If you’ve ever been near a PC with high end hardware you’re all too aware of the sort of noise those performance heatsinks can put out with their over the top fan speeds. Thermaltake’s Jing heatsink goes for a different approach with open frame fans pushing air through its not-so-densely packed fins which minimizes the […]
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Water cooling processors has become a great way of keeping temperatures down and have become more accessible with pre-assembled water cooling kits that are priced about the same as high-end air coolers. The CoolIT Vantage A.L.C. takes the now familiar setup and adds in a second fan to improve cooling efficiency even more. The company […]
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Yes you’ve heard it all before…high end processors need quite a bit of cooling power in order to operate properly…but you’re going to end up paying out quite a bit to cool off that hot running processor if you go with the top heatsinks available today. The XIGMATEK Dark Knight S1283W uses direct heatpipe contact […]
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High performance processor coolers tend to go for that brute force approach which does provide impressive cooling results but leaves a lot to be desired when the fans they use are going at full tilt. The Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev. 2 instead opts for a quieter fan that sits between a pair of towers that […]
Until we start seeing some magical new materials or quite a few more heatpipes, in a manageable sized heatsink, making their way to air coolers you’ll just have to be content with the fact that most of the high end models will look and perform the same. The Cooler Master V6GT takes a very familiar […]
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The lure of the silent PC is bound to grab you at least once in your computing lifetime…unfortunately that meant giving up a large chunk of performance because cooling solutions couldn’t effectively remove the heat generated by processors without a dedicated fan. Thermalright’s HR-02 passive CPU heatsink makes good use of six massive heatpipes and […]
Balancing the need for good cooling performance and having a low-cost option means making some sacrifices which may cause the heatsink design to miss both marks. Thankfully the Corsair A50 managed to choose correctly. Sporting a direct heatpipe contact design means it’ll be efficient in pulling heat off of the CPU but there are only […]
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The high end heatsink market is well stocked with all manner of designs all vying for your considerable cooling budget and it would seem more companies are trying to break into it all the time now. Hell who wouldn’t want to get into the action when they go for $60 a pop and up? Antec […]
While your system’s heatsink was quite a capable performer during the winter months the summer poses a whole different set of cooling challenges which most designs aren’t capable of handling. The Cooler Master V6GT sandwiches 6 heatpipes and a whole heck of a lot of fins between two high-powered fans in order to get the […]
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Cooling a high end processor is no easy feat especially given the amount of added stress most overclockers put on their CPUs with their higher clock rates and a good dosage of extra voltage. The Scythe Yasya CPU Heatsink makes use of six heatpipes and can mount two fans to quickly dissipate the heat load […]
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Tower heatsinks offer plenty of cooling performance but their height makes things a little tight in some of the slimmer PC cases out there. Luckily there are at least a few choices for a slimmer cooler. The Cooler Master Vortex Plus CPU Cooler uses direct heatpipe contact to its advantage while fitting into a short […]
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