High end CPU coolers tend to go for quite a bit of heat dissipation power so you’re bound to see quite a few heatpipes and plenty of fins to go along with them but the ever increasing trend is towards multi-fan setups to get some real airflow through its fins. Thermaltake’s Frio CPU Cooler possesses […]
While the AMD Radeon HD 5870 graphics card doesn’t run as blazingly hot as other graphics card solutions upgrading its cooling could allow for higher overclocks and lower noise output. The Thermalright Spitfire and VRM-R5 heatsinks are more than capable of handling the Radeon HD 5870’s heat output and should do wonders for the silence […]
Read more Thermalright Spitfire and VRM-R5 GPU Heatsinks corral the Radeon HD 5870
The trend towards even larger tower heatsinks causes a bit of a problem in the confined spaces of small form factor cases and there are very few slim profile coolers on the market so it’s always nice to see some added competition. Xigmatek’s Durin D982 CPU Cooler brings the direct heatpipe cooling technology to the […]
Read more Xigmatek Durin D982 CPU Cooler goes for the low profile approach
Air cooling has certain limitations due to the amount of surface area and the speed with which heatpipes can dump the heat to the fins attached to them. Thankfully it would seem heatsink manufacturers haven’t hit the limit yet. The Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU cooler manages to cram in 6 heatpipes and a whole lot […]
Read more Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler pushes air-cooling performance to new heights
You can trace back the high end of the cooling market to precious few companies, most notably Thermalright, who went all-out in their pursuit for performance and well a bit of the design flair what with all of that fancy nickel plating they indulge in. The Thermalright Venomous X CPU Cooler is another attempt at […]
Read more Thermalright Venomous X CPU Cooler aims for the high end once again
As with most cooling trends the high-end heatsink manufacturers latch on to a good idea and run with it, at least on their high end products. Thankfully some of them serve a purpose more than others. The Xigmatek Balder SD1283 puts the shiny anti-corrosive properties of nickel plating to good use. Tweaknews gives it the […]
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CPU coolers have come a long way over the past few years combining a few subtle, and not so subtle, design tweaks to the mix. Of course when all of the minor changes aren’t enough you can just throw brute force at the problem. The Noctua NH-U12P SE2 comes prepped with a pair of 120mm […]
Testing a selection of coolers is more difficult than you might think. Besides having to carefully control the ambient temperature you’re going to dread mounting cooling hardware and their assorted brackets over and over again. Thankfully Hexus has done all of that so you don’t have to. They have a look at a number of […]
Read more Intel LGA 1156 Cooler Roundup gives you heatsink mounting nightmares
Direct heatpipe contact was something of a simple solution that showed quite a bit of a performance gain when heatsinks with the technology popped up for processors…it’s about time they brought it to video cards. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 HDT VGA Cooler and its 5 heatpipes which will whisk […]
Read more Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 HDT VGA Cooler does the direct heatpipe contact on your GPU
Arctic Cooling is best known for their silent approach to…well chip cooling. The company’s Freezer line has been a good performer on the AMD and Intel processors of the past but has so far been out of the picture on the newer sockets. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 remedies that oversight and allows […]
Read more Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 Heatsink targets more sockets with its cooling power
