| Tue: 05/15/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
Redefining cooling performance for space restricted environments, GeminII M4 is engineered to maximize cooling with its minimal CPU contact gaps and four extremely efficient direct contact heat pipes that provide excellent heat dissipation. Standing at a mere 59mm / 2.3in tall, it is uniquely suited to thrive in the small spaces afforded to CPU coolers in HTPCs and other slim systems. This small size is accomplished by developing a new smaller 120mm fan that is only 15mm thick as opposed to ones that are traditionally 25mm. This newly developed fan not only provides the benefit of a 10mm shorter height, it maintains high airflow - providing up to 58.4CFM when set on high speed.
To ensure that the GeminII M4 adequately takes advantage of this improved fan, a unique heat pipe layout is utilized that orients the heat pipes in a tighter “C-shape” rather than the standard “U-shape”. This directs the flow of heat more efficiently to the aluminum fins where the heat is exhausted. Much like the GeminII S524, GeminII M4 features an airflow design that is 90° rotated to avoid heat radiating from the motherboard. In turn, this orientation simultaneously provides a steady airflow to motherboard chipsets surrounding the CPU socket.
GeminII M4 will be available in June, 2012. MSRP: $29.99
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| Mon: 05/14/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"SilenX's EFZ-120HA5 tower heatsink is built around three 6mm diameter exposed base copper heatpipes that pass through a sharp-edged stack of dimpled raw aluminum fins. A 120mm fan capable of rotating at 1600-800RPM ships with the cooler, additional fan mounts are supplied for a second rear fan can be installed (not included)."
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| Sat: 05/12/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
Arctic Cooling is a Swiss company dedicated to providing a variety of aftermarket cooling products and accessories from power supplies to remote control cars. The fans we tested in this article are all quite good and made from high quality materials. While they may not be the most powerful fans you can buy they do offer a good balance between cooling performance and overall noise.
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| Sat: 05/12/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
Corsair®, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the new Air Series™ line of PC cooling fans. Unlike most other PC fans in the market, Corsair Air Series fans are offered in airflow and static pressure models, each specifically optimized for specific PC cooling roles.
Air Series fans are designed to deliver an extraordinary balance of airflow and low-noise to users who want to upgrade their PCs for quieter operation or higher performance. All feature an advanced hydraulic bearing system and rubber mounts for low-noise and reliability, and include red, white, and blue color rings to allow users to customize the look of their PC. Air Series AF120 and AF140 airflow fans are designed to intake cool air into, and exhaust hot air out of, modern PCs. They are for ideal for mounting on the side, top, and rear of cases, to reduce component-killing heat. The airflow fans are designed with ultra-thin, custom-molded blades optimized to flow high volumes of air in unrestricted spaces with at least 3cm of clearance. They are available in a 140mm Quiet edition and in 120mm Quiet and Performance editions.
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| Fri: 05/11/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
When it comes to choose a liquid cooling system (LCS), users
are often astonished by its performance and overwhelmed by the complex setup.
Thermaltake, being the industry pioneer brand with expertise in PC thermal
solutions, is thrilled to introduce the all new LCS - the Water 2.0 Series.
Featuring the all-in-one LCS solutions for users with different enthusiasms, it
includes the Water 2.0 Extreme, the Water 2.0 Pro and the Water 2.0 Performer.
The new Water 2.0 Series made setting up just as easy as it cools.
Water 2.0 all-in-one LCS Series - Made Simple
For a LCS,
enthusiasts not only looking for an easy and clean setup to efficiently calm the
roaring CPU, and if possible, they also look for the best low-maintenance
solution too. The new Thermaltake all-in-one LCS Water 2.0 Series is formed to
support these desires of enthusiasts. The entire Water 2.0 series comes with a
standard full copper base plate for better heat conductivity, a powerful pump
within the waterblock for a rapid water circulation, dual 12cm high airflow fans
for faster heat dissipation, and two low evaporation tubes effectively decrease
the loss of coolant plus the high-tech sealed circulation system to prevent
leaking issue. Yet, each model's radiator has been refined accordingly to manage
different specification.  Water 2.0 Extreme
Extreme has a special
designed 240mm large surface radiator and the support of two more 12cm fans for
additional heat dissipation, targeting towards user who is always looking for
the best with large chassis space. Plus, a window base software to monitor and
customize a wide range of parameters, including pump speed, coolant temperature
and fan speed.
Water 2.0 Pro
Pro has a standard radiator with
twice of its thickness, aiming toward mainstream people who requires a superb
performance, however does not have enough chassis space to install an Extreme.
