Well would you look at that cooler on the right (yes you can click the thumbnail, as you can click most of our thumbnails for a larger view). You’ll have to excuse GlacialTech for their weird design but that is one way to get some extra cooling surface area.

Hardware Bistro has been on a bit of a cooling binge lately as they’ve taken a look at the GlacialTech F101 cooler which sports that sought after second fan mount we all know and love:

The cooling fan of GlacialTech F101 comes separately at default as this fan has to be installed lastly else it will block the heatsink to be fastened on the motherboard. The overall dimension of GlacialTech F101 is around 143 x 86 x 148 mm (LX W X H) with single 120mm cooling fan. The weight is pretty heavy with its 750gram for single fan setup so the installation must be done correctly. The aluminum fins of GlacialTech F101 is a bit unique than other coolers as it is a upsite-down L-shaped fins for enhancing its cooling performance without creating any incompatibility issue especially motherboard northbridge heatsink.

Well at least we know the reason for the weird shape. They’ve also been busy taking a look at the Spire DualStar SP680S1 which sports a slimmer profile overall:

For the cooling fan, Spire DualStar SP680S1 comes with a 105x25mm silent fan with 200RPM fan speed, 26 dBA and 56.12 CFM air flow. Based on the specification, this 105mm cooling fan is a pretty strong fan and the fan blades are UV reactive which should able to draw some attention for UV freaks. Besides that this fan is mounted on an anti vibration rubber fan mount for reducing the fan vibrating noise.

Interesting cooler but not at the high end of the market.

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