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The Breeze Pro USB fan from ARCTIC is a solid built product, comes with a low noise 92mm fan which produces a gentle breeze during hot Summer time, a knob from which we can set its speed and a 4-port USB 2.0 hub on the base; in case we need to connect devices to the hub which need more power, we need to connect to the base an additional power adapter, which is not included.
In this review we will be looking at the Thermaltake FrioOCK which happens to be the high powered upgrade to the popular Frio that we reviewed last year. The Frio ended up as a contest prize and we have been looking for a suitable replacement ever since.
If you're overclocking your CPU, you're going to need a better cooler than the one that shipped with your CPU. There are many aftermarket alternatives, but enthusiasts know that Thermalright's products should always be on their short list. The problem is the high-performance coolers can cost quite a lot, with prices of more than $75 for top-end air coolers and well over $100 for good all-in-one water coolers. Thermalright tries to address this problem with the Macho HR02 cooler, which they pitch as their "mainstream enthusiast" product. At an MSRP of $39.95, it comes in well under most high performance coolers, but will its performance match theirs? Benchmark Reviews puts this product to the test.
Yes, we know! These GPU coolers are getting old now, that doesn't make them bad coolers though. As long as they are fit for their purpose, age is irrelevant. The point behind today's review is to see if an after-market cooler such as the one we are reviewing is really a good step-up in the cooling world from the tailor-made stock cooler of your graphics card. With so much emphasis from companies such as Gigabyte, MSI and Asus being put on their better than-stock-cooled graphics cards which use the Windforce, Twin Frozr and DirectCU designs repectively, we want to see if those cards justify their higher price tag when a cheap and cheerful after-market cooler may fit the bill.
Looking back when I was a stubborn and arrogant little child (Some 3-4 years ago), it was almost crystal clear to me that laptop cooling pads were a waste of money. Reason? Well, at the time, it seemed ludicrous as to why and how adding additional cooling to the underside of a notebook could improve performance when; (A) Even though most notebooks can get pretty hot under load, their underside still usually remains fairly cool; (B) The fans from the cooling pad are obviously not blowing directly at the components making it quite inefficient; and (C) Cooling pads are generally bulky, loud, and very unappealing. Also, I cannot forget to mention that my brother's laptop still managed to catch on fire at the time, although there are probably more problems to that than just overheating, haha. Certainly, many of you readers are questioning the capabilities of notebook cooling pads like I did. You are unsure of whether investing in one will actually lower the temperatures of your laptop. And even if the temperatures go down by a small fraction, is it really worth your hard earned moolah? Since these fundamental questions are frequently asked, let me provide you with some insight. Simply read this review and all your questions will be answered. Hey, what did you expect? I cannot provide all the answers without you making it half way. But I can introduce you to today's review on Cooler Master's NotePal Infinite EVO. Simply put, this tame cooling solution is quite the buy (Since as the name suggests, the unit went through infinite evolutions), so let's jump right in!
Cooler Master have recently brought several Notebook Coolers to the market, including the NotePal LapAir that we recently reviewed. Today is the turn of the Infinite Evo Notebook Cooler, which could be classed as the big brother of the NotePal LapAir. It is at least more likely to be a serious contender in terms of cooling as they have thrown in some powerful fans as well as a superb looking airflow design.
CPU coolers, or at least air-based coolers, have had a tendency to grow in size and in all dimensions. This is certainly no exceptions as this thing is huge and I would certainly take a gander at the weight as it is impressively over 1kg and that is just the product weight! The larger the heatsinks are in theory the more surface area you can have and as such more heat lost. Typically however, the fans are mounted on the side of the heatsink to push/pull air into the heatsink. In contrast the Corator has the fan located in the centre which means the heatsink is a lot bigger but does incorporate the fan. Whether this provides any benefit to the airflow through the system I am not so sure and hopefully our testing will prove either way.
Antec has brought another compact water cooling system to the market, the Kühler H2O 920, which comes with a bigger radiator, more powerful PWM fans in a push-pull configuration, a multicolored LED and software customization through ChillControl V.
Thermolab's Trinity heatsink stands 149mm tall with a footprint of 136x58mm. The aluminum finned heatsink weighs 735 grams and comes with one 130x130x25mm PWM fan that operates at 1800-600RPM. The fan is mounted to the heatsinks' fins with permanently attached rubber vibration absorbing posts. Four 6mm diameter sintered metal wick exposed base heatpipes form the backbone of this CPU cooler while a simple bracket system allows it to install onto Intel socket 775/1155/1156/1366 and AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1 processors.
Der Kühlerspezialist Scythe ist schon seit dem Jahr 2002 im Kühlergeschäft aktiv. Anfangs setzte das japanische Unternehmen auf passive und somit sehr leise Lösungen. Erstmals konnte Scythe im Jahr 2005 auch im Highend Bereich mit dem "Ninja" für Aufsehen sorgen, wiederum ein knappes Jahr später gelang mit dem "Infinity" aka "Mugen" der Durchbruch. Der Kühler konnte preislich sowie in Punkto Leistung absolut überzeugen und legte so den Grundstein für eine Erfolgsgeschichte die bis heute anhält. Weiterentwickelte Kühler wie der Ninja 2 bzw. Mugen 2 wurden Kassenschlager, was vor allem ihrem hervorragendem Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis zu verdanken war. In diesem kleinen RoundUp möchte ich also herausfinden ob aktuelle Modelle von Scythe es immer noch schaffen zu überzeugen oder ob sich Scythe etwas auf den wohlverdienten Lorbeeren ausruht.
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