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Cooling Reviews
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Thermaltake Jing Air Cooled Processor Heatsink Review
By Marc Adams October 20, 2010What the hell is a Jing? It is Thermaltake's newest CPU cooler to come down the pike. Thermaltake's goal with this new cooler is to be a great CPU cooler that does not pierce your eardrums when it spins up. Let's see if the Thermaltake hits the mark.
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Corsair H70 Water Cooler Performance Testing
By Marc Adams September 28, 2010Last time around with the Corsair H70 we compared it to its elder H50. This time we stock the field of comparison with a couple more heavy hitters from both the water cooling and air cooling categories while conducting all tests in-chassis, just like you would see in a real world build.
Corsair H70 High-Performance Hydro CPU Cooler Review
By Marc Adams September 09, 2010Corsair's H50 sealed processor water cooling system has been a favorite among many. While it is a very solid product there was nothing truly stellar about the H50. Corsair is back to the design table today with its new H70 sealed processor cooling system. How does it perform and is it worth the upgrade? Should be at least 20 better.
Thermalright HR-02 Passive Processor Heatsink Review
By Marc Adams August 26, 2010Looking to cool a 130 watt processor with a passive heatsink? I am not sure many of us are, but if you are looking to silence a powerhouse enthusiast system, passive cooling is now a way you can go. We have a look at Thermalright's passive HR-02. And yes, you can put a "silent" fan on it as well if you wish.
Corsair H70 CPU Cooler - First Install
By Kyle Bennett August 05, 2010We showed you the new Corsair H70 CPU cooler a couple of days ago and finally today we had the opportunity to place it inside our Quiet Fermi Build replacing the Corsair H50 we had in the system. Come along to see our install and what our preliminary temperatures look like.
Corsair H70 CPU Cooler Unboxing
By Kyle Bennett August 03, 2010Just a quick sneak peek at what the new Corsair H70 looks like coming out of it packaging. If you are familiar with the Corsair H50, then you will likely guess that Corsair is looking to do the world of sealed water cooling a little bit better.
CoolIT ECO C240 Performance Review
By Marc Adams July 21, 2010Other companies made the closed loop self contained CPU water cooler famous. CoolIT Systems intends to make it one of the easiest to install and best optimized and efficient liquid cooling systems around. The ECO C240 doubles up on cooling surface area. Does CoolIT hit its mark?
Q310 CPU Heat Sink / Air Cooler Roundup
By Marc Adams May 31, 2010Thinking of upgrading your CPU air cooler since things are getting a little hotter under the colar? We cover some newer solutions from big names in air cooling and compare those to the tried and true solutions that we have come to know and love.
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Thermaltake Frio CPU Air Cooler Review
By Marc Adams May 13, 2010Thermaltake's new Frio CPU heatsink uses a traditional heatpipe and fin design all built under an eye-catching facade. It comes complete with not one but two 120mm fans that will give you up to 2500 RPMs each and is rated for dissipating 220w of heat which makes it good cooling for any CPU you can put on a desktop motherboard.
U.S. Based Companies Sued For Heat Pipe CPU Coolers
By Kyle Bennett April 09, 2010Do you have a heat pipe CPU cooler inside your system? American Technology, Inc. is suing some of the companies that have sold enthusiast heatsinks and cooling equipment to our community for years. Interestingly enough, American Technology, Inc. looks to only be targeting the "little guys" in its lawsuit.
Thermaltake Level 10 Unboxing
By Kyle Bennett March 22, 2010Are you looking for a system chassis that steps firmly out of the Beige Box category and into something quite different. We are not sure what category it lands in, but we have been waiting around about 9 months to get our hands on one and it is finally here. We give you an unboxing look at Thermaltake's Level 10 computer chassis.
Budget Cooler Roundup
By Marc Adams March 11, 2010Lots of CPU cooling to do for LGA 1366 or LGA 1156? Not a lot of money? We take a look at three sub-$40 CPU air coolers and see what we get. If you are looking for a speedy build on a budget, maybe one of our somewhat under-the-radar coolers will help you out.