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Noctua NH-D14 Lower Noise Heatsink Review

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:15:08 +0000

In this review Frostytech will be testing out Noctua’s massive dual-fan NH-D14 heatsink and comparing it against 280 other heatsinks. The big NH-D14 heatsink stands as tall as a modern tower heatsink but is twice as wide. The dual-fan set up more than makes up for that bulk by proving itself to be an excellent low noise solution capable of performance cooling. This heatsink currently ranks near the top of Frostytech’s Top 5 Heatsinks chart.

Zalman VF950 LED & Zalman VF770

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:18:52 +0000

Many times there comes situations when you want to overclock your graphics cards or the your old faithful cooler gets broken. Usually the only way to solve this is to buy a new third hand cooler. This time we will take a look at two mainstream GPU coolers from Zalman and compare them against Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 cooler which is priced around the same range as the Zalmans. Let’s have a look how the Zalmans perform against the Arctic Cooling.

Danger Den NVIDIA GeForce GTX480 All Copper Water Block Review

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:16:32 +0000

Danger Den’s DD-GTX480 all copper water block is one very nice addition to my EVGA GeForce GTX480 video card. Not only did it help cool the card better, but it also managed to eliminate the noise from the horridly loud stock fan. That in and of itself warrants the $135 price tag the all copper version we tested today carries. When it came to performance by water cooling the GeForce GTX 480 we were able to drop stock load temps from 92C to 49C, which is a drop of 47%. Reducing your temperatures by nearly half is amazing and anyone that is thinking about getting a GeForce GTX 480 should consider water cooling as an option as it really is nice. You get lower noise levels, possibly increase the longevity of the video card and are able to overclock it farther than you could on air for even better performance. Danger Den has done a great job on these blocks and you can tell from the second you pick the water block up that it you made a solid investment…

Prolimatech Armageddon 6-Heatpipe CPU Cooler

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:09:48 +0000

Mounting the Prolimatech Armageddon CPU cooler was by far one of the most pain-free heatsink mounting experiences I’ve had in recent memory. Just as an example, the Spire TherMax Pro I used in comparision has a nasty tendency of nipping my fingers when I try to remove it. None of that was even possible with the Armageddon due to the screwdriver centric mounting system and the easy to remove fanclips. All the parts felt like they were meant to go together meaning I didn’t have to fight with cheap screws, ill-fitting brackets, or weak wire-based fanclips like many other heatsinks. Just due to its ease of use the Armageddon is a winner…

Thermaltake Contac 29 Heatsink Review

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:55:40 +0000

The focus of this Frostytech review is the Thermaltake Contac 29, a new mid-sized tower heatsink from this well known Taiwanese-based manufacturer. The Contac 29 heatsink stands 160mm tall and ships with a fancy looking orange impeller fan that reminds me of a washing machine agitator on steroids. Three 8mm diameter copper heatpipes are exposed at the base of the heatsink, thus making direct contact with the processor’s integrated heatspreader for optimal conduction of heat energy. A single 120mm PWM fan scales in speed from 800-2000RPM and mounts via rubber vibration absorbing mounting posts.

Intel DBX-B CPU Cooler Review

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:53:15 +0000

When we published our Core i7-980X Review we showed the new cooler that comes with this CPU, named DBX-B. Some readers asked us for a complete review of this cooler, so here it is. See if the owners of this high-end six-core CPU need to buy a CPU cooler with a higher performance if DBX-B will do the trick if they want to overclock their CPU.

Thermalright T-Rad2 GTX & VRM R3 Video Card Heatsink

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:32:56 +0000

There are many reasons for buying an aftermarket cooler; some are looking to keep their systems extremely quiet while others may be looking to increase heat capacity for overclocking. The Thermalright T-Rad2 GTX and VRM R3 can handle both of those situations and in some cases, at the same time.

Thermaltake Frio Heatsink

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:02:59 +0000

Thermaltake have finally produced an excellent high performance heatsink worthy of FrostyTech’s Top 5 Heatsink chart. All it took was two fans, five 8mm diameter heatpipes, a 1kg mass of metal and a little concentrated effort. It’s called the Thermaltake Frio heatsink. Standing 161mm tall, the 1042 gram heatsink has a modestly bulky footprint of 139×119mm, so it’s best suited to full size computer cases. The Frio ships with two 120mm fans that operate at 1200-2500RPM in a push-pull configuration.

Coolermaster Vortex Plus Heatsink Review

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:49:36 +0000

The Coolermaster Vortex Plus heatsink stands 83mm tall, in total. A 25mm thick, 92mm PWM fan exhausts downward so waste air impinges on a lower extruded aluminum heatsink that sits atop the processor. It’s both a good use of space for additional cooling surface area and an admission by heatsink designers that the aluminum fins above aren’t getting the whole job done by themselves.

Cooler Master Vortex Plus CPU Cooler

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:47:07 +0000

Today we are benchmarking Cooler Master Vortex Plus CPU cooler, which has a horizontal heatsink, four heatipes and a 92-mm fan. Let’s check out its performance!