When Zalman’s radial shaped heatsinks were first launched I was a bit skeptical on how well they would perform given their distinctive shape compared to the high-end competition of the time, needless to say many of the competitors are long gone and Zalman’s designs are still one of the top choices for keeping your CPU […]
Read more Zalman CNPS9900A LED contiues the high-end cooling tradition
In a world of tower heatsinks the simple way to go about things is to slap a fan on its side and be done with it, then again going with the old way of doing things would have us stuck with a simple slab of aluminum with a few fins carved out of it. Innovation […]
Thermalright’s Ultra Extreme heatsink has been one of the kings of high end air-cooling for quite some time now, more than capable of handling the heat output of the latest and greatest CPUs running with a decent overclock. HardOCP has taken a look at the newest C revision of the “TRUE” and compares it to […]
Read more Thermalright Ultra Extreme through the generations
Choosing the proper heatsink to keep your processor’s temperature in check can be something of a chore given the insane number of cooling options available today which wildly range in price and performance. There are some simple rules to follow though mainly the more heatpipes the better and direct contact between the heatpipes and processor […]
Read more Thermaltake Contac 29 Heatsink, getting touchy feely with your CPU
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…
Read more Spire DualStar SP680S1 & GlacialTech F101 PWM Coolers, cooling bliss
Cooling off your computer’s processor provides plenty of benefits, namely extending the chip’s life and, for the enthusiast, a bit of extra headroom before a processor overheats during yet another overclocking session. Years ago, most people struggled with massive air-cooled…
Read more CoolIT Systems Domino A.L.C. (DM-1000) Water Cooling Kit Review
If you go back far enough in chip cooling lore you’ll find the "orb" design to have been popularized by the good old ArctiCooler followed up by the core crushing power of the other orb designs that followed it. Thankfully…
Read more Themaltake MaxOrb EX CPU Cooler, bringing back the Orb
The big names in the cooling industry used to be the ones to go for when you needed to top performing products but, interestingly, many smaller manufacturers are coming up with designs that are just as effective and on the…
In order to properly cool off a system’s processor you’re going to need a whole heck of a lot of surface area and a proper amount of airflow in order to deal with the heat. There are of course the…
Read more Thermaltake SpinQ VT Cooler, cylindrically vertical
It’s funny how quickly an idea catches on. It used to be that a cooler’s heatpipes were nicely tucked in between two slabs of copper from which it’d absorb its fair share of heat to transfer on to the fins,…
Read more Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus, going with the DHT act
As much as we’d like to think every single one of our system builds are unique creations and should have the utmost in attention to detail you know for a fact they can’t all be super special but that doesn’t…
Read more Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Pro Heatsink, taking the quiet route
