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
There are a few ways to build a tower heatsink but some are less expensive to manufacture than others and you can’t go wrong with a design that has thoroughly withstood the test of time. Then again it’d get pretty boring if we didn’t have some variety. Thermaltake’s SpinQ VT CPU cooler sports a radial […]
Read more Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler looks dangerously sharp
The old method of jamming as many fins on heatpipes as physically possible created quite a few performance problems so companies have been moving towards newer designs that allow air to flow more freely and create greater turbulence along its way. The Gelid Tranquillo CPU Heatsink employs wing shaped fins to spice things up and, […]
Read more Gelid Tranquillo CPU Heatsink enjoys the freedom of winged fins
CPU heatsinks, for all of their impressive cooling prowess, tend to stick with the aggressive styling that’s likely to cut you if you keep staring at it. If you’re constantly in the Holiday spirit at least one company has you in mind. The Titan Fenrir X’Mas Edition CPU Cooler tops off their impressive Fenrir cooler […]
Read more Titan Fenrir X’Mas Edition CPU Cooler is festive year-round
Zalman is best known for their flower/radial finned coolers which provide amazing performance that’s still at the top of the air-cooling game despite many innovations from competitors. The Zalman CNPS10X Flex CPU Cooler is a…tower heatsink which hopes to compete with the high end of the market. HardOCP has thoroughly tested a unit: ZALMAN is […]
Read more Zalman CNPS10X Flex CPU Cooler takes a strange turn
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 […]
