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• Thermalright SP-94 Review   [Review, MadShrimps]
  Thermalright has certainly kept their eye on the ball lately, and they´ve scored yet again with their latest offering, the SP-94. This marks Thermalright´s ingress into heat-pipe technology, and they've made a distinguished entrance. The SP94 is an all copper thin-fin cooler, the embodiment of which centres around their SLK series. From what your about to see, Thermalright has truly raised heat-sink manufacture, to an art form. We compare it to the SLK-947U and SLK-900U in this review.
   Wed, 08 Oct, 2003 | 375 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ThermalTake TR2-M4   [Review, AseLabs]
  Aron recently sent me a ThermalTake TR2-M4 HSF to test that he had received from Xoxide. It is, of course, based on cage fan technology mentioned above. I had only seen photos of this and other similiar HSFs, so I was pleasantly surprised by the overall, small size of the TR2-M4. Also, included in the package was a nice half page installation guide, it is true pictures are worth a thousand words.
   Wed, 08 Oct, 2003 | 241 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Vantec Iceberq 4   [Review, EnvyNews]
  As our video cards get more powerful, heat becomes a real issue to dispense with properly. As we have seen with the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 fiasco, engineers are faced with a real challenge to get heat away from these new VPU cores, and in many cases even out of the system. However, careful and engineering and design of a high-performance cooler does not have to lead to the creation of a monster heatsink and fan assembly. Using the right materials and careful planning, a good VPU cooler can be created for yesteryear's gaming cards without an impact on noise, your wallet, or adjacent PCI slots.
   Wed, 08 Oct, 2003 | 247 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• CREMAX ICYDOCK BODYGUARD525 ADVANCED HARD DRIVE RACK   [Review, TweakNews]
  Cremax USA Corporation is devoted to providing you with the best solutions when it comes to HDD racks. Today I will be reviewing the new ICY DOCK Bodyguard525 (MB228MGF), which Cremax categorises as a Multi-Function Transfer Rack. The reason for that, quite simply, is because the ICY DOCK supports either IDE, SCSI (68Pin), or Serial ATA. How cool is that? You won't have to trash your HDD rack when you upgrade to a new Serial ATA speed demon.
   Mon, 06 Oct, 2003 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF Review   [Review, LegitReviews]
  With the introduction of the Operton and Athlon 64/FX processors many users will soon find that their old cooling solutions will not work on the new socket designs. Since the Athlon 64 FX-51 processor has been aimed at the enthusiast crowd we are glad to see companies like Thermaltake came out with solid looking cooling solutions prior to the launch of these processors.
   Mon, 06 Oct, 2003 | 103 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Koolance EXOS External Water Cooling System Review   [Review, TweakTown]
  We have already looked at one external water cooling system, the Corsair HydroCool system from funnily enough, Corsair, our memory manufacturing friends. Today we take a look at an older but still popular product from the good people at Koolance who have had this baby on the market for a bit now and we have been given the chance to take a look at just how they have come to solve our heat problem using water.
   Wed, 01 Oct, 2003 | 116 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Swiftech MCX159 Chipset Heatsink   [Review, SystemCooling]
  If you never believed Northbridge chip cooling was a big deal, then you better think again. The chips can run very hot, and can have a great effect on stability, especially when the system is overclocked. For a long time, there were no truly high-performance air-cooled solutions available, but that is changing now. The heat sinks we're looking at today are from Swiftech, a company associated with some of the highest performing, CPU cooling solutions on the market, and their newest offering is the MCX159, a Northbridge cooler patterned after their MCX462 series of CPU coolers.
   Wed, 01 Oct, 2003 | 161 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Swiftech MCX462-V HSF   [Review, ipKonfig]
  Swiftech, as we all know, is very well known for its extreme Heatsinks that feature cooling pins with small ribs on a thick copper base, exceptional products for air cooling. MCX heatsinks use the thick copper bases that Swiftech is known for using on most of its product.
