ZALMAN CNPS 8000 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

Pros: Adjustable fan speed for noise reduction (can also be a negative if you accidentally turn it off) Fits my Sugo SG05 case on a Zotac 9300 wifi mobo. Cools efficiently. NOT the absolute best. If you want that then water cooling is the way to go , but it is far better than stock and less hassle to install than H2O unit.

Cons: None- just remember to make sure its always on.

Overall Review: Running on a quad q6600 on a Zotac 9300 board. it just squeezes in if you face the heat pipes towards the I/O panel. My G-SKILL PI Black Ram just barely clears it as well. Have owned and operated all components on this build for 8 months as of writing this review.

Pros: It fits on a Zotac GF9300/GE board almost perfectly. The fins push down on the Zotac name plate sitting on top of the Northbridge heatsink, I considered trying to pry the cap plate off but thought better of it. Dead silent when running at slow speed, and that's with the case opened. Very easy install on top of an Intel Celeron E3300.

Cons: noisy at max RPM

Overall Review: Almost the size of the ITX board and it still fits!! The fan blows on the Northbridge heatsink and offers some circulation. If you pry off the Zotac name plate, the heatsink fins will interleave. From the base of the case to the top of the Zalman cooler measures about 3-1/8 inches.

Pros: Compact Heatpipe Design, Cools Good And Quite. Dropped Idle Temps by 8 degrees and load temps by 10 degrees on a Phenom x3 720 with 4th core unlocked with stock speeds. Temps now are 30 idle and 38 Load running fan at 1700 rpms. going to OC when I get my RMA'd PSU back :( Fits on a ASUS M4A785TD-V no issues. Didn't have to remove Mobo to Install/Remove

Cons: All Copper would've been nice but cools good anyway. Tricky to get the Clips to latch on a AMD mobo.

Overall Review: Fits on a ASUS M4A785TD-V MoBo without blocking any Ram Slots. Just rotate Cooler 180 degrees so the heatpipes face the rear. All in All a great cooler for compact Cases. Cools well, Quite. Would buy again.

Pros: low profile perfect for media center cools my am3 x3 720 well

Cons: none

Pros: Looks good, fits the Lanbox Lite case, fan controller and is almost silent at low speed.

Cons: Cooling performance is not that impressive. I have a 940BE in my lanbox lite and the stock cooler is superior in performance. Is on average 3-5 C worse though is slightly quieter at higher rpms. For the money paid expected better.

Overall Review: I reinstalled the stock cooler and and bought some higher rpm exhaust fans. That and undervolting the cpu a bit (My chip is perfectly stable with 1.315) has brought the temps down to a decent level. Maybe the cooler would function better on a dual core...?

Pros: Keeps the CPU from bursting into flames, fits into my shuttle case without too much hassle, reasonably quiet, easy installation/nice bracket mounting, reasonably priced, and, well, it's a Zalman.

Cons: My E8500 idles at around 43C and at load is close to 55C. A little warm, but not too hot. Almost didn't fit onto my motherboard due to the heatpipes.

Pros: fits snuggly in my microatx case on an Intel DG33TL Motherboard. cools well.

Cons: a little loud when the speed is turned up above 2200 rpms. Lack of MB controlled fan speed. awkward having to place the speed control in a place you can get at it but be inconspicuous.

Overall Review: This heatsink I have in 2 computers. One because I needed one in a tower in a pinch and this was the only one in stock @ my local geek-shop. that one runs at full speed in a tower and it's pretty loud. the second one I purchased because of a micro case purchase and it was pretty much the only one I found to fit and not short out anything. if you're buying a microatx case, this is the heatsink for you. The stock intel heatsink won't fit many micro cases considering you need a beefier power supply to run many of the cards required for Vista. unless you have a case designed by some pretty stellar engineers. I don't really care for the manual speed control at all. did I mention that? I'm sure it's 6 of one half a dozen of the other on that though. be careful, the fins are very sharp (probably goes without saying)

Pros: Excellent cooling. Just excellent. My CPU temps are 35C idle and it tops out around 42-43C under load. The low profile was PERFECT for my tight case and I love the look of this HSF as well. It just looks so nice with the heat pipes coming out of it and the heatsink fins.

Cons: It's a little wide and you WILL lose a memory slot on an Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. Also, I think it's just a tad more expensive than it should be... but I guess you get what you pay for. Those are the only two reasons for rating it a four instead of a five.

Overall Review: I keep the fan at max speed at all times because I am too lazy to keep turning it up and down, so I can definitely hear it, though it is not as loud as some people have suggested it is. Overall, I think this was a good buy. And it -is- AM2 compatible (says so on the box when you get it) and it installed easily. Make sure you use arctic silver as your thermal grease. The stuff this comes with isn't all too great and they don't give you enough for just-in-case situations (like having to remove the HSF to rotate it or whatever).