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Corsair Hydro Series H55 Quiet Liquid Cooler Review @ Pro-Clockers
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 I, myself have been using an AIO kit since I saw how much cleaner a rig looks with one compared to typical heat sinks. Corsair has released several AIO units in the past few years which would include the H40, H50, H60, H70, H80 and H100. Each has served many well but there is a time when technology advantages and change come. The H55 is the new kid on the block and looking to take the place of the H50 as the quiet cooler. One that someone would purchase to replace the stocker that comes in the box with your CPU."
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Sapphire Vapor-X Universal CPU
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"I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at how the Vapor-X Universal CPU Cooler handled the thermal load of the Core i7 2600K and especially how it outperformed what has been my go to heat sink for family builds: the Noctua NH-U12P. Sapphire's Vapor-X Universal CPU cooler performed two degrees Celsius better than the Noctua at both stock and overclocked speeds. The Phantek's cooler shows more cooling is available with a massive air cooling solution that provides an 8 °C improvement over the Vapor-X when the CPU is overclocked. The Vapor-X is not meant to compete at that level yet still delivers acceptable temperatures when overclocked."
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Tech News: Cooler Master NotePal I300 Review
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Staying true to its name, Cooler Master has released their newest laptop cooling pad - The NotePal I300. Offering flavours across every conceivable notebook size, the I300 has a lot to live up to. Taking a look at Cooler Master`s website, it is astounding the amount of laptop coolers on display; from less than 12 and greater than 17, Cooler Master has no less than 15 per category. The primary point to take away is that there is a cooling option for virtually every type of consumer, and ergonomic to boot. Some are expensive, some are budget-friendly, and some are even fully universal."
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Noctua’s NH-L9i Low Profile CPU Cooler
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Our mini ITX demo system that first appeared at the NCIX Windows 8 Launch Event is quite the conversation piece. Especially once people realize that inside the understated ANTEC ISK300 mini ITX case lies a full desktop Core i7 3770K CPU, two Kingston HyperX 120GB SSDs, 16GBs of HyperX DDR3 LoVo memory, and a discrete AMD HD 5570 low profile GPU all plugged into a GIGABYTE Z77N-WiFi motherboard. The fact that all of this works together fantastically today, without exploding, tells us that mini ITX is ready to become a do it all platform. However, two things still plague small form factor systems in the form of noise and heat.
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Zalman CNPS9900DF Heatsink Review
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"Zalman's CNPS9900DF heatsink is a twin tower cooler that stands 154mm tall and is built around three 6mm diameter composite wick copper heatpipes. For a look inside a composite wick heatpipe, check this out. The CNPS9900DF comes with two fans, a 120mm intake fan that runs at a fixed speed of 1000RPM and a center, 135mm PWM fan than operates at 1400-900RPM. The center 135mm PWM fan operates at 1400RPM to 900RPM, thus even at its slowest speed airflow is pretty well balanced between the intake (front) fan and exhaust (center) fan. The open frames allow additional air mass to be drawn in from the sides as necessary."
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Silverstone Heligon HE01 Heatsink Review
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"On Frostytech's test bench today is the Silverstone Heligon HE01 (SST-HE01) heatsink, an interesting asymmetric dual tower CPU cooler built for Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2 processors. At the heart of the heatsink is a massive 140mm vaneaxial fan, flanked by differently sized fin stacks which correspond to intake and exhaust air flows. On the cool air-intake side of the fan is a 30mm thick fin tower with a straight row of heatpipes intersecting the fins. On the hot exhaust side we find a slightly wider, 50mm thick fin tower constructed from slightly thicker aluminum fins."
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Silverstone Heligon HE02 Fanless Passive Heatsink Review
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"The Silverstone Heligon HE02 is being sold as a passive heatsink for sub-95W TDP processors, so today on Frostytech we'll put this big, boxy, silent heatsink through its passive paces. No fans will be used in the testing, just good old noise-less convection cooling. We should note that wire fan clips are supplied for users who wish to add two 120mm fans."
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Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer Liquid Cooling Heatsink Review
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"Thermaltake's Water 2.0 Performer is a self contained liquid cooling system for Intel and AMD CPUs that's ready to go out of the box - no mess, no fuss. The only requirement you need to worry about is whether your PC case has a 120mm fan opening at the back of the chassis."
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AMD FX-Series Liquid Cooling Heatsink
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AMD's FX-Series Liquid Cooling Heatsink ships pre-filled and is no more difficult to install than a standard heatsink. The CPU cooler installs onto any AMD socket AM2/AM2+/AMD3/AM3+/FM1/FM2 processor using standard hardware, the liquid-to-air heat exchanger needs only a 120mm rear case fan cut out to hang from.
What makes the FX-Series Liquid Cooler stand out is that AMD ship it with Chill Control V software and extra functionality the 570LC and Water 2.0 Pro units lack. The CCV software communicates with the pump by means of a USB header, monitoring fan and pump speeds, coolant temperature, the status of trigger alarms and a few other settings. If you like to monitor CPU temp religiously, this is the heatsink for your AMD Phenom or FX-Series processor!
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Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro Liquid Cooling Heatsink Reviewed on Frostytech
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"Most self contained liquid cooling systems are sold with 120mm and 240mm heat exchangers, the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro comes with a 50mm thick, 120mm-sized heat exchanger and a pair of fans. The Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro ships pre-filled with a distilled water/anti-freeze based coolant which circulates through 11mm diameter 'low evaporation' rubber tubing. It's ready to go out of the box, no filling, no plumbing, no mess. "
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Silverstone Heligon HE01 Asymmetric Dual Tower Heatsink Review
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"On Frostytech's test bench today is the Silverstone Heligon HE01 (SST-HE01) heatsink, an interesting asymmetric dual tower CPU cooler. The heatsink itself is made from a pretty common mix of nickel plated aluminum fins soldered to six 6mm diameter heatpipes. The six heatpipes converge at a chunky nickel plated copper base plate, eschewing the whole exposed-heatpipe-trend-thing. Noise wise, Heligon HE01 heatsink ranges for loud to whisper quiet. Standing 160mm tall and weighing at 1056grams, the Heligon HE01 is squarely aimed at performance cooling in a full tower case - so keep that in mind."
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Massive Manic Giveaway with Cooler Master!
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Massive Manic giveaway with Cooler Master Prize Pool! Includes: 3x HD7750 Ultimate graphics cards, 2x CM Scout Trigger keyboard, 2x CM Storm Scout 2 cases, 2 CM Silent Pro M2 520W PSUs and 1x CM Spawn mice + CS-X Battle pad set. Visit TechwareLabs now to see how to get in on the action."
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Corsair Hydro H100 Water Cooling Heatsink Review
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"Corsair's Hydro H100 is a no fuss, self contained CPU liquid cooling solution for use on Intel socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775 and AMD socket AM3/AM2/FM1 processors. The system consists of two parts; a 12v DC pump head with skived copper waterblock and a large aluminum liquid-to-air heat exchanger. Let's examine the working end of the Hydro H100's pump head/waterblock by removing the eight screws that hold the copper base plate down. Inside we find..."
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Zalman CNPS9900DF Twin Tower Heatsink Review
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"Zalman's CNPS9900DF heatsink is a twin tower cooler that stands 154mm tall and is built around three 6mm diameter composite wick copper heatpipes. For a look inside a composite wick heatpipe, check this out. The CNPS9900DF comes with two fans, a 120mm intake fan that runs at a fixed speed of 1000RPM and a center, 135mm PWM fan than operates at 1400-900RPM. "
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