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In this review we will be looking at the bequiet! Dark Rock 2. This is a performance cooling solution that is designed to bridge the gap between a silent cooling and the inherent performance issues associated with silent cooling systems.
Right about the middle of this past February, I got a random email from a company rep. asking if we wanted to take a look at their new cooler. The mail came from a company named AURAS Technologies. The name rang a bell, but I had to Google the company to get to the bottom of why I had a memory of that company name. What I was able to piece together is that they make not only most of the OEM and ODM coolers on the market, there are even a few coolers they produce that I recognized right away that get sold under other manufacturers names. If a company like AURAS Tech. can keep all the major players in the brand name game interested, they have to be doing something right!
At the end of this past March I was introduced to the first cooler from Shagon', the ARC-118. While the cooler was small in stature and cooled by only a 92mm fan, from what I can recall the cooler did pretty well on the charts and offered a somewhat silent user experience. Taking the basic tower, adding a uniquely colored shroud and fan blade combination, the maroon coloring made for an easily recognizable product in your case. Once you have laid eyes on this cooler it's much like a Noctua color scheme, it just never goes away as to which product is in the PC.
The Auras Shagon ARC-118 heatsink is built around four 6mm diameter copper heatpipes and a 50x100mm aluminum fin stack. The heatsink features an exposed heatpipe base and utilizes a single 2400-1000RPM 92mm PWM fan for all its cooling needs. Since this heatsink is equipped with a 92mm fan, noise levels tend to be moderate at stock speeds and whisper quiet at minimum RPM. Total heatsink foot print is 101x88mm, its weight is 460 grams.
In this review Frostytech is testing Auras' lower noise Shagon AHC-118 tower heatsink. This CPU cooler stands 178mm tall, with a footprint of 135mm x 119mm. Weighing in at 951 grams, this is one big heatsink that will only fit in full size tower chassis. The Shagon AHC-118 heatsink is built around six 6mm diameter copper heatpipes and a 120x130mm aluminum fin stack. The heatsink features an exposed heatpipe base and utilizes a single 1800-1000RPM 120mm PWM fan.
The release of Intel’s i7 architecture has seen thermal solutions increase in size with more fans, fins and heatpipes in order to try and counter the massive 130W TDP. Many products have tried and failed to really stand out when it comes to working with a Nehalem rig and could simply not keep up with the heat levels produced.
Asus have impressed us in the past with their cooling solutions and their latest product from the ‘Triton’ range features a twin-pillared design with a centred 120mm fan as well as coming LGA1366 ready. So how will it shape up atop our i7 920 processor? Let’s take a look…
Seit einigen Wochen beschäftigen wir uns wieder verstärkt mit dem Thema Grafikkarten und deren Kühlung. Speziell ASUS hat es uns mit ihren DirectCU II Modellen angetan. Wir haben uns zwei Grafikkarten mit dem benannten Kühler angesehen und doch große Unterschiede feststellen müssen.
The Arctic NC is no doubt a nice product as you’d expect from Arctic. It does a decent job at cooling down a hot laptop. Its lightweight construction allows it to be portable which is always a plus. However, I am not a fan of the ergonomics of how it works. The need to rest just part of your laptop on it makes for a very unstable set-up; it has to be used on a flat surface and with care to prevent disaster.
Back in September and October of 2009 there was a lot of activity in the thermal paste marketplace. Gelid updated their product range with GC-2 and Arctic Cooling followed up soon after with their replacement for MX-2, MX-3. We reviewed both and found the MX-3 was a slightly better performer. Then, to our surprise Gelid immediately updated their range again with GC-Extreme in an attempt to out-do MX-3 and we found that to match the Arctic Cooling product in performance. Since that flurry of activity things have been quiet, other than Arctic Cooling changing their name to Arctic, that is until today when a box arrived on our test bench containing their new MX-4 paste.
Today for review I've got the new Arctic MX-4 thermal compound from Arctic Cooling. This new compound improves on the MX-3 in that it's easier to apply and it's less expensive as well. The performance isn't exactly record shattering, but it does better than the couple others I put it up against, so I guess that counts as something right? Read on..
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