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The Black Edition, Gelid Solutions
shows an overall good cooler. In terms of cooling capacity the The Black
Edition has been able
to reach the center span of our comparison tables. In
this regard we have to say that the competition is very hard concerning
our test field. There are almost no entry level coolers in our comparison
table and therefore
the The Black Edition has to compete with the absolute best in class. It's not
only the performance that is on a good level with this cooler, we also
like the build quality. Looking at the design of the cooler it looks
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| Installation |
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installation process is easy and you can mount the cooler quickly.
Nevertheless we didn't want to install it without consulting the manual.
Furthermore we would have loved to see screws which could be tightened
to the backplate before you put the backplate in place. This would make
the entire mounting process quite a bit easier. |
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| Performance |
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During our
tests we used the fans which were in the delivery. If you drive the fans at low rotation speeds,
they are silent. Driving them at 12 Volt makes the fanblades rotate with 1500
and 1600 rpm which causes an audible noiselevel. In the end
performance is on a reasonable level and even overclocking is possible.
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| Recommendation |
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If you're looking for a well performing CPU cooler,
which is reasonably sized and leaves space for every single oversized memory
module available out there, then the The Black Edition from Gelid Solutions is a good
choice.
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