   Wed, 01 Oct, 2003 | 48 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• asetek Vapochill Extreme Edition   [Review, HotHardware]
  In the Vapochill, heat from the CPU is transferred via an evaporator into a refrigerant, causing a phase change from liquid to vapor. In turn, the now gaseous refrigerant is sent to the compressor where the pressure is raised forcing a phase change back to liquid at the condenser. This is a quick simplification of the physics involved, but suffice it to say that the process is efficient, and boy, does it work well. Vapor Phase cooling has been shown to be 10 times more efficient than water cooling measures, and up to 50 times more efficient than air cooling. In a nutshell, it means running your super-hot Pentium 4 and Athlon XP CPUs at subzero conditions. It also leads to higher obtainable overclocking speeds, since heat (the great enemy of electronics) is no longer a factor. Dave had a look at their Premium Edition roughly a year ago, and had some really positive things to say. This time, we will be looking at the Vapochill XE, short for Extreme Edition, which comes with an extra 50 Watts of cooling power over the Standard Edition (30 Watts more than the PE), bringing the total up to 180 Watts.
   Mon, 29 Sep, 2003 | 168 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• OCZ Gladiator 3 HSF   [Review, CoolTechZone]
  OCZ is not unknown to PC enthusiasts. As most of us know that OCZ is the leader in the memory market. OCZ had quite a bad reputation when they launched but now they are regaining the trust of their customers as well as market shares in the enthusiast market. Over the years OCZ have been quite successful in releasing some of the fastest memory in the market specifically targeted towards PC enthusiasts. OCZ is also trying to spread their product line to cooling products such as heatsinks and case fans. Today we had the chance to review one of OCZ’s popular Gladiator 3 HSF designed for AMD processors but before we get into the review below is the history of OCZ Technology to provide you with better understanding of OCZ, their future plans and their commitment towards their customers.
   Mon, 29 Sep, 2003 | 46 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Thermaltake Extreme Volcano 12   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  A good CPU cooler can go a long way in making a stable PC. The casual PC user or builder usually will be happy with a retail cooler that comes with their processor. But most enthusiasts turn to companies like Thermaltake for their CPU cooler needs. Thermaltake has been providing the enthusiast market with heat sinks for about four years. Thermaltake's Volcano line of CPU coolers is perhaps their most well-known line of AMD CPU coolers. Their latest addition to the Volcano series is the Extreme Volcano 12. This HSF features support for AMD Athlon XP up to 3400+, an all copper heat sink, and a variety of operation modes. In this review, I will be comparing the Extreme Volcano 12's performance to a stock HSF that AMD ships with Athlon XPs. Considering that it is all copper and much larger than the stock HSF, I expect the Extreme Volcano 12 to outperform the stock HSF by near two digit margins.
   Mon, 29 Sep, 2003 | 169 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Akasa AK 03-BK Fan Control Pro   [Review, SystemCooling]
  How many of you have looked at one or another of the many fan controllers out there and thought “I’d love to have one if it only matched my case”? Though a fan controller’s main function will always be to manage the speed of your fans, is it too much to ask to be able to find one that works with today’s custom case colors? Akasa thinks not. They’ve provided us with their latest fan controller / thermal monitor which not only gives needed functionality but also does it with excellent looks.
   Sat, 27 Sep, 2003 | 304 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Thermal Paste Shootout   [Review, Monster-Hardware]
  A thermal paste shootout is something that takes a lot of time and effort to do correctly. I've tried my best to obtain the most accurate measurements possible given the timeframe. Being a bit conservative, I estimated the testing in this review to take 2 weeks, compiling the results to take a few days, and the whole project to be done in less then 3 weeks. The reality was quite different. For example, I tried to keep the temperature within +/- 1C of the initial room temperature for all tests. Every time, the temperature deviated by more then 1C I redid the test. So each time the temperature changed I had to wait till it was back to normal before I could test again. It's too bad I don't have an air conditioner. I also obtained a few questionable results, so I reapplied the goo. This resulted in better readings. All in all, I've learned from my mistakes along the way. The final results are, I hope, quite accurate and I believe they will be of much use to readers.
