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Cooler Master ARC Stand for Macbook and iPad Review @ OCIA.net
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 The latest case in the HAF range is the XM model, a mid-tower which takes the overall design of the HAF X and shrinks the dimensions. Today we have a HAF XM on our test bench and will be looking in at it in detail to see if Cooler Master have another high quality case on the market."
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Top 5 Heatsink Charts on Frostytech - New Coolers Listed
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"Frostytech's TOP 5 HEATSINK CHART has just been updated for June! A couple new watercooling and fan-based heatsinks have been added, along with the dead silent, revolutionary Nofan heatsinks...dont go heatsink shopping before giving the Top 5 Heatsink Chart a look-see. Only heatsinks tested in the Frostytech Labs are included in these Top 5 Charts, so the ranking is 100% based on test data."
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Phanteks PH-TC14PE Red Heatsink Review on Frostytech.com
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"The Phanteks PH-TC14PE (red) itself is a pretty standard dual tower, five-8mm-heatpipe-packing heatsink that retails for about $90 bucks. It stands 168mm tall and has a wide 144x161mm footprint that may have clearance issues on some motherboards where RAM slots and VRM heatsinks are too tall, too near the CPU socket. The cooler weighs upwards of 1250 grams and ships with two 140mm PWM fans arranged in a push-pull configuration. Phanteks' PH-TC14PE (red) heatsink is compatible with Intel socket 775/1155/1156/1366 and AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1 processors."
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Thermaltake Frio Advanced Heatsink Review on Frostytech.com
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Thermaltake's Frio Advanced heatsink stands 161mm tall and weighs upwards of 954 grams, it is rated to heat loads of 230 Watts by the manufacturer. The heatsink ships with two 130mm PWM fans arranged in a push-pull configuration that rotate at 2000-800RPM. Behind each fan shroud is a 110mm tall aluminum fin tower connected by five U-shaped, 6mm diameter copper heatpipes which are exposed at the base.
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Phanteks PH-TC14PE Heatsink Review
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The Phanteks PH-TC14PE itself is a pretty standard dual tower, five-8mm-heatpipe-packing heatsink that retails for about $90 bucks. It stands 168mm tall and has a wide 144x161mm footprint that may have clearance issues on some motherboards where RAM slots and VRM heatsinks are too tall, too near the CPU socket. The cooler weighs upwards of 1250 grams and ships with two 140mm PWM fans arranged in a push-pull configuration. The fans spin at 1200-900RPM and are anywhere from moderately audible to pretty quiet. On the plus side, the dual-fan set up does make this heatsink a good lower noise thermal solution, as you'll shortly see.
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be quiet! Joint Contest
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Today marks two full months since the launch of this entirely new project which has shown remarkable acceptance by all of you and that at least for me is reason enough to celebrate and thank you all for your support and by that i mean doing another contest/giveaway. Therefore today we join hands with our friends from be quiet! to make 3 of their high quality products up for grabs from 3 lucky winners.
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Corsair Hydro H100 Self Contained Watercooling 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 Hydro H100 heatsink ships fully assembled, filled with a propylene glycol based coolant and plumbed. The waterblock is connected by 24cm of flexible FEP tubing to the heat exchanger which measures about 274x120x25mm in size. Two 120mm fans are included, these operate at 2600-1300RPM and create a fair bit of noise at full tilt.
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SilenX EFZ-120HA5 Heatsink Reviewed on Frostytech.com
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"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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DeepCool Ice Wind Pro Heatsink Review
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"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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Zalman CNPS11X Performa Heatsink Review
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"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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BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 120mm Fans
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I have a lot of fans in my system and I had to really turn down every other fan and listen really close to hear these fans at all. At about 1100 RPM I could start to hear them above the system noise in my PC. When comparing these to the original stock fans - all three Spectre fans running at 1200 RPM are still much much quieter than having one of the originals running full blast. . .
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Noctua NF-F12 PWM Cooling Fan @ Pro-Clockers
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The fan we are review here today will be the Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm fan. Noctua has been the recipient of many awards for the fan designs. There are long lasting, quiet and allow the user to install them in many different configurations. But the F12 takes fan technology to a whole new level. Every physical piece of this fan offers some in the way of science to help make it one of the most efficient fans to date."
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Thermaltake Frio Extreme CPU Cooler
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The Frio Extreme follows a trend that we are seeing around here regularly. And that is using two towers of fins to add to the overall surface of the cooler to better perform on an overclocked processor. Just recently we tested the Phanteks TC14PE which was an outstanding cooler but we really wanted to see if the Frio Extreme could take it down as one of the best coolers we have tested this year.
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Corsair Hydro H80 Watercooling System Tested on Frostytech
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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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Beginners Guides
