With the knowledge that I would soon come into possession of this little beauty, I did what all good cooling nuts do; I went surfing for a review. Easy enough, you say? Well...yes and no. I did find one, Akasa, only one, in English. Babblefished, of course. They had a very nice picture, which I used here since I don't have a digital camera (thank you dark-tweaker), but the text, for me, was lacking. Also, the link to the MBM results wasn't working. So, all I was left with was something about 47 degrees. I think? What to do? Write my own, of course. I want to state from the outset that this is in no way a professional review/guide, as if you couldn't tell. It is my own observations from the perspective of a virtual beginner to the world of cooling. It is meant for someone who is interested in making some changes to their cooling system but hesitant to fry that Athlon.