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by Rafael Hernandez on August 24, 2009 · 0 comments

Today’s processors pump out enough heat to keep the top coolers busy enough without having to worry about the surrounding environment. Those beefy CPUs require equally beefy power regulation and chipsets that don’t get quite as much airflow attention.The Nexus…

Read more Nexus FLC-3000 CPU Cooler, the tower Heatsink gone and Toppled Over

by Rafael Hernandez on August 19, 2009 · 0 comments

With increasing amounts of power being crammed into smaller spaces it’s tough finding a heatsink that won’t tower right on through your slim case’s side panel. Thermaltake thinks it has a solution to that problem for you.The company’s MeOrb heatsink…

Read more Thermaltake MeOrb Heatsink, Low Profile LGA775 Cooling

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2009 · 0 comments

Sometimes you’re going for all out performance so the best option in cooling off your components is a necessity, other times you just need something cheap to cool off your processor. We’re betting most users fall into the latter category.ProClockers…

Read more Cooler Master Hyper TX3, Heatsink on the Cheap

by Rafael Hernandez on July 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Can’t figure out just what sort of cooling you’ll need for your new Intel Core i7 build? Well HardOCP has rounded up four of the newest heatsinks out there and tested them against their overclocked rig of doom. They’ve even…

Read more Intel Core i7 Heatsinks Rounded Up and Compared

by Rafael Hernandez on June 12, 2009 · 0 comments

Air cooling has made quite a few strides over the past two years with features such as direct pipe contact and whacky fin profiles improving performance to levels rivaling more exotic cooling, and expensive, options such as water cooling. Then…

Read more Water Cooling Versus High End Air Cooling, Step Into The Arena

by Rafael Hernandez on May 14, 2009 · 0 comments

If there’s something that can ruin your brand new PC build it’s a massive tower heatsink that sticks out way too far stopping your PC’s panel from closing properly. Of course the majority of new coolers sport such a configuration…

Read more Thermaltake ISGC-100 CPU Heatsink, An Alternative to the Tower Style

by Rafael Hernandez on May 4, 2009 · 0 comments

To the common PC user one heatsink will look just like any other heatsink, then again the normal PC user doesn’t go mucking about the insides of his PC. Performance enthusiasts are always on the lookout for something to make…

Read more CPU Heatsinks Compared AKA That's A Lot Of Heatpipes

by Rafael Hernandez on March 18, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Core i7 CPU has been tearing up the benchmarks these past few months but the company’s new chip also happens to pump out quite a bit of heat. Benchmark Reviews has gathered up a few coolers and pit them…

Read more Core i7 Heatsink Performance, Cooling The Beast

by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 280 graphics card is quite a performer in many of today’s most power hungry titles, it’s also a little power hungry itself. Arctic Cooling has a knack for creating aftermarket coolers for things that run extremely hot…

Read more Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME GTX280 Cooler, The All-Caps Xtreme Makes It Radical

by Rafael Hernandez on February 19, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Core i7 chip has quite the performance advantage over its previous CPUs and the competition, unfortunately for most enthusiasts it pumps out quite a bit of heat in order to accomplish such performance feats. bit-tech has a look at…

Read more Core i7 Heatsink Roundup, Cooling The Beast Effectively

by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2008 · 0 comments

For your perusal: a collection of stories and reviews that popped up this weekend:Cases, Cooling, and Power SuppliesArctic Cooling Accelero TWIN TURBO GPU Cooler Review – Bjorn3DGELID Silent Spirit Quad Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review – FuturelooksNexus BeamAir 120mm Fan Airflow…

Read more Weekend Roundup – November 9th 2008