Water 2.0 Performer
Performer has a
standard size 120mm radiator, a perfect size to fit into various chassis, aiming
toward first-timer who is new to LCS or who is troubled by the tradition LCS and
wanting a easy way out.
The new Thermaltake Water 2.0 all-in-one LCS Series promises
to "deliver the perfect user experience" by providing a fine performance, simple
setup and low-maintenance from enthusiasts to average users.
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| Fri: 05/11/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
Fans of high-quality PC components are aware of the Japanese brand name Scythe for a long period of time. Scythe is especially famous for high performance CPU coolers and super silent fans among pc enthusiasts. Its Katana series is one of the oldest series, which now receives a major upgrade. Throughout the Katana series its tilted fin and heatsink design was sustained and was a key design-element. Fourth generation of Katana CPU cooler keeps the tilted design in the new and modern fin structure, which increases the overall performance of the aluminum heatsink.
Another advantage of the new design is the option of mounting an additional fan to improve performance or reduce the total fan speed as well as noise level. Supplied fan is able to operate at a speed range between 300 and 2.500 rpm. Hence allows users to utilize the Katana 4 CPU coolers fan speed for silent or preferment operation for overclocked CPUs. Total height of Katana 4 equals to the predecessors 143 mm, which enables a high compatibility to almost every PC case throughout the market. Furthermore total of 3 heatpipes are being adopted from the predecessor. To assure fast heat transfer a copper base plate is being used which is nickel-plated in addition.
Scythe Katana 4 comes with compact dimensions of 100 x 102,5 x 143 mm and a total weight of 480 grams. Easy installation is assured by the supplied multi-lingual user manual, one pack of thermal grease and mounting clips for various sockets. Thanks to the supplied mounting clips it is possible to mount Katana 4 on Intel® socket LGA 2011, T / LGA 775, LGA 1155, LGA 1156 and LGA 1366. As usual mounting clips for AMD® Socket 754, 939, AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1 and socket 940 are supplied as well.
Pre-installed Scythe Slip Stream 92 PWM axial fan with the model number SY9225SL12M-P has the dimension of 92 x 92 x 25 mm. Thanks to the PWM function it is possible to individually control the fan speed between 300 and 2.500 rpm which allows airflow between 12 and 95 m³/h. Fan noise is specified with 7,2 to 31,07 dBA which gives much free room for optimizations for the individual pc system.
Scythe Katana 4 is available as of 19th April 2012 for 21,00 EUR (MSRP, excluding Tax and VAT).
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| Thu: 05/10/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"Deepcool's Ice Wind Pro heatsink is a rather novel CPU cooler for two unique qualities; 1) its heatpipe-to-fin arrangement and 2) the geometry of its leading and trailing fin edges. First off, rather than clusters of heatpipes at the left and right sides of the aluminum fin tower, the eight ends of the heatpipes are lined up straight in a row, 10mm apart, right down the middle of the heatsink. Secondly, the leading/trailing edges of the aluminum fin stack have five large, slightly arc'd diamond cut-outs parallel to the direction of the fins that break up the otherwise monolithic wall."
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| Thu: 05/10/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
Noctua drops into the low profile and low power CPU cooling segment with the release of the 95W capable NH-L12 CPU cooler."
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| Thu: 05/10/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
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| Wed: 05/09/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"On the test bench today is one of Zalman's economical 'Performa' heatsinks. The 'Performa' series tend to use bare aluminum fins and skip on fancy things like fan speed controllers, colourful LED lights and nickel plated bling, all with an eye towards keeping costs down for budget minded users. The Zalman CNPS11X Performa is an exposed heatpipe base tower cooler, it supports Intel socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775 and AMD socket FM1/AM2/AM3 processors. The CNPS11X Performa stands 154mm tall so it should fit in most mid-tower cases and weighs a pretty feathery 450 grams."
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| Wed: 05/09/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"The Gaia from Xigmatek is in for testing today, we’ve all heard of Xigmatek, they came out of know where in 2005 with HDT (Heatsink Direct Touch) technology that not only performed well, but was very well priced too. The Gaia seems to be very similar to what we first saw from Xigmatek so we’ll see if the performance stacks up!"
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| Tue: 05/08/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
From sunny California comes our next contender. SilenX sent us the EFZ-120HA5. The EFZ-120HA5 is a 120mm heatsink equipped with SilenX’s own Effizio fan. Usually this would be a pretty straight forward review and it will be but we discovered something that immediately caught our eye. On the packaging of the SilenX EFZ-120HA5 is an additional brand name, PCOOLER. It is pretty confusing to say the least. We will try to dig a little bit deeper into this and see what we can come up with.
