Some problems we found were that the base wasn't as smooth as what we're typically accustomed to from Thermaltake. The fan is relatively quiet, but still has the high pitched squeal, but then again, in a server environment, there are louder things. This brings us to our next point, where I'd imagine 99% of home users probably have towers or desktop machines. If this is you, a heatsink such as this may not be what you need.