Thermaltake’s Water 2.0 Pro Liquid Cooling System might be familiar to anyone that has researched CPU coolers but its all enclose water cooling loop offers a compelling reason to purchase one over all of the other choices on the market: it actually comes with a second fan. A second fan on a water cooling setup […]
CPU heatsinks tend to come in a few flavors, most of which have a focus on keeping your processor as cool as possible which tends to come along with quite a bit of noise from however many fans they attached to it. The ARCTIC Freezer i30 follows in the company’s fine tradition of offering low noise […]
It’s difficult to predict who will come out on top in the strange and crazy heatsink world but the Cooler Master Hyper 612S has managed to pull out some impressive performance numbers from a collection of heatpipes and aluminum fins. Its design is really quite simple but its capability of mounting two fans means it has […]
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Corsair has an impressive lineup of water cooling kits under its belt so it’s not surprising to see their new Hydro Series H80 taking things so seriously. The kit sports an extra thick radiator that should pull heat from the fluid pumping around the system very well while its dual fan configuration will help remove […]
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The Corsair Hydro Series H100 Liquid CPU Cooler is proof that self-contained liquid cooling kits are turning into a viable option for those looking to push their processors to even higher clock rates. The bulk of the designs that have been on the market offer a single 120mm radiator that can allow two fans to be […]
Read more Corsair Hydro Series H100 Liquid CPU Cooler improves on the cooling potential
When a company becomes known for certain product lines it’s always weird when they come up with something new. The Polaris 120 is Swiftech’s attempt at a higher end air cooling solution which is somewhat odd for a company that’s well known for their high end liquid cooling gear. You’ll come to find their design […]
Read more Swiftech Polaris 120 marks some weird new territory
A good cooling idea spreads far and wide but, sometimes, there are companies that are crazy enough to try something quite a bit different that may just improve performance by leaps and bounds. The Scythe Mine 2 stacks heatpipes on top of heatpipes in order to come up with their…8 heatpipe count which, as you […]
Read more Scythe Mine 2 doubles up in some areas
Modern heatsinks rely quite a but on their fin orientation and design in order to cool off the numerous heatpipes they cram into a model so it’s common to see massive coolers that leave little room to work around a socket. The Deepcool Ice Matrix 400 employs surprisingly short fins but makes up for it […]
Read more Deepcool Ice Matrix 400 prefers density over surface area
CPU heatsinks have an easy formula to follow when it comes to cooling off a chip; namely the more heatpipes and fins you throw at the problem the better. The problem starts when that mound of metal and fans covers up some important areas that need airflow around your processor. The Noctua NH-C14 solves some […]
Read more Noctua NH-C14 turns things on its side
Zalman is well known to those that seek absolute silence from their PCs but with increasingly hotter components in our machines there are certain tradeoffs that must be made. The Zalman CNPS9900 MAX takes the company’s familiar spiral fan array and drops in a high performance fan between them so there’s a good amount of […]
Everywhere you look there are high performance heatsinks that do a wonderful job of cooling your processor but leave a lot to be desired in he noise department. Zalman’s CNPS8000A processor cooler carries on the company’s tradition of creating heatsinks the perform well and stay as quiet as possible when doing it. It’s a low-profile […]
