| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
“Today we have the opportunity to look at the Thermaltake SpinQ VT. A little over a year ago reviewed the original SpinQ, which was a 2009 design award winner. The SpinQ VT takes that design and rotates it 90 degrees to stand vertically, hence the name VT. There were some alterations over the original SpinQ which we’ll cover in this review. Read on further to see what they are."
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
“In midsummer of 2009, our friends at Zalman released the CNPS 10X Extreme, a 5-heatpipe 120mm tower cooler with a built-in PWM fan controller. Though it wasn’t terribly different in the realm of tower coolers, it was a radical departure for Zalman, who hadn’t previously had a conventional-styled tower cooler in their lineup. I found the 10X Extreme to be an excellent cooler, easily keeping the extreme heat of the 130 watt LGA 1366 i7 to manageable levels. Zalman has based some other coolers off of the 10X Extreme. Today I will be looking at the Zalman CNPS 10X Performa, a more budget-minde d version of the earlier 10X Extreme, which not only ended up being the best air cooler I cooled the LGA 1366 i7 with, but also the most expensive. Will the Performa live up to the expectations we have for Zalman coolers? Read on to see!"
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"The Intel Core i7-980X Desktop Processor Extreme Edition was found to exceed our exceed our initial expectations, which says a ton. Having six physical processing cores created an amazing user experience when running multi-threaded applications. The enormous growth of HD media content in the home is driving the demand for computer systems that have the horse power to deliver an enjoyable user experience for the consumer. If you have ever tried to create a Blu-ray movie or just tried to transcode some HD movies you know how much time it takes to work on a project and that can be frustrating for those that do it often. With the new Intel Core i7-980X Processor you can improve productivity, save power and the best part is that it can be a drop-in replacement for those with existing socket LGA1366 motherboard. Anybody that runs multi-thread applications is sure to appreciate a six-core processor..."
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
When I opened the box, the first thing I noticed was the aluminum-on-copper style of the heatsink. At first glance, it looks like one of those cheap direct-touch units that have become so popular lately. It’s anything but one of those. Other than the color scheme, everything about this heatsink is pure Thermalright, from the mounting hardware, to the bent winglet design, to the Thermalright thermal paste. I will admit I prefer the nickel finish to the two-toned look of this unit. But in the end, I only really care about the unit’s performance. It could be bright pink and have green polka dots; if it performs well I couldn’t care less about how it looks. Now, I’m not saying this is ugly, just not my preference. This coming from a guy who hasn’t purchased an aftermarket CPU cooler other than Thermalright since the Ultra-120 first came out...
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: CPU / Processors PermaLink |
Intels Gulftown is the tock to the i7 tick. Have we got unlimited power within our grasp?
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
“Many of you wouldn’t have heard of Zaward before and don’t feel disheartened if you’re one, they’re a fairly new company specializing in specifically computer cooling. One of the most innovative products in their catalogue is what’s called the ‘Golf Fan II’. Unlike most case fans, the Golf Fan 2 features a patent golf-ball-like texture on its fins which according to Zaward reduces noise levels by 15% at the same RPM and airflow. Now I’ve reviewed a lot of case fans in my day and many boast large claims like this, to find out whether Zaward’s marketing department are not just playing about, let’s put it to the test and find out whether it’s true to its word.”
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
So, after the success of their first entry, I was naturally very curious to see what Prolimatech had up their sleeve next. Enter the MK-13 VGA cooler, a massive cooler utilizing six 6mm heat-pipes, and a fairly universal mounting mechanism. Does this cooler have what it takes to continue the legacy of its CPU mounted sibling?
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
The new air cooler for CPUs proves remarkably efficient at a low level of noise and costs less than the renowned leaders in this field. Read more in our new review!
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| Fri: 03/12/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"For this review I will be looking at a product from one of Xtreme Computing’s long time friends, Akasa and the product I will be looking at is one of their new CPU coolers, the NeroS. Coming from Akasa and being labelled aa a “Premier Cooler” I am expecting some good results."
