Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme CPU Cooler

Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme CPU Cooler Review

" Zalman has been producing CPU coolers for as long as I can remember. Their typical style has been the all-copper “flower” style heatsinks in various configurations and options. The flower style coolers have their advantages with providing airflow to the VRM’s and MosFETs on your motherboard. Traditional tower-style coolers lack the downward airflow to help cool these components. Their latest “flower” style offering is the CNPS (short for Computer Noise Prevention System) 8900 series. This comes in two variants – the Quiet and the Extreme, which we’ll be looking at here today. "

 Thermaltake Frio Advanced Heatsink CPU Cooler

Thermaltake Frio Advanced Heatsink Review

" Thermaltake's Frio Advanced heatsink is basically a reboot of the Jing heatsink, but this time around the copper heatpipes are exposed at the base, none of the aluminum surfaces are nickel plated and the heatpipes not soldered to the cooling fins. We mention this seemingly minor point of construction, since the Frio Advanced's heatpipes are pressed into each aluminum fin with a new type of swage joint we haven't encountered before. "

 Arctic Freezer i30 CPU Cooler

Arctic Freezer i30 CPU Cooler Review

" Arctics lists the Freezer i30 as having an upgraded 320W cooling capacity slightly higher than the previous Freezer 13 Pro we reviewed, which should give any enthusiast plenty of overclocking headroom. The Freezer i30 carries a 4 x 8mm heatpipe arrangement that uses the Direct Touch configuration that we previously only seen with Xigmatek coolers. We also get with the i30 48 0.5mm aluminum fins stacked on top of it one more than the Freezer 13 Pro, the fan that drives the cooling power of the Freezer i30 is a 120mm fluid dynamic bearing with a low noise level of 0.3 Sone or ~35dba. Arctic has carried on with the graceful warranties of their products giving the Freezer i30 a 6 year warranty,which is industry leading in the cooling market. "

 Arctic Freezer 13 Pro CPU Cooler

Arctic Freezer 13 Pro CPU Cooler Review

" The Freezer 13 Pro comes into a saturated market with the big dogs like Noctua and Thermalright holding strong as the kings of cooling. The Freezer 13 holds a few good selling points with one of those being its price; at 44.99 at the time of this writing I’m not sure you will find a better looking cooler or one that can even compare to this at the same price. So can a much smaller, much more affordable cooler perform on par with these “big dogs” in the cooler market? "

 Alpenföhn Tower CPU Cooler

Alpenföhn K2 Dual Tower CPU Cooler Review

" With the CPU cooling market dominated by dual tower air coolers and All-In-One liquid cooling units, there is very little chance for the brands which don’t offer the aforementioned coolers to compete in the enthusiast segment. Alpenföhn have been working hard to release a variety of coolers which suit everybody’s needs since they truly emerged onto the scene in 2010 with their popular Matterhorn. After a relatively short period of time in the limelight of the CPU cooling market, Alpenföhn feel that they are ready to challenge for the cooling crown with their dual tower K2. "

 Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler

Xigmatek SD1283 Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler Review

" We will be taking a look at a very intriguing looking CPU cooler today. The cooler is the Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Edition. What makes this cooler so intriguing is the fact it is covered with a special coating that is supposed to help dissipate heat produced by the CPU at a faster rate. Does it work? Well, we will test the cooler under our normal testing procedures and see how well the cooler performs. But I doubt we will be able to tell you if it is because of the coating. Read on and see what it is all about. "

 Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II VGA Cooler

Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II Review

" The last time I was able to look at aftermarket cooling solutions for video cards was a few years back. To be a little more specific it was after the launch of the GTX 4 series from NVidia, and I found myself with a massive heat problem I needed to curb. Now of course the extreme enthusiast would go straight for some nice water blocks from a company like Swiftech or EK. For the mainstream user we go with coolers from companies such as Arctic. As most of you know Arctic has been around for quite some time and despite the recent name change from Arctic Cooling to just ARCTIC they still design the highest quality aftermarket cooling solutions in a small country called Switzerland. Arctic isn’t the type of company to take designs from others and rebadge them like we see so many companies do. While some of their cooling solutions do carrying on some aspects of previous generations; for instance the Accelero Xtreme line uses the same base with upgraded components and compatibility for modern graphics cards. "

 DeepCool Ice Wind Pro Heatsink CPU Cooler

DeepCool Ice Wind Pro Heatsink Review

" 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. "

 Thermaltake Frio Extreme CPU Cooler

Thermaltake Frio Extreme Cooler Review

" The battle for the high end cooling throne has reached fever pitch this year. The Noctua NH D14 ruled supreme for a long time, although it recently had to make way for a new king, the Phanteks PH-TC14PE. Today we are looking at the latest flagship cooler from Thermaltake, The Frio Extreme. Is this a serious challenger for the top spot? Thermaltake have released a plethora of high end coolers in the last couple of years, including the original FRIO, the Frio OCK, Frio Advanced and the latest Frio Extreme which we are reviewing today. The Thermaltake Frio Extreme uses the high end construction of combining two tower heatsinks with a dual fan cooling system. "

 Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler

Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler Review

" The Frio OCK is a dual tower style heatsink that features six 6mm heatpipes and comes equipped with two 130mm fans, which are controllable via Thermaltake’s attached VR fan controller. The included fans are capable of pushing 121 CFM at 48dBA, and they operate from 1,200 to 2,100 RPM. Unlike many other fans that are bundled with coolers on the market, the OCK’s fans are not PWM controlled. The fins on the Frio OCK are made of aluminum and are 0.4mm thick.The Frio OCK is compatible with Intel’s LGA 775/1156/1155/1366/2011 and AMD’s AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2 sockets. "