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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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DeepCool Gammaxx 400 Heatsink Review
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"The Gammaxx 400 heatsink ships with a 120mm PWM fan that rotates at 1500-900RPM and moves upwards of 66CFM at full speed. According to Frostytech's real world sound measurements, the heatsink produces between 48-39 dBA noise, making it pretty moderate on the sound front. As with most tower heatsinks, a set of extra wire fan clips are supplied so users who wish to install a rear-mounted fan can run both at low speeds."
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Corsair AF120 SP120 AP140 Fans Review - XSReviews
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Today our newest reviewew Tom takes us into full motion reviews, with XSR`s first full video review. He`s looking at Corsair`s latest lineup of fans, the AF120, SP120 and AP140. They come in a variety of eye catching colours and feature near silent operation across the board. Let`s find out what he thought. A link to the article would be much appreciated."
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Spire Air Force 120 LED Fan
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"In the past, sometimes we've had to choose between a quiet fan or a good looking fan. LED illumination was not always combined with these ultra quiet or high performance characteristics. Spire has attempted to deliver the whole package at a reasonable price tag of $15 with the new Air Force 120 LED fan. Let's take a look to see if it delivers."
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Ecomaster Lepa Chopper Ecomaster Lepa Chopper
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“When it comes to shopping for fans, there are a couple of items to account for. Sometimes you are looking at the aesthetics, while other times you’re looking for the noise factor. Most of the time you are looking for thermal performance. There are hundreds of options available from today’s e-tailers at your finger tips, making it that much more difficult to choose the correct fan for you needs. Today we will be taking a look at a couple of fans by Ecomaster Lepa that are trying to seperate themselves from the rest of the pack. We have the Lepa Chopper and the Lepa Casino on the bench today and we are going to find out how these stack up.”
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AMD Trinity Review - A10 5800K vs Core i3 3220 @ HCW
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We compare the AMD A10 5800K APU to the Core i3 3220, which is priced identically. We compare them in terms of gaming with and without a GPU, including some 'lightweight' games like Torchlight 2 and Bastion. We also see what kind of tricks we can do with overclocking AND undervolting.
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[NEW!] Zalman CNPS14X Lower Noise Heatsink Review
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As a single fan heatsink the Zalman CNPS14X performs very well, but the higher the heat load the better the advantage there is to be gained from adding two more fans... so... Zalman include extra fan brackets for users who want to add their own 140mm fans. ;) Since this is a novel approach, Frostytech is going to test Zalman's CNPS14X heatsink in its single fan configuration (stock) and also in a three fan configuration. This way you can see how much difference there is between one and three fans. Just remember, 3x fans does not equal 3x cooling performance.
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Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Ed. Heatsink
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Here's what Frostytech has been able to find out. The black 'ceramic coating' on the Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Ed. heatsink is described as "high thermal conductivity metal surface treatment" by its manufacturer; SAU Applied Materials . SAU Applied Materials is a Taiwan-based company which primarily focuses on LED related thermal products, for example the coating on thisLED MR16 light. About all we can say with certainty is that a rough black surface coating increases surface area somewhat and radiates heat more efficiently than a shiny aluminum surface.
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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."
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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 six heatpipe ends are laid out side by side at the base and soldered to a thick copper heatspreader which conducts heat from multi-core processors more evenly than exposed heatpipe thermal solutions can. The heatpipes support two 135mm diameter torus shape nickel plated copper fin stacks.
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LEPA Cooling Fan Collection @ Pro-Clockers
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And to add to this we are also asking them to look as good as they perform. At your local PC shop you can find fans of various color combinations, sizes and lighting effects. Our reasoning here today to take a look at some new blowers from LEPA, the Chopper, Casino and the Vortex are just a trio of new fans LEPA is excited about. So, lets take a brief look at the new additions."
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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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Lepa 120mm Vortex/Casino/Chopper Fan Review @Hi Tech Legion
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The Lepa Vortex 120mm fan, Casino 120mm fan, and Chopper 120mm fan are designed to maximize cooling while maintaining silent operation. The Vortex is designed without LED lighting for those who want a simple fan. The Casino 120mm fan has 18 blue LEDs installed in it creating a spiral lighting effect with various modes including the ability to turn off the LEDs. The Chopper is a low speed fixed RPM fan that has 2 LEDs (in blue or red depending on model) to create a dynamic cycling lighting effect./"
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Spectre Pro LED series
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BitFenix put a lot of time into the Spectre Pro and Pro LED series of fans to help them stand out against their competitors, starting with the packaging all the way to the fans themselves; it is a series built with one thing in mind, performance."
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Thermaltake Water2.0 Pro and Performer CPU Coolers Review @ Hi Tech Legion
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The latest entry in the Self-Contained Liquid Cooling is the Thermaltake Water2.0 series. The initial offerings in the Thermaltake Water2.0 lineup are the base model Performer and the larger upgraded Pro models. Both the Water2.0 Performer and Pro share almost identical features and components, with the Pro upgrading the radiator (fin and coil array) to a thickness doubling the performer for greater heat dissipation for use in more heat intensive applications. Both pieces use a copper contact plate with circular pump to keep the liquid moving. Flexible rubber tubing is used between the pump and radiator, making installation quite a bit easier and adding flexibility to radiator placement options. Dual 120mm 1200-2000rpm fans are used in a push/pull configuration on the radiator, and are capable of over 81 CFMat a very quiet 27.36Dba. Fan speed control can be run from your BIOS or software of your choice for optimal cooling to noise ratio. Versatile mounting hardware adapts to Intel LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011 as well as AMD AM2/3 and FM1.///"
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