Scythe's latest towering heatsink has been put to the test at InsaneTek. It has a different design than its predecessor with more fins and heatpipes. Will it be enough to improve over its older brother? Read more to find out.
The TITAN Robela was made to surpass all previous watercooling cases. Indeed there is a lot of pressure for it to perform--its price tag is already a big turn-off!
The Thermalright XP-120 CPU cooler: If you are a PC enthusiast and have never heard of the XP-120, you should smack yourself in the head and save me the trouble.
With the increasing popularity of watercooling systems, there is an ever increasing array of components available that can be used to configure a setup.
Zalman has earned themselves a great reputation in the cooling community. Their products not only provide great cooling performance, but does so with minimal noise levels.
Asetek has always focused on high end PC cooling rather than typical mainstream solutions. Their most extreme is the VapoChill that consists of a compressor that removes heat from the CPU.
How many of you own laptops? I sure do. Laptops are so popular and powerful these days that OEM companies are providing "desktop replacements". These are so powerful in performance that it trounces my gaming system!
Zalman has manufactured many coolers, astounding enthusiasts everywhere with performance and silence. As companies moved on to watercooling, Zalman continued to bring consumers a quiet computing environment.
A couple of years ago, everyone believed that aircooling would come to an end. There were even rumors about Intel planning to ship processors with a watercooling kit.
With so many options for heatsinks available, manufacturers not only need to offer heatsinks that provide sufficient cooling, but also a product that has a little something more.
Scythe has released many high end coolers lately. The most impressive heatpipe cooler from Scythe was the Ninja, which featured 12 whopping heatpipes that extended from the base.
Evercool makes cooling products for everything that could be cooled in a computer, from water cooling kits and hard drive coolers to notebook cooling pads. Today, I have a CPU cooler; The Evercool PT03-9232CP.
How many people have an Intel Pentium 4 Prescott LGA-775 that is running a bit warm? Now that I have everyone's attention, what are you going to do about the problem?
High temperatures are the worst fear for overclockers. Every time an excellent heatsink arrives on the market, enthusiasts will find a way to put cash into their wallets to purchase that cooler.
You know there's a big market for water cooling when motherboard manufacturers get involved. The need for performance cooling is growing in the computer industry.
Thermaltake's success blossomed after the release of their Orb line. The first Golden Orb was designed for Socket 370 and the design revolutionized the entire computer cooling industry.
SilverStone started with a big bang in the computer case community. They've been focusing so much on stylish HTPC cases that offerings from competitors can hardly compare.
Watercooling is becoming popular because of its effective performance and decreased noise levels relative to conventional air cooling methods. It's also not restricted to extreme enthusiasts.
Heatpipes have been around for a long time. Yet, heatsink design has greatly improved the effectiveness of heatpipes. Recently, we reviewed the Sonic Tower and Big Typhoon from Thermaltake.
As video cards advance in their evolutionary path, many enthusiasts seek the most performance possible for their money. As a result, cooling also becomes a problem.
Along with their top quality motherboards and video cards, Gigabyte also produces heatsinks. We reviewed their first heatsink, the 3D Rocket last September. Gigabyte's newest heatsink is G-Power series.
TITAN has built a good reputation with their cooling products. While we weren't able to review their first entry-level water cooling kit, John had the pleasure of reviewing the TITAN Vanessa S-type heatsink.
Before the wide spread use of heatpipes in heatsinks this past year, it seemed as if watercooling was going to be the only alternative for keeping temperatures down.
Scythe is a Japanese based company that manufactures cooling products. Recently, we reviewed Scythe's Silent Box, which did its job in keeping noise to a minimal level. Noise is a huge in today's computer systems.
Jetart has been in business since 1989. They started out doing product design, but have recently started manufacturing and exporting. Their product line ranges from air and liquid cooling to computer case mods.
I laugh every time I see a thread about "What cooler should I get for my video card?" or "OHH MY GOD!!! 70 degrees LOAD!! HELP!!" If you browse through dozens of forums.
