A performance heatsink has to meet certain criteria in order to get people’s attention. They have to look imposing, a quality build is a must, and cramming in as many features as possible will get a cooling fiend’s attention. The Dynatron Genius G950 Heatsink does a good job on all of those points and manages […]
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Tower CPU coolers tend to offer very good performance but when it comes time to cram them into the slimmer dimensions of a HTPC case or other small enclosure makes them an impossibility some times. The Cooler Master Vortex Plus CPU Cooler brings back the old style cooling design while incorporating some newer techniques such […]
Read more Cooler Master Vortex Plus CPU Cooler keeps it on the slimmer side
The cooling landscape seems to change every few months as manufacturers pump out newer and slicker designs which either one-up the competition or carve out a nice little price/performance niche for themselves. HardwareHeaven has a look at four heatsinks from Akasa, Gelid, Noctua, and Spire determining how well they perform at various fan speed levels: […]
While custom built water-cooling setups can offer very impressive performance there’s quite a bit of effort and money to be sunk into such systems. Going the pre-built route can save you that headache and still offer commendable results. The CoolIT ECO A.L.C. CPU Watercooler sees the company move away from the pump attached to the […]
Read more CoolIT ECO A.L.C. CPU Watercooler continues the pre-assembled trend
High end CPU coolers tend to go for quite a bit of heat dissipation power so you’re bound to see quite a few heatpipes and plenty of fins to go along with them but the ever increasing trend is towards multi-fan setups to get some real airflow through its fins. Thermaltake’s Frio CPU Cooler possesses […]
There was a time when you could only rely on the top performance heatsink manufacturers to come up with the best performing designs, then the relatively unknown manufacturers got into the game and it’s a free for all to the top of the charts. The Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler sports some of the same […]
Read more Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler sneaks into the cooling arena
While the AMD Radeon HD 5870 graphics card doesn’t run as blazingly hot as other graphics card solutions upgrading its cooling could allow for higher overclocks and lower noise output. The Thermalright Spitfire and VRM-R5 heatsinks are more than capable of handling the Radeon HD 5870’s heat output and should do wonders for the silence […]
Read more Thermalright Spitfire and VRM-R5 GPU Heatsinks corral the Radeon HD 5870
Buying a new piece of hardware and finding out that it doesn’t exactly work with your new, or upgraded, build is a frustrating issue but at least one company is on top of the situation when it comes to their products. Noctua has released the NM-A90 Heatsink Retention Upgrade Kit and is offering it to […]
Read more Noctua Releases NM-A90 Heatsink Retention Upgrade Kit for Free
The trend towards even larger tower heatsinks causes a bit of a problem in the confined spaces of small form factor cases and there are very few slim profile coolers on the market so it’s always nice to see some added competition. Xigmatek’s Durin D982 CPU Cooler brings the direct heatpipe cooling technology to the […]
Read more Xigmatek Durin D982 CPU Cooler goes for the low profile approach
Air cooling has certain limitations due to the amount of surface area and the speed with which heatpipes can dump the heat to the fins attached to them. Thankfully it would seem heatsink manufacturers haven’t hit the limit yet. The Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU cooler manages to cram in 6 heatpipes and a whole lot […]
Read more Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler pushes air-cooling performance to new heights
