Cooling Hardware Reviews

Intel I7 CPU Cooler review by ThinkComputers.org

Quote: "Today I will be looking at the Evercool Buffalo HPFI7-10025, one of Evercool's economy coolers that has been redesigned for use with LGA 1366 processors. It is a smaller cooler, only 100mm, the first cooler I've used on the i7 that doesn't have a 120mm fan. It is also my first Evercool cooler.I've had many Evercool fans, but no coolers. It sports a pair of heatpipes, making it the first heatpipe CPU cooler I've used that only has two pipes. How will this little jewel stand up to the hot i7? Read on to see!"

Full Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=1036

Overclockers Online have done a review on the Zalman CNPS10X Extreme Cooler. Click on the link below for the full review.

Quote: "Zalman has stepped away from the cooler design it is well known for and has done a pretty good job. With this step away from the flower design, they also open up a little bit and give you the ability to swap fans. Cooling performance of the CNPS10X Extreme matches their previous top end cooler the CNPS9900LED. They also bring back a new version of the PWM Mate with more options than previous iterations. With a black nickel plate finish the CNPS10X Extreme is sure to compliment almost any setup."

Review URL: http://www.overclockersonline.net/?page=articles&num=3111

DeepCool's Killer Whale heatsink is a top-down cooler built around two critical things. It has a hefty solid copper heat spreader (base) onto which six 6mm diameter heatpipes have been soldered, and a large and potentially very quiet 48mm thick 120mm PWM fan that spins at 1000-1800RPM. The fan moves approximately 78CFM, while generating at most 53.5 dBA and at least a whisper quiet 34.8 dBA. The Killer Whale stands 140mm tall and weighs a hefty 900 grams, but if you were to replace the fan with a more compact 120mm model that height could be as little as 92mm + fan thickness.

Article Link: http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2430