It’s due time to reexamine Noctua NH-D14 heatsink, widely considered one of the best air coolers on the market, with the powerful (and hot) 2600k under the hood.
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12/7
2011
2011
Next on my heatsink test system is a relatively new offering from Prolimatech, the Genesis. Instead of the usual vertical single or double stack tower style heatsink you normally see on the market, Prolimatech took a different approach with this heatsink. We will be seeing if this unusual layout arrangement works well in cooling a modern system or if it’s more of a novelty item.
Read More11/17
2011
2011
Arctic’s heatsinks have a reputation for providing a quiet, high performance cooler while at a reasonable price. Over the past few weeks, I have used this cooler on my GTX 580 (1.5 GB) to test and compare against the following heatsinks: Thermalright Shaman, Asus DirectCuII, MSI TwinFrozrIII, and the stock rear-exhaust reference cooler.
Read More10/19
2011
2011
Muddocktor takes a look at the Thermalright HR-02 Macho heatsink. This is a revamped version of a heatsink introduced last year, modified and with a new price point. The original HR-02 came out several months ago and was aimed at the silent computing market, because it was designed to be fan optional while still dealing with the heat of an overclocked processor. Mudd examines if Thermalright’s engineers did their job properly while meeting a lower price point…
Read More9/30
2011
2011
Once again, I am looking at another high performance heatsink from Thermalright. They have been a consistent manufacturer of high performance air cooling solutions for quite a few years now and still are counted as one of the “go-to” manufacturers when considering the purchase of a high performance cooling solution for your computer’s processor. Today, I will be looking at the MUX-120 Black, which is a mid priced cooling solution that comes standard with a PWM fan and mounting hardware for both AMD and Intel systems. We will see today if this cooler is worth the $55 plus shipping that I paid for it or if there are more cost effective solutions out there in the bang/buck bracket.
Read More8/30
2011
2011
With the Spire Gemini Rev. 2, we get a solid copper base sporting six 6 mm heatpipes. Will this excel in cooling or will it be another middle of the road heatsink?
Read More7/20
2011
2011
Under the microscope today is the Spire TherMax Eclipse II, which is an HDT type heatsink sporting five heatpipes and two 120 X 25 mm fans. We will be seeing if this a high performance cooler or just impersonates one.
Read More7/13
2011
2011
Known for their thermal interface material (which is used in all of my reviews), Artic has sent over the Freezer 13 heatsink for testing. There is some pretty formidable competition within this price point, so this review will explore how this cooler stacks up to its peers.
Read More6/6
2011
2011
The Zalman CNPS9900 Max heatsink based on a unique looped style heatpipe design looks great, but can it contain today’s overclocked heat monsters CPUs?
Read More6/1
2011
2011
The NZXT HAVIK 140 is the company’s first foray into the competitive air cooling market. It will be interesting to see if NZXT just cobbled something together or if they did some serious research into cooling modern CPUs.
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