At a first look there is nothing that would make this cooler standout as a true innovator, however there are a few concepts that have been brought together here and we will explorer if this feature set is the right mixture and how well they have been implemented and how well they work together. We see the implementation of the H.D.T. design right away combined with dimpled wave pattern cut fins. Driving the heatsink is the SilenX Effizio which promises to be quiet and produce up to 86 CFM. Sounds like a good candidate for our bench.
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| Tue: 05/08/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
The Corsair Hydro H80 self contained watercooling system is about the 700th thermal solution review we've undertaken at Frostytech.com. Based on 13 years hands on experience testing hundreds of heatsinks, I think you can take stock in our comments when we criticize the H80's few deficiencies as equally as when we laud its attributes. For while the Corsair Hydro H80 does perform exceptionally well, it ain't perfect.
Corsair's Hydro H80 is a no fuss, no mess CPU liquid cooling solution that installs with ease onto Intel socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775 and AMD socket AM3/AM2/FM1 processors. The unit consists of two parts, a 12v DC pump head with integrated reservoir and thin skived copper waterblock, and the fluid-to-air aluminum heat exchanger.
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| Mon: 05/07/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
A user has posted a couple photos of the SilentMaxx BigBlock passive heatsink here, looks a lot like a Scythe cooler.
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| Mon: 05/07/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
The Accelero Hybrid is our first graphics card cooler with
integrated air and liquid solution in the market. It offers an
all-in-one solution with 200% cooling performance and 9
times quieter than the stock cooler. While existing VGA
Liquid Cooling Solutions (LCS) are restricted to a specific
graphics card, this cooler is compatible to a vast range of
NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards. It is also the first LCS to
have an integrated active fan specifically designed to cool
RAM and VR heatsinks. Moreover, it is simple to use,
maintenance-free and excellent value-for-money. Computer
enthusiasts and gamers will definitely not want to miss this
state-of-the-art integrated cooling solution.
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| Mon: 05/07/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"In this review Frostytech is testing out the Coolermaster Gemin II S524, a top-down heatsink that stands only 105mm tall and weighs a modest 594grams. Height is one of the other advantages of top-down coolers, this model is a good 50mm shorter than the average tower heatsink! The Coolermaster Gemin II S524 is compatible with Intel socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775 and AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1 processors. The Gemin II S524 ships with a 120mm PWM fan mounted to its frame, but has holes to accept a 140mm fan in its place as well."
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Is it possible to cool a contemporary GPU working at 1 GHz frequency with just a passive heatsink? Arctic says “yes” and our today’s review will tell you how to accomplish it.
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| Fri: 05/04/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"In this review Frostytech will be testing Coolermaster's Hyper 212 Evo heatsink, an exposed heatpipe base tower cooler. Heatpipe direct touch, or exposed heatpipe base heatsinks are dead common these days because the technique has proven so effective. Particularly among the current crop of processors which feature integrated heat spreaders."
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| Wed: 05/02/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"Zalman's CNPS10X Optima heatsink is a fairly standard tower cooler in most respects; it offers pretty good thermal performance, accomodates a front and rear fan and has an exposed copper heatpipe base. The CNPS10X Optima CPU cooler stands 153mm tall so it should fit into most mid tower chassis and weighs in at moderate 630 grams. The CNPS10X Optima's raw aluminum fins are punctuated by the four copper heatpipes which intersect the fins in the region receiving the highest airflow from the fan. Like many tower heatsinks, Zalman have conspicuously staggered the heatpipes where they intersect the cooling fins to ensure heat conduction is over a broader area of fin."
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| Wed: 05/02/2012 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
The two demands we place on a case fan - to displace as much air as possible while producing the least amount of noise - are inherently mutually exclusive. In order to move more air, a fan needs to rotate faster, which produces more sound. The easiest way to make a fan more silent is to make it turn slower, but this will of course influence the amount of air it displaces.
This is where smart designers come into the picture. Case fan manufacturers try to increase the volume of displaced air by changing the design and number of the blades. We have seen a wide variety of designs: fan blades with notches like a golf ball, blades with a slant, and serrated blades. Nothing is too crazy to try. For each new attempt the manufacturer has a (vaguely) scientific foundation of why that particular design is better. In the end, it’s the performance that counts.
The same applies to the bearings used in the fans, something we've examined previously. In addition to the tried-and-proven ball bearings and sleeve bearings there are now exotic derivations such as rifle bearings, twister bearings, and so on. The goal is always the same - less noise. Again, it’s not the design but the end result that is important."
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