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Today we have a roundup of 9 CPU coolers, both water and air, for the new Intel LGA2011 socket. Coolers that we will be looking at came in from Coolink, Corsair, Intel, Noctua, NZXT, and Zalman. These coolers range in price for the budget minded and over $100 for enthusiasts. Join us and see how all the coolers stack up and handle the new Intel Core i7-3960X processor. We will declare a winner based on both price and performance.
The CNPS11X Performa is another member of the CNPS11X family, like the CNPS11X Extreme that we already tested. Similar to its brother, it has a V-shaped heatsink and a 120 mm fan, but it has only four heatpipes. Let's test it and discover which one performs better.
When Thermaltake released their Frio a short while ago, much of the enthusiast market were somewhat surprised by the class-leading performance on offer. The single tower CPU cooler managed to show excellent cooling potential that put it ahead of a large proportion of the single tower cooling market and even some of the dual tower market. Since then though, there has been a lot of change. More high performance CPU coolers have been released from the likes of Phanteks with their PH-TC14PE, Corsair and Antec with their all-in-one liquid cooling units and even Thermaltake with their own upgrade to the original Frio, the Frio OCK. Today's sample, the Thermaltake Frio Advanced, definitely has some tough competition.
As the name suggests, Thermaltake have kept some of the cooler's fundamentals the same. Changes come in the form of 5 6mm copper heatpipes in a H.D.T. design, a slightly revamped aesthetic design and a different pair of fans. The 130mm fans that Thermaltake choose to use are capable of up to 2000 RPM and use the very convenient 4-pin PWM connection. 2 high powered fans coupled with a dense aluminium fin array should make for excellent heat dissipation potential. The benefits of the H.D.T. design base's heat transfer rate should become evident when used in conjunction with the aforementioned heat dissipation features. Let's hope that our hot Core i7 2600K doesn't saturate the claimed 230W heat extraction limit of those 5 copper heatpipes.
Thermaltake have designed their Frio Advanced to support all modern Intel and AMD sockets including the brand new LGA 2011. Priced at a very appealing £50/€50, the Thermaltake Frio Advanced could be a huge success in the budget conscious enthusiast market. So, without further ado, let's put the Frio Advanced through our barrage of demanding tests and see if it can handle our extreme 4.7GHz overclock test which only the best few coolers are able to complete.
Als Noctua im Jahr 2005 die ersten Produkte vorstellte, glaubte vermutlich noch keiner daran welchen "Siegeszug" die Produkte der Österreicher antreten würden. So konnten die Kühler und Lüfter nicht nur durch gute Testergebnisse überzeugen, auch die Verarbeitung war hervorragend. Ein weiterer Punkt, in dem sich Noctua von der Konkurrenz teils deutlich abhebt, ist der sehr gute Support. Alle diese Punkte sorgen dafür, dass das Unternehmen aktuell immer noch sehr erfolgreich am Markt platziert ist. Um diesen Erfolg aber auch dauerhaft zu sichern ist es wichtig sich und die eigenen Produkte immer weiter zu entwickeln. So aktuell geschehen bei den neuen Lüftern, welche auf den Namen NF-F12 PWM hören. So besitzen die 120-mm-Lüfter nicht nur das typische SSO2-Lager und die ungewöhnliche braune Färbung, nein auch eine neuer Rahmen kommt zum Einsatz. Dieser ist maßgeblich verantwortlich für das Focused-Flow-System, welches dafür sorgen soll, dass die aus dem Lüfter austretende Luft gebündelter nach hinten geleitet werden soll. Herausspringen soll dadurch eine bessere Kühlung. In wie weit die neuen Lüfter von Noctua überzeugen können und was es sonst noch neues gibt, klären wir auf den folgenden Seiten.
With the recent attention shift to closed loop CPU water cooling, air coolers are starting to move out of the limelight. But, the fact is, good air coolers still offer features that water coolers are not able to. That is exactly what Cooler Master has done with their newest CPU air cooler, the GeminII S524. Rather then compete directly with the new behemoth coolers, the GeminII shifts its focus from simply cooling the CPU to also cooling nearby components. Read on to find out if that will be enough to keep the competition at bay.
Aujourd'hui, nous allons parler d’un étonnant cooler, le Thermaltake Massive23 GT. Ce petit notebook cooler, qui se destine principalement aux portables Gamers, sera là pour refroidir votre machine gavées aux hormones, notamment grâce à un gros gros ventilateur. Véritablement efficace ?
Evercool has released a mid-range CPU heat sink that performs exactly the way they intended it to. Equipped with 3 heat pipes running through slim, attractive aluminum fins, cooled by a powerful 2200RPM 120mm fan (with room for an additional 120mm fan), the Transformer 3 nudges dangerously close to the territory of performance heat sinks. It would be very interesting to see how far the Transformer 3 could go with an additional 120mm fan.
After reviewing the great performing Alpenföhn Peter VGA cooler I was heavily enthusiastic when they offered me to review their brand high end air cooler : the K2. For those that wonder where the name K2 comes from : the Mount K2 is the 2nd highest mountain in the world, right at the border of Pakistan and China. While the Mount Everest is still the highest one, mountain climbers categorize the K2 as the most difficult to conquer. This particular mountain is also known as Killer Mountain or Mount Doom. Think you get the idea, as not many reach the top. Back to the CPU cooler, before you are getting the idea you are browsing