It seems that every once in a while a company comes along and mixes things up with the big names in high-end air cooling. The ZEROtherm ZT-10D has all of the right features to challenge the top performers on the market. Six heatpipes and the capability to mount two fans pushes it to levels that […]
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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 […]
It’s tough finding a dependable cooler for a processor that’s better than the boxed cooler manufacturers toss in and aren’t all that expensive either. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 continues the company’s quiet cooling line with some significant changes. This new model sports four heatpipes compared to the older model’s 3 pipe designs and the […]
In processor cooling there’s a fine line between providing optimal performance and using up every last inch of a case interior for cooling performance…some people just don’t care. Thermalright’s Silver Arrow splits its fins in two which allows for some interesting fan mounting possibilities. Oh and it just so happens to come well equipped with […]
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Air coolers vary in performance capabilities but when you’re looking at a model that sports quite a few heatpipes and the ability to mount a pair of fans it’s safe to say you’re entering into the performance cooling segment. The Prolimatech Super Mega slots into that niche quite nicely by sporting six heatpipes and an […]
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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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Pre-assembled cooling kits have gained in popularity due to their ease of installation and good cooling performance but do it yourself kits have immense performance advantages especially with larger radiators and a lot more flexibility when you inevitably move on to GPU and chipset liquid cooling. The Swiftech H20-320 Edge liquid cooling kit comes equipped […]
