Summary: its price is higher than better performing coolers such as tuniq tower 120 (in my mind is the best). Even the typhoon with a little cheaper price would do better than this cooler. If you don't push your chip to the limits and want to have something look nice behind the side glass door. Get this. Installation is also easier than most other top coolers.

Summary: Overall this is an outstanding cooler. Not only is it the best air cooler available but it can also take on some liquid systems out there. I used to own a kingwin liquid cooling system but I have to say the hassle of installing one of those was not worth it. You can get the same effect with Zalman 9700. A very cool feature is the speed control that you can attach to the side of your case and adjust as needed, for instance when overclocking. Also, if your goal is to minimize the noise you can run it in silent mode with slower rpm, which would still be more than enough to cool your CPU if you are not an extreme overclocker of course. The only potential issue I can see is somewhat poor design for attaching this thing to socket 775 CPU since it is only attached w/ 2 screws. There are 4 screw spots on the bracket so I wish all 4 of them were utilized. Currently you can use either of the pair depending on which orientation you are installing it in.

Summary: This is definitely a unit you would like to consider if you are looking for that extreme air cooled unit. I would definitely measure my case in the future twice before ordering a fan this big. When it arrived I thought it would not fit but after removing the motherboard and mounting it, it looked great in my P180 case!