Thermaltake Extreme Spirit Chipset Cooler Review

It looks like Thermaltake is giving a try at Northbridge cooling. Judging from VH’s thoughts, swiftech still dominates over them, but not by much. It also looks better in my opinion and comes with a fan controller and some Southbridge heatsinks to boot.

“If you are still running the stock cooler on your Northbridge, or no cooler at all on your Southbridge, you should give this kit a look. I have tested two other Northbridge coolers on other boards, and this one seems to do the job quite well, although perhaps not to the standard set by the Swiftech MCX159-A. Even so, this kit is in my opinion better looking than the others I have reviewed and is by far the most complete when you factor in the fan controller and Southbridge heat sinks. It isn’t hard to beat the OEM examples of Northbridge coolers (even on more expensive boards), so if you’re looking for a nice looking, functional kit and would like to eliminate the Northbridge as a potential bottleneck to high overclocks, give this kit a try.”

Recovered from an Internet Archive snapshot of the InsaneTek front page.