
This is a very well designed and solidly constructed device. I recently installed a Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 for my wife's video editing system and while it was designed for greater heat dissipation (6 instead of 4 heat pipes, two instead of one fan), the fins seemed thinner compared to the "be quiet" and there was less attention to detail in its construction. Also like the "be quiet's" pre-applied heat transfer pad (instead of grease). Installation was straight forward. CPU temp at low use is around 20 degrees C and below and under load into the 30's. Have never seen it break 40.

Nice big heatsink. Good Cooling capacity. I also use these types of coolers for my QNAP NAS, fits well.

Very solidly manufactured (you can tell by its size and weight). Metal mounting hardware--which is IMHO, far better than CPU coolers that use the plastic "single use" push and twist clips to mount it to the motherboard. And the fan is easily replaceable (when necessary).
