Pros: +Quiet as a mouse, even @ 100% +Dropped Load temps at least 25C on R9 270X +Fairly Easy Assembly

Cons: +Backplate is probably useless, unless you have another fan blowing air directly towards it from the side.

Overall Review: If my wife would allow it, I'd buy two more (for my two other R9 270X's). This replaced the original single fan cooler from the first PowerColor R9 270X I bought. The shroud's plastic has seen enough heat and stress, the fan mount points were cracking faster than I could glue them together, the fan bearings themselves were wearing out (dual ball bearing, but drying up and getting noisy). For the life of the card, it's been OC'd to 1250/1500 (from 1080/1400), and until recently had always been stable with that. But lately the cards temperature had been increasing, and thus I had to decrease the clock 1250 -> 1230 to keep it stable while running clLucas. Even with the drop in clock, I was facing 76C @ load. With this cooler, the card now runs 49-51C @ load (and 100% fan, because why not? It's silent!), and that is back to the original clocks (1250/1500). The instructions were poor, but I expect that from the start, thanks to other reviews. They are good enough, if you have the right tools. Specifically, I recommend one of those $2 Xacto rulers. With that, you can measure the hole spacing, and the spacing from the bottom of the PCIe interface to the center of the GPU (closest screw -> bridge + 1/2 mounting hole dimension). Now, knowing these instructions are too generic, approach carefully and you'll be fine. First, look at the long screws and how they size up to your GPU before you try assembling and mounting. In my case, the 270X was only just as thick as the hex nut on these Long Screws. The accessories list mentions the 4 washers, which ARCTIC assumes will fit, as they show installing them in the instructions. Of course, assembling with those was not possible for me. However, what is NOT on the accessories list is the set of plastic ring stickers. They look exactly like the ones that were already on the back of my PCB board (for seating the spring mounted screws), just slightly smaller in diameter. Mount those (use the long screws to align them if you want to be extra careful) and the PCB should be protected (not to mention you should tighten those long screws into the heatsink before slipping it into the GPU, so there should be no rotating/digging into the PCB). From there, just use the spacers that meet your needs. In my case, the PCB had 4 foam pads next to the 4 mounting points to make sure the original heatsink didn't get tightened off level. This cooler would not mount with those there, but they peel off easy enough, and with the long screws for mounting, there wasn't really much chance for that particular problem to occur.

Pros: Supposedly compatible with a broad range of sockets.

Cons: Not compatible with my lga2011-3 motherboard

Overall Review: .

Pros: PWM fan @ 2500RPM max, does exactly what I need it to do.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I can't comment on the noise, as the box it's in has 4x 7K RPM fans in it. If it even makes any noise at max speed, it's indistinguishable above my other fans. (2x 60x20 pwm 7k; 2x 70x15 pwm 7k)

Pros: These fans are running side by side as intake fans right now, and they do not get even close to 2000rpm, as intake or exhaust fans. They do 1400-1500. That's OK air flow, but that's not what I was looking for.

Cons: I'd say it was just a failed unit, but for both to be running making NO NOISE at the same RPM when competing with each other to shove air into my case (Antec 300), I just have to insist the specification for these fans is not correct.

Overall Review: If you are looking for a target noise/rpm level: Silent : 1500 +/- 10%

Pros: I have been a fan of Formula5 for many years, since back in 2004 when I applied it to my Northwood P4 water loop. This paste beats it without hesitation. For exact figures, see other thoughts.

Cons: None. Don't listen to whining about how "hard" it is to apply. It's a little tacky. I would rate it no harder than filling a 3" hole in a wall with spackle. If you can manage that, you can manage this.

Overall Review: The list of devices, loads and temps I've tested on: T4300, 2.1 DC, 100% LL-D : 50C E6700, 3.2->3.6, DC, 80-90% OpenCL (MFAKTO): 48-52 HD4650, 600->900(5)/930(6) : 85% OpenCL : 64C (5) -> 55C (6) Dual L5420 Xeons: 2.5 QC: 80% LL/TF @ 67C(5) -> 95-100% LL/TF @ 66C (6) Mind you all the prior Formula5 temps are fully cured over months, with dust addressed on a regular basis. Other than applying AS6 (removing 5 w/ 91% isopropyl), today was normal maintenance and I've added OC or Load and dropped thermals on all devices tested, on the day of application.

Pros: Wish I had one for you.

Cons: This drive started having issues within a year of owning it, it stopped reading DVDs, then it stopped even recognizing that a disc was in the drive if ti was DVD, then it stopped reading CDs and now it doesn't even recognize a CD is present. I downloaded a firmware update from the Manufacturer and installed in under Windows 7 HP x64, and the FW upgrade was a success, but there was no change to the behavior.

Overall Review: I wouldn't buy it again.

Works. Didn't cause skynet yet.

The products themselves appear to be as advertised. All the little pieces I wanted. However, I REALLY did not appreciate that the clear plastic container they come in, which *had* a latch once upon a time, was ONLY closed because it was shrink wrapped in plastic. Keeping a rubber band on it to keep it closed is mildly inconvenient.

I would not recommend this seller. Their package was *not processed* by their shipper. When they were notified of the problem, and asked to *simply call* the shipper and verify they didn't accidentally leave this *small package* on a shelf somewhere, they refused to even do this. They asked me to wait. Now my entire order, from all over the country, has arrived, except for this seller's items. And they won't lift a finger to help.