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There was a time when AMD reign supreme. The instant underdog when they came to market quickly gained popularity over the Intel Juggernaught; all good things must come to an end. This end came in the form or dual core technology, AMD quickly lost the mass fallowing it once had. For those of you that hung on and continued to be big supports of AMD we have the case for you! Cooler Master took one of their top selling cases and proverbially pimped it out so to speak for anyone who has a love for all things AMD with a little ATI sprinkled on top. I for one was always an AMD fan boy but changes in technology made me change to Intel, we did meet with AMD at CES and they told us good things where coming and they sent us out the AMD Phenom II 965 BE for building a testing rig. So we promptly got in contact with the guys at Cooler Master to get a fully AMD themed rig together. Due to NDA agreements I cannot tell you exactly what AMD has in store but let me tell you it should make you AMD boy happy you stayed a fan through thick and thin. Let’s Check out the Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition:
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| Thu: 03/11/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"For this review I will be looking at a product from one of Xtreme Computing’s long time friends, Akasa and the product I will be looking at is one of their new CPU coolers, the NeroS. Coming from Akasa and being labelled aa a “Premier Cooler” I am expecting some good results."
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| Thu: 03/11/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"Today HardwareHeaven will take a look at a product from Chill Innovation, a Danish company. The ChillDesk MiniXL CD-110XL is a notebook cooler and is the companys first effort to diversify into the cooling products market."
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| Thu: 03/11/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"I’ve been chomping at the bit to have an opportunity to torture this latest offering. With whispers of massive headroom for overclocking, more tolerance for extreme cooling and performance to die for, it’s enough to get any tech-head excited.
For this article we will be torturing this latest offering from Intel over a variety of multi-threaded applications at pre-determined speeds as well as seeing how much further we can push the cooling before we start hitting cold bugs (most Bloomfields stopped operating around -90 to -100 degrees celcius)."
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| Thu: 03/11/2010 | Topic: Beginners Guides PermaLink |
"Stuck with an older PC that runs slow in Vista? Upgrading to Windows 7 might breath new life into that PC and extend its useful life. In this DIY Guide PCSTATS is going to compare the performance of a handful of AMD and Intel processors running under Windows Vista to Windows 7, with an eye towards answering this question; "Will upgrading to Windows 7 breath new life into older PC hardware previously sluggish under Windows Vista?"
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| Thu: 03/11/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
Intel's Core i7-980X 32nm LGA-1366 Six Core CPU Gets new heatsink... in the tower heatpipe format.
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| Wed: 03/10/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
The Setsugen is a unique GPU cooler that uses only a single extra slot and has a slim 120mm fan next to the GPU core blowing outward through the heatsink body below. We put the Setsugen through an arduous torture test. Can this odd single-fan design tame one of the hottest cards on the market, the Radeon HD 4890?
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| Wed: 03/10/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"Today we are going to test Tranquillo from Gelid, a CPU cooler with a tower design, four U-shape heatpipes, one 120-mm fan and focused on silence. This cooler has identical specs to Noctua NH-U12P, Thermaltake ISGC-300 and 3R System iCEAGE Prima Boss, which we have already tested and have performed nicely. Will Tranquillo perform well too? Check it out!"
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| Tue: 03/09/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"The Vantage is another liquid cooling solution from CoolIT, this time for
the CPU. It utilizes wireless technology and allows you to have better
control over a range of features. Check the video below!"
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| Tue: 03/09/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"Heat is any CPU's worst enemy and to fight off heat you need the best CPU cooler that money can buy. Without any kind of cooling, you would fry the CPU and/or motherboard to a crisp. The Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler is one that is compatible with most CPU socket types (AMD and Intel) available today. It can use up to two cooling fans for extreme cooling but can also be used without any fans at all. Let's now see how well it performs."
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| Tue: 03/09/2010 | Topic: Cooling / Heatsinks PermaLink |
"Tony Sahin, Chief Engineer at Xigmatek speaks with HardwareHeaven about all things XIGMATEK."
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