This is a thorough and fair review. I like the product even more than the reviewer, however. It took me less time, about 25 minutes, to complete the installation. I also found the fan at my local COMP-USA for $55. Even though I have an Antec Sonata case, the noise of the Intel stock fan was very high, negating the benefit of the Sonata. With the Aero-Cool HT-101, I can finally be at peace with the whole PC in my music studio. Highly recommended.

The good, The bad and The ugly.
I bought this to replace my stock P4 heatsink and fan.
The good: Once installed the cooler looks very nice. It very quite and does a very good job keeping the cpu cool. Well worth the money and time spent installing.
The Bad: Pricey, I paid nearly $60. I also bought this last year when it first hit the street.
The ugly: Directions on installation are pitiful at best. I mean look at them. You get 18 thumbnail size images to guide you through installation. The first 11 are reconstruction phase of the cooler itself to accomodate for P4 installation. Thats when you discover that you must remove the motherboard. Would have been nice if they added that little bit of info at the top of installations. We also have a bag full of screws and different parts for the cooler. Which screws are needed for installation. Look at those thumbnail images closely.It took me an hour just to figure out how to get the metal plate to stay on the back of my motherboard before realizing it had self stick. The self stick does not say "remove me" to use. Nor is there any thumbnail images showing you what/how to attach the back plate. Now comes the fun part in placing the "supportors", place the cooler onto them and screwing it down. The installation is not for the faint of heart for the P4 user.
All in all, I am very pleased with the cooler. Had the Aerocool HT-101 came with better instructions on installation their would be no complaints.

i purchased this cooler from CompUSA 2 days ago for my Athlon XP system and it works great! the heatsink is massive and the fan would look sweet if i had a window on the side of my case.

one thing i didn't see in the review is the ability to use DUAL fans on this baby. the heatsink has mounting holes on both sides for a fan on either side or both sides for even better cooling.

when it's running you can barely hear it. especially if you use other case fans, it's silent. good purchase.

Purchased this item the other day on the basis of this review, the heatsink is good, but no where near as good as my Zalman 7000 (Pure copper).

Installation was 123, since i installed it on my Athlon, what i did find annoying was, the screws that came with the product wasn't long enough, thus didn't work.

Not too much of a problem, found a few screws out back, and screwed the fan onto the heatsink within seconds.

Heatsink is quiet, heatsink is big, and the light is beautiful, i think this is the best heatsink in terms of cooling, sound levels and compatibility.

If you have a ASUS board, i recommend going for a Zalman, they are so much better at cooling at quiet speeds and in my opinion, still kings of the cooling business.

I bought this heatsink because i purchased a new Abit board which are not compatible with Zalman products, lucky for me, i managed to find the same specs on a ASUS board, and now are back to running my Zalman.

Good attempt Aerocool, but no cigar yet.

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