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techPowerUp -- The CoolIT Systems coolers are certainly a unique way to get into liquid cooling. They come pre-assembled and are maintenance free. We are taking a look at their dual card cooler for two GeForce 8800 GTXs, but CoolIT offers a very similar variant for the GTX 260/280 and for AMD cards as well. Direct Link
Frosty Tech -- In our meetings with heatsink manufacturers at Computex 2008 in Taiwan Frostytech received more than a few behind closed doors product previews. Today Frostytech tests the Nexus' HOC-9000 heatsink, a medium height lower noise cooler for Intel socket 775 and AMD socket 754/939/940/AM2+ processors. The HOC-9000 stands 128mm tall and features one low speed 120mm PWM fan held in place with flexible rubber posts. The cooler weighs upwards of 550grams, uses four 8mm diameter copper heatpipes and comes with a couple stickers you can plaster to the side. Direct Link
TweakTown -- Even though ZEROtherm doesn’t have a long history of enthusiast products, their quality has impressed me thus far. The Hurricane HC92 won an award in our Mega 9-way VGA cooler roundup back in April. And their latest product, the ZEN FZ 120 proved to be a great performer with the added benefit of costing less than enthusiast CPU coolers. Today we will be looking at ZEROtherm’s flagship cooler; the Nirvana NV120 Premium.
The Nirvana has a small price premium over the ZEN; around 10 Dollars here in the States. Newegg currently lists the ZEN with a 10 Dollar mail-in rebate which negates the price difference. It will be interesting to see if and how much better the Premium cooler performs compared to the newer ZEN 120 that we reviewed last month. Direct Link
Driverheaven -- At Cebit earlier this year Cooler Master were displaying their new range of CPU coolers, however they were not quite ready for retail availability. That changed in May with the release of the Hyper Z600, a large but very stylish item which is designed to operate silently or in single and dual fan configurations. Today we will be running the Z600 through a number of tests using Intels X9770 CPU to establish just how good Cooler Masters new product is. Direct Link
Pro-Clockers -- Today we are going to be taking a close look at the Zen ZF120 from ZEROtherm. ZEROtherm made a pretty big splash onto the scene with its butterfly themed BTF80/90. This cooler did pretty even with its funky butterfly design. But ZEROtherm is back with a more traditional tower designed cooler in the Zen ZF120. This cooler will be up against some solid competition in our testing section. Read on to see how well it does. Direct Link
XS Reviews -- When buying a fan, there are two main factors which we look for: Performance and Silence. Normally though, a quiet fan isn’t so good in the performance department due to a lower RPM and thus less airflow. However, today we have a fan which strives to offer both these factors. Introducing the Xthermal BTF120PRO LED. Direct Link
OCIA -- Today we have for review one of GELID's first products ever, their thermal compound, GC-1. I’ve seen a lot of thermal compounds hit the market and pass it by, and often times it seems as though it will take something absolutely astonishing to overshadow the great name of Arctic Silver 5. Even though many pastes out there perform better, have better features (not electrically conductive, doesn’t have a burn in period, etc.) and are cheaper than Arctic Silver 5, it seems impossible to knock it from its thrown. Direct Link
Frosty Tech -- Xigmatek will shortly introduce a new heatpipe direct touch heatsink called the Skeets S9686. Frostytech got a closed door first look at a prototype of the new Xigmatek heatsink at Computex last month, and what got us excited is the unique stacking of heatpipes. The S9686 cooler has three double-decker pairs of heatpipes, one 6mm diameter heatpipe above an 8mm diameter heatpipe. Direct Link
Big Bruin -- The Thermalright IFX-14 uses eight heatpipes to move heat from the base plate to the cooling fins, and these pipes are larger and more numerous than on many of the other big coolers on the market. Overall it is larger than any other cooler I have had a chance to use, including some titans like the Tuniq Tower 120 and Zalman CNPS 9700, which we will see compared side-by-side in this review. Direct Link
hi-tech reviews -- We have had the pleasure of testing a large number of
heatsinks in the past, but it has been a long time since we have
reviewed one that performed as well as this one does! So come on
along as we check out this great performer from SilenX. Direct Link
Pro-Clockers -- Now we have at our doorstep the Vendetta Dos ok the Vendetta 2. This new and improved Vendetta is bigger and sports a larger cooling fan. Naturally, we would think that a larger version of a similar cooler would deem better temps and higher overclocks. Well we are here today to see if the theory correct. Direct Link
Big Bruin -- The Hiyatek CF-6160-1 Laptop Cooling Pad is extremely lightweight, and becomes quite compact when the plastic tray is retracted. Those two features make it appealing for use on the go, while the integrated USB hub could be of interest to mobile or stationary users. But while it may operate in near silence regardless of fan speed, you might as well just leave it turned off since it isn't really cooling anything. Direct Link
Hardware Logic -- Is bigger better? Well that probably depends on what we are talking about. Right? Get your mind out of the gutter. Scythe sent us their new Orochi CPU cooler and they made no bones about hiding the bulge. This thing is huge, plain and simple. Scythe has manufactured some fantastic high performance coolers, as well as some respectable bang-for-buck quiet mid-range coolers. This time they set their sights on more size and less noise to try to get respectable performance out of the Orochi. They expect this cooler to be used as a passive cooler (fanless) or with a large nearly silent fan. So back to our original question: Is bigger better? Let's check out this monster and find out. Direct Link
Dragon Steel Mods -- Today I've got the last of three CPU coolers that Kingwin has sent me over for review, the RVT-12025D, and this thing is huge.The RVT-12025D offers decent cooling performance but not what you might expect from such a large cooler, you won't be breaking any records with this cooler. It's built to be silent and keep your CPU cool, and that it does well. Installation though can be tricky, and downright difficult actually... Direct Link