   Sat, 27 Sep, 2003 | 78 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Zalman ZM-WB2 Water Block   [TheTechLounge, Review]
  Zalman has been alive and kickin ever since they unleashed the Super Flower heatsink back in 2000. The heatsink claimed quiet, yet cool performance which was hard to come by at the time. Three years later, Zalman has extended their product lineup and is producing some of the best quiet heatsinks to ever hit the market. After Zalman's success with air cooling products, they took the dive into water cooling. Zalman now produces the ZM-WB2, a high performance copper water block to cool the latest AMD and P4 CPUs. Does Zalman's quality and craftsmanship carry over from air to water? Well, read on my friend. Read on. NOW!
   Sat, 27 Sep, 2003 | 130 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Asetek WaterChill   [Review, HardOCP]
  Asetek, known for their line of VapoChill line of products, is taking the plunge into watercooling. Enter the WaterChill.
   Thu, 25 Sep, 2003 | 40 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Speeze EE-HD02 Hard Drive Cooler   [Review, BigBruin]
  Speeze is a well known manufacturer of “thermal and silent computer solutions” that has been in business since 1991. In addition to their processor cooling products, they offer a few system cooling components, such as the EE-HD02 Hard Drive Cooler. The Speeze EE-HD02 is sold as providing “High Performance and Longer life” for your Hard Drive. I have always believed that keeping any electrical/mechanical device cooler will increase its life. I’m not sure that cooling a hard drive will increase performance though.
   Thu, 25 Sep, 2003 | 42 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Speeze EE-SC01 Fan Controller   [Review, BigBruin]
  Continuing our look into the various cooling components offered by Speeze, we come to the EE-SC01 Fan Controller. A fan controller, such as the EE-SC01, can make the difference between a comfortable and unpleasant computing environment. With the simple turn of a dial, this straightforward device can control two fans in your computer’s case. The device also features a real-time temperature display of current case air temperatures. With the turn of the knob the test system’s Thermaltake Volcano 7 fan (model TT-8025T, rated at 12v/8.4watts) could be adjusted from 0-4800 RPM. This device and others like it assist users who want good cooling without the unnecessary noise generated by high speed fans.
   Thu, 25 Sep, 2003 | 30 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Swiftech MCW5002-P   [Review, Gruntville]
  So today, as the first in a series of high-end CPU waterblock reviews we bring you the latest from “Big Blue”, Swiftech, the MCW5002-P. This is a high flow, high turbulence waterblock for extreme cooling with ½” ID connections and is available for AMD, P4 and XEON chips. So without further delay, let’s dig in!
   Thu, 25 Sep, 2003 | 86 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Thermaltake X-Blower Review   [Review, Speedy3d]
  Everybody who is seriously into computers knows how a good cooling setup is an integral part of an enthusiast's machine. They know that if they are able to keep their computers running cool, than they are able to push their computer further than they normally would be able to. Using a good heatsink and fan usually isn't enough as other components can put out a substantial amount of heat on their own.
   Tue, 23 Sep, 2003 | 57 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Thermaltake Ducting Mod   [Review, Bit-Tech]
  On a normal 80mm case fan, the central hub (Containing the motor) accounts for approximately 16%-20% of the total surface area of the fan. Now, this doesn't tend to pose any problems with an intake/exhaust fan, but when mounted directly on top of a cpu heatsink it can create quite a dead zone. In real terms, this means that you are not getting the maximum potential airflow. Combating this requires mounting the fan away from the the top of the heatsink, using a duct to guide the air. This is exactly what this new product is supposed to do. In steps the Thermaltake "Ducting Mod" to eliminate our dead zone and reduce any air turbulence caused.
   Sun, 21 Sep, 2003 | 342 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail