Cooling Reviews

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    Tuniq Propeller vs. Thermalright Venemous X

    By Marc Adams   February 05, 2010

    Thermalright has been a company name that is synonymous with high end CPU air cooling for years now. Tuniq is one of the newer guys on the block when it comes to the elite heatsink and fan unit. Today we have a showdown of epic proportions, at least to the computer hardware cooling enthusiast. Propeller vs. Venemous X.

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    ZALMAN CNPS10X Flex CPU Cooler Review

    By Marc Adams   December 15, 2009

    ZALMAN is back with a new CPU air-cooler. This one sports a plethora of supported CPUs, tons of heatpipes, and a sleek new design while not weighing in so big that you must be concerned about it fitting inside your standard chassis. But now days air cooling comes down to performance and cost with so many in the market place.

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    Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler / Heatsink Review

    By Marc Adams   December 08, 2009

    Noctua's new CPU cooler works with about any Intel or AMD processor still in use by enthusiasts, and packs a lot of cooling power into a huge package. Two fans, two columns of cooling fins, and six heatpipes are engineered to give the computer hardware aficionado more cooling at less decibels.

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    Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 Revision B & C Review

    By Marc Adams   October 18, 2009

    All hardware enthusiast and many gamers are very much aware of just how good Thermalright's Ultra Extreme 120 (TRUE) CPU heatsinks are. Contenders over the last two years have been few. Today the original TRUE vs. TRUE Rev. B and the TRUE Rev. C. Thermalright decided to challenge itself and give the enthusiast a better product.

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    Intel Core i7 Cooler Review

    By Marc Adams   October 15, 2009

    New CPU coolers from Kingwin, Thermal Transtech International, and ZALMAN. While air cooling has gotten about as good as it can possibly get, all of these coolers bring something unique to the table. But do these units perform? We find out.

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    Intel Core i7 Heatsink Roundup Q309

    By Marc Adams   July 23, 2009

    Thermalright TRUE processor cooler has been king of the hill for quite some time. Today we bring in four new challengers to see if any of them have what it takes to make our short list of coolers to buy for your next enthusiast box build.

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    Xpressar Refrigeration System & Xaser Chassis

    By Marc Adams   April 13, 2009

    Thermaltake, a leading manufacturer of cases for PC enthusiasts, is here to show us their cooler side. The Xpressar Refrigeration system is Thermaltake's first attempt in serious phase change cooling. This is a "micro" refrigeration system aimed at silence rather than balls out 24/7 overclocking.

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    Thermal Paste Shootout - Q209

    By Marc Adams   April 07, 2009

    We take 10 high profile thermal pastes used for mating heatsink surfaces to CPUs and other components and subject those to over 1200 hours of testing to find out which one reigns supreme. Drop or spread? And we tried American cheese too, just in case you find yourself in a pinch.

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    Thermaltake SpinQ, A1VX and BigTyp 14 Pro

    By Marc Adams   March 05, 2009

    Overall, the world of air cooling has gotten to be fairly stagnant simply due to the quality and efficiency of the products on the market. That said, for those of you that are looking for good cooling that carries with it a good dollar value and some aesthetic value as well, there is always something new to look at.

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    Prolimatech Megahalems LGA 775 and LGA 1366 Cooler

    By Marc Adams   January 26, 2009

    Prolimatech may be a new name to many computer hardware cooling enthusiasts. It is a new company with a lofty goal. Prolimatech claims to have built a CPU cooler worthy of taking on the King of the Hill in what it calls a Megahalems. We see if that is so on a new LGA 1366 test setup.

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    Thermalright Ultra Extreme Copper CPU Cooler Review

    By Marc Adams   November 19, 2008

    Did you think that you already owned the biggest baddest air cooler in the world? Well you are wrong. Soon a few thousand of you will get the ability to join the Ultra Extreme Copper Club. Size does matter, and even more so, what you're made of.

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    ASUS Lion Square

    By Marc Adams   July 15, 2008

    The Lion Square incorporates a nickel-plating copper base, four copper heat pipes, aluminum wave fins, and a 9 cm LED inner fan. ASUS claims that this Lion Square can keep your processor safe for up to 180w. Even good for your Phenom guys!