-sink. This was a simple task using a pair of snips. Otherwise the heatpipes would put pressure on the northbridge and more then likely disrupting contact with the chipset.

Pros: It does cool my processor more than the stock...

easy to put on a better fan on top

Cons: I was truly expecting better from this thing. I bought it because it was a top mounting cooler (kinda like that idea especially since my case has the CPU cooler port) this thing is so tall i had to remove the tube for the cooler port because it is so tall (which i expected really not that big of a deal) it did lower my temps overall i used arctic silver thermal paste (amazing stuff) it has no visible copper, i was VERY disappointed by that, though it at least had a copper sync on bottom, but it doesn't, the bottom also gets scuffed easily on mine.

The LGA 775 mounting brackets SUCK! they are so flimsy i literally took it off because i was not convinced it was on there completely, and sure enough it was! the top heavy design makes it difficult to lock the brackets in place.

The fins are poorly mounted

overall just not impressed.

i am getting a different one some day.

Overall Review: My temps did go down, but what bothers me is the amount of fluctuation in temps that is going on, i expected better... i idle around 30C (according to SpeedFan 4.34) but as soon as i open Call of Duty 4 it immediately jumps to 40C and then slowly climbs to 45C and this is all after i even put a new 120mm fan on it that can move up to 110 CFM.

Now these temps are more than acceptable but i was hoping to overclock my processor once getting this cooler and sadly i don't think i will.

These results are on an Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66 GHz