Heatsinks & Coolers

by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2009 · 0 comments

Zalman is well known for their refined approach to cooling. The company has a knack for making low-noise heatsinks, which they’ve become extremely popular for, as well as their radial designed coolers which keep people coming back for more.They’ve changed…

Read more Zalman's CNPS10X Extreme, huge chunk of cooling goodness

by Rafael Hernandez on August 28, 2009 · 0 comments

Heatsinks depend on quite a few tricks in order to get the best possible performance out of the materials at hand and when you’ve hit those limits you simply go a size or two bigger.Then again that sort of effort…

Read more Titan's TTC-NC05TZ/NPW "SKALLI", maximizing cooling with massive heatpipes

by Rafael Hernandez on August 27, 2009 · 0 comments

The general idea behind most CPU coolers nowadays is to pack in as many heatpipes as possible to pull heat away from the base on to a a slew of aluminum fins for the fan to dissipate, a look at…

Read more Titan Fenrir CPU Cooler, a huge chunk of cooling potential

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 August 5, 2009 · 0 comments

There takes a certain amount of dedication in order to do some tasks in life. The sorts of jobs that no mere mortal could tackle and come away with any of their sanity intact. They should probably add the venerable…

Read more Massive CPU Heatsink Comparison, Top Performers Tested

by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2009 · 0 comments

Processor heatsinks are reaching the point where they’re taking up an immense amount of space in order to cool off smaller and smaller chips. The top air coolers cost quite a bit and require two large fans to perform optimally…

Read more CoolIT Domino ALC, Water Cooling for the Rest of Us

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