Pros: Since buying the Zalman C***95*0, I've never been satisfied with it's ability to control the temps in my FX-60 (939). And if you get lazy with the cleaning of the fins, you're facing 63degC temps at 100%(x2) load in a 70degF room. In contrast, the Scythe has dropped my temps by 11degC at the same load. To be fair, it's 11degC compared to a somewhat-dirty Zalman. But, at least 7degC under ideal circumstances. And the Scythe offers the option to add a higher-CFM fan. (the stock unit is very quiet, but seems low-CFM)

Cons: The hateful clamping mechanism. In the past, I've used multiple types of clamping HSFs and bolt-ons, but this was the only time that I stopped, took a look at the box after a ten-minute struggle, and seriously questioned seeking an RMA due to the force required. I imagine that it was putting all of that pressure on it's own bottom plate instead of the CPU, because it didn't seem to leave tell-tale smears in the heatsink compound. Dunno, but I dread the day of it's removal.

Overall Review: You'll love the cooling capacity and welcome the chance to increase it with a different fan, but as you're sweating over the battle for installation, you may curse my recommendation. AMD FX-60 (socket 939) Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Arctic Silver 5 Lian-Li V1200 Plus No overclocking (but with Hi-CFM fan, 2.8Ghz here I come?)

Pros: No dead pixels! When NewEgg first received it, they sold it with the standard return policy instead of the extremely limited 30-day, no refund.

Cons: I bought it to replace a Viewsonic that has to go in for repairs, but I after futzing with it for a while, I could never get a satisfactory image quality. (7900GTX/DVI-input) No matter what I tried the colors and contrast seemed way off. Could have just been this unit, but, recently I've learned of 6-bit vs 8-bit panels and I wonder if that is to blame. It appears to be a dithered 6-bit. My current monitor is 16ms and I've never seen ghosting, so from this experience... give me a slightly slower panel with better image quality any-day.

Overall Review: Please change the return policy on monitors. I'm now gun-shy to buy another at the 'Egg.

Pros: Well done! After finally finding some great running headphones (Philips SHQ-4000!) I decided to rid myself of an ancient Samsung 1Gb SDMX1. It will not die! I've killed like seven sets of headphones, but the SDMX1 lives on. After using it exclusively for years, I can tell the Shuffle has much better sound quality. Built-in clip and super lightweight. You could clip it to your bangs! And shuffle. Over the years, I've tried to make a mix per month for running. Newly discovered music, etc. It's redundant to the point where I anticipate the next song coming as the current one ends. Ripe for shuffle! Loaded selections from two years of running mixes.

Cons: Cons @ $50?!

Overall Review: I've owned a number of iPods which thankfully broke so I could eventually find and use a Cowon S9! I cracked my S9's screen but still carry it for divx and music along with a hi-res Verizon iPhone. Cowon rocks! In the meantime I've gone Mac so I've got native iTunes. Made a difference for me. iTunes on PC felt like a virus. Since it's part of my MacBook Pro, the Shuffle made sense. Your mileage may vary.

Pros: Big (obviously) and cooler than my older 400Gb SATA-I drive. Bought two, and both have worked just fine so far.

Cons: Need a pot of coffee to format.

Overall Review: I just had a old-ish 250Gb SATA-I drive fail during the back-up of 100Gb in a small case. As in complete failure. Never recognized again and an OS switch, PCB swap, freezing and love-taps couldn't revive it. I monitored the temps, but I think 46+C for over an hour was finally too much for it. When I received this pair of 750's, I moved my system to a spare EATX case for better cooling. During format, with a 120mm directly on them, the temps still went above 35C. A full NTFS format takes quite a long time on these big drives. Without proper cooling I tend to think that a lot of the quicker failures from other users could be due to inadequate cooling. After all, the format stage may be the hardest that drive will work for it's lifecycle.

Pros: Quiet and has the same image quality as my 7900GTX. Fits a Lian-Li PC-V300 case. Dual-DVI. Supports dual-link DVI at 2560x1600!

Cons: Can't think of any cons.

Overall Review: After getting this card, I considered purchasing a 30" LCD. I assumed that this card wouldn't support 2560x1600, but to my surprise, it does! I wrote this review because I don't believe anyone has mentioned that. Very nice! (but untested as of now) Also, I have a separate gaming machine and am troubled with the idea of complaints about heat while gaming with a fanless 7600GS. Mine (mostly 2D) stays at about 55C in a small, low-fan pressure case. 3DMark03 can send it to 63C max.

Pros: Actually pretty quiet! More so than I expected. The rubber grommets noticeably reduced seek noise, which is impressive considering the drive went from the back of the computer to the front behind a grille. (see notes below)

Cons: That heatsink pad. I read some info on the unit and thought that I'd cleverly stick the thermal pad to the heatsink instead of the drive. No dice. It's sticky on both sides. So, I didn't use the thermal pad or heatsink. It's under a DVD-RW so it kind of naturally creates a channel for the air. (see temps below)

Overall Review: Right now this computer has three 7200RPM drives. The one in the SHF1 (without sink and pad) is 38C (a new 320Gb WD "AA"), the two others without any cooling are 51C & 54C (older 7200.8 SATAI drives). On the noise... I built a small quiet computer for my desktop from a Lian-Li PC-V300, fanless 7600GS and Noctua fans. The fans come with a few small wiring harnesses that lower fan noise (and voltage I guess). I used the "Low-Noise" wiring harness for the Noctua fans and the "Ultra-Low-Noise" harnesses for this unit. Stock, with the computer about 1.5 feet away it was pretty quiet, but a bit louder than the stock Intel cooler. With the harnesses, they are almost inaudible and still push a very respectable amount of air.