looks almost as bad as stock

30DBA? It's a screamer

Well, for $8, no rebate, and free shipping, this is about as good as you're going to get.

I remember the good old days when ClubIT and Newegg used to have price wars on CPU coolers. I remember getting a Cooler Master HyperTX2 off of one site for $0.99, and then off the other site for free AR.

Shame that ClubIT went out of business.

ClubIT still owed me a $10 rebate.

This CPU cooler is not bad. It has a back plane for the fan to screw onto. And unlike the stock Intel cooler which you have to struggle snapping on the fasteners to mount it.

There is not much CPU cooler deal around. But for only $8 shipped- don't ask too much for performance, as long as it works that will worth you $8...