A quick search on Google reveals a number of reviews . No need for links, they are easy enough to find. While I didn't find any reviews by sites considered to be the premiere tech sites on the web the five I did check gave this product a decent rating. EDIT: I lied...Guru 3d has a review up.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/content/240/
Having said that it wasn't considered top dog since other products best it's cooling performance as well as noise levels. It looks like it would block airflow in the case, which isn't a good idea if you're running a halfway decent videocard (or two). These days it's the GFX that requires the attention, not the CPU. The only real plus to this is price.
Of course I've never had a problem with stock cooling (I've never owned a P4 either...well I have
owned P4's before. Maybe that should be that I've never bought a P4 before.
)
My old Barton used to get to about 25C above ambient air temp under full load, but I think that was due more to bad airflow through the case than the actual CPU. My latest X2 now runs at about 15C above ambient under full load with stock cooling.
[ 08-17-2006, 10:23 PM: Message edited by: Zebodog ]