Although InsaneTek was never able to review Cooler Master's Aquagate, we have constantly read about its remarkable performance, convenience, looks, and affordability.
Thermaltake is a well known company that manufactures cooling products. Their cooling products include water cooling kits, performance fans, and CPU heatsinks.
Swiftech has been one of the most respected names for years. They have expanded from offering only blocks to complete setups. Today, we are concentrating on one piece of that system: the Northbridge cooler.
Thermaltake has taken many people by surprise with their new line of heatsinks. Recently at InsaneTek, we reviewed the Thermaltake Big Typhoon. It was a huge heatsink, but it performed well and was quiet.
When it comes to cooling products, everyone's probably heard of Thermaltake. Since 1999, Thermaltake has been manufacturing cases and cooling products.
Arctic Cooling recently became extremely popular, thanks to their silent, yet high performing, VGA coolers. They found a way to keep both overclockers and silence enthusiasts happy.
When I'm not watercooling, I'm usually running a Thermalright or Zalman heatsink. I would always use a Thermalright for benching purposes, but I would always use the Zalman for everyday purposes. Why?
Spire started out way back in 1991 and has slowly been creating cooling solutions. They have offices located all around the world to provide many customers with their products.
TITAN is not extremely well known, mainly because they've always made budget products for budget systems. They broke that barrier by introducing their first external/internal watercooling kit, which wowed many enthusiasts.
Many of you should be very familiar with Arctic Cooling's line of VGA coolers. Those coolers provided users excellent cooling performance with extremely low noise levels; so low that it's considered silent.
Swiftech is one of the first companies that comes to my mind when I think of cooling products. They started out with Celeron heatsinks way back in 1998 and have provided overclockers with quality products ever since.
Our last look at Cooler Master's enthusiast cooler left us a bit disappointed. The Ultra Vortex cooling design was similar to the design of the Zalman CNPS series, but was not nearly as easy to install.
Alpha Novatech has been providing the enthusiast crowd with cooling products for years. They were one of the first manufacturers to use pins to increase the surface area of heatsinks.
Swiftech is one of the many familiar names in the computer cooling industry. They are one of the few companies that actually manufacturer excellent cooling solutions.
A month ago I reviewed two excellent waterblocks from Swiftech and Asetek that assisted in keeping my Athlon64 3500+ stable at 2.7 GHz, which is a difficult feat to achieve on stock cooling.
MGE may not be an instantly recognizable name among hardware enthusiasts, but the company has been around since 1990. They focus on well designed cases with good metal engineering. The term "XG" stands for "Extreme Gamer".
Thermalright has been busy coming up with great quality heatsinks at an affordable price. They listen to their customers and come up with excellent cooling solutions.
Heatpipes have been the recent trend among heatsinks and Thermalright is no exception. The popular SP-94 and SP-97 both use heatpipe technology and have been top performers in their respective classes for a while now.
Cooler Master has been busy lately making pretty good power supplies and excellent looking cases. Of course they didn't forget about their main goal: cooling.
It is unbelievable how many people are water cooling these days. The other day, I noticed a father buying his 12 year old son a Corsair Hydrocool External Water Cooling system at Fry's Electronics.
The first thing people think about when upgrading cooling inside of their case is usually the CPU heatsink. The CPU does give off a lot of heat and needs to be cooled, but so do other components.
"Cooling" and "overclocking," are two words you usually associate with your CPU. Long before video cards, overclockers have been seeking new and better cooling solutions for their CPUs (remember the Dragon Orb for Pentium 3?).
Heatsink manufacturers generally look to produce as much surface area as possible. They often make larger fins, ridged fins, or oddly shaped fins to fulfill their needs.
We recently paid a visit to the Zalman USA office located in Southern California. The facility was spacious, the employees were friendly, and it was filled with Zalman products. The purpose of my visit?
With the increasing amount of heat that current and future processors dissipate, traditional air cooling may not be enough to handle our need for outrageous overclocks anymore.
Although AMD Athlon XP processors see no further increase in speed in the near future, heat sink manufacturers continue to make exceptional heat sinks for consumers.
