Passive Cooling Versus Active Cooling

The crew at PCPerspective have taken three massive heatpipe heatsinks from Thermalright and tested them in passive, pseudo-passive, and active cooling modes. A great article for all of you trying to balance cooling performance with noise output in your own system. Head on over and check it out.

Today’s review is more of a comparison than a true review – we are comparing three of Thermalright’s top-of-the-line CPU heatsinks in passive, pseudo-passive, and active cooling modes. Our three contenders include the Thermalright HR-01, the XP-120, and the Ultra-120.