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Frosty Tech -- The Infinity is a big heatsink for sure; it stands 155mm tall, 125mm wide and about 114mm deep with its 120mm 1200RPM fan. The scale tips at 960 grams, or just short of a kilogram. Now as you've come to expect with Frostytech, we'll skip the suspense and just tell you straight up - the Scythe Infinity is an excellent heatsink. It is currently one of the Top 10 Intel/AMD heatsinks we've tested in fact. The Infinity runs cool, and it runs fairly quietly too. Direct Link
TweakNews -- Frankly, I was skeptical of this product's usefulness when it first arrived here in the lab, and I expected it to have very little, if any, impact on cooling. I was wrong. The HR-11 has proven its worth by lowering both GPU and case temperatures without adding any noise to the system. Direct Link
XS Reviews -- There are so many heatsinks out there that choosing your preferred CPU anti-perspirant is a mine-field. While it be component conflict, case issues or price, there are factors that immediately make some offerings impossible to use. Direct Link
OCIA -- Last month I did a thermal compound review where I pitted the venerable Arctic Silver 5 against the latest stuff from Tuniq, the TX-2. Well here we are, almost exactly one month later, and we have a new contender in the arena, the OCZ Freeze. Direct Link
Hardware Logic -- GlacialTech describes themselves as "a total thermal solution provider ... committed to using lighter weight materials, lower noise and lower manufacturing cost to deliver superior cooling solutions." They are a global corporation that has offered cooling solutions for companies around the world, including the likes of Acer, LG, and BMW. While relatively unknown to the average enthusiast, they are trying to storm into the CPU cooling industry and offer solid third party cooling options for the Do-It-Yourselfers (DIYers). Direct Link
techPowerUp -- The Vizo Ninja II, lovingly called Sumo because of the large size, is intended for 15" to 17" notebooks. The two cooling fans are powered by a USB port of the portable computer. This cable also features an USB 2.0 port itself, so you will not waste one of these precious connection on your laptop. Direct Link
Think Computers -- Personally, I feel that the only time you should ever have to worry about Northbridge temperature is while overclocking. I've never had a big problem with NB temps while overclocking, but I'm not really into the extreme stuff. Even with the passive heatpipe cooling, you really should have additional active cooling, such as a fan blowing directly on the radiators, if you are pushing your system to its limits. What we need is an active NB heatpipe cooler that can do the job silently, efficiently, and with a fan that will last. The guys at Thermaltake have taken care of this problem with their new NB cooler, the Extreme Spirit II, an actively cooled heatpipe cooler for your Northbridge. Let's see if it will give me some peace of mind in the NB department. Direct Link
Mikhailtech -- With the advent of quiet computing for the use of computers all around the house, including use as HTPCs, in the kitchen, bedroom, and even for laptops, the pressure is on to make computers quieter and less distracting in terms of noise. A good thermal interface material is essential to move heat away from processor cores efficiently. Direct Link
TweakTown -- Today we will be looking at the ASUS Silent Knight II, a revised version of the original Silent Knight. The cooler features an all copper design for the main components yet weighs only 610 grams.
ASUS claims the Silent Knight II performs very well and is designed to dissipate heat loads that are associated with today’s high performance quad-core processors. Today we will be testing the cooler in our Thermal Environment Control Chamber to see how it performs against other coolers in the same price range. Direct Link
Frosty Tech -- The Asus Silent Square EVO heatsink looks like a big square block of cooling... and that description isn't too far off. The heatsink consists of two arrays of nickel plated aluminum fins which are wrapped around a 92 mm PWM fan buried within the body of the heatsink. The fan, a Sunon Maglev with Vapo bearings no less, draws air through intake cooling fins and expels it slightly warmer out through exhaust cooling fins on the opposite side. Direct Link
Think Computers -- Many vendors of cooling systems use the open fan designed implemented in the Thermaltake DuOrb VGA cooler, however Thermaltake put two smaller fans and heatsinks on this design in order to spread the cooling love to the entire surface of the video card, including the RAM. While it doesn't appear to help much for full-load temperatures, the DuOrb certainly keeps the idle temperatures down. ThinkComputers has the review. Direct Link
Virtual-Hideout -- Nothing says, "My computer rocks!" quite like a sweet looking water cooling system. And it gets better and better as all the blocks evolve. This has been true for just about every water cooling manufacturer. We've seen plenty of water cooling kits and cooling blocks come and go. And it's just as interesting today as it was the first day water cooling made its appearance. DangerDen has come a long way in offering arguably the greatest Lucite cooling blocks. However, we've never had the privilege of testing anything from DangerDen up until now. Direct Link
DreamWare Computers -- A few weeks ago you saw a review here for the GlacialTech Igloo 5610 series of coolers. As good as those two models were, there was one limitation: they were only compatible with Intel's socket 775. Today, we were lucky enough to receive each of the two models of the 5710 coolers to review. The difference? The 5710 now offers multi-platform support so it will work on any new Intel or AMD system. Direct Link
OCModShop -- It is a basic copper watercooling block with loads of pins to increase the effective cooling surface. The top again is made of a kind of hard plastic, and again with solid hard plastic fittings running side to side, now again the same remark about the block as I did for the pump, it has no loose fittings, which seems more prone to snapping and cracking when using other clamps than the ones provided. Direct Link