Pros: Large, clean and well polished base. This heat sink would have been the perfect silent cpu cooler for the Q9300 quad processor I selected for my new build. Unfortunatly...

Cons: I suppose I could have done some more homework on the board layout. The motherboard (Intel DX38BT) does not have enough room around the CPU to fit the bracket for the heat sink. I went with the NOCTUA NH-U12P as a near silent alternative (reviewed recently on anandtech.com, but not available for purchase on newegg for some reason). The brackets have plenty of clearance to avoid touching the board components. The case (Antec P182) has room for the heat sink but the motherboard (Intel DX38BT) did not.

Overall Review: Shopping for a 3rd party heat sink is difficult with different board designs, bracket layouts and mounting mechanisms. A tool that would check the measurements (or even point out what points to measure) would be helpful. I'm not aware of one now.