Very Quiet, Cheap, Very good cooling performance, A breeze to install/uninstall
Not as good as other high end coolers, (but half the price)
AK-975cu My initial opinion about this cooler proved to be true. Unfortunately its small size does not give it the ability to cool as well as the other coolers tested. It falls behind the stock cooling solution (with larger coolermaster fan during idle...
Abstract: The Akasa AK-975Cu is a compact little Intel socket 775 heatsink that stands no more than 77mm tall. It comes with a 70mm PWM fan that varies in speed from 1000-3500RPM, and a convenient patch of pre-applied thermal compound on its base.