Tuniq Tower 120 Universal CPU Cooler 120mm Cooling Fan and Fan Controller/Heatsink

Pros: Very, very effective at cooling. (I have rated this a 5 based purely on it's effectiveness but see cons below.) 120mm fan is replaceable. Love the included speed controller so I can spin it down as much as possible while maintaining effective cooling.

Cons: Freaking huge. You will probably not get away without a few cuts and scrapes getting this installed. Getting this installed onto a socket AM2 with the included clip was one of the least-fun experiences I have ever had in PC assembly. You will invent new and interesting combinations of curse words.

Overall Review: Once it's in, and if it fits, you are golden.

Pros: Keeps my Phenom II X3 720 happy @3.2GHz and is relatively quiet.

Cons: Single biggest complaint is the mounting 'system' for the AM# socket, if you can call it that. Of all the brackets, mounts, braces and screws, the only thing holding this to my CPU is a simple pressure clip. There is no way to make sure it is positioned correctly and it freely slides around on the thermal compound - I'm amazed that it hasn't slid down now that its in the case!

The instructions for this socket are as underwhelming as the mount - a tiny black-and-white card that's not even labeled as such. Going online helps, but you just get a color PDF of the same card.

A 4-pin fan would have been nice instead of the manual speed control.

Overall Review: Overall...meh. The mounting experience was horrible, and had nothing to do with the size. There is a little nub in the center of the heatsink that the mounts for other sockets use to position the heatsink. Would it really be that difficult to include a similar mount for the AM#? Preferably one that uses all three clips instead of just one on each side? Given the size of this product the very least I expected was a respectable mounting solution.

This is probably fine for the Intel crowd, but I wouldn't recommend it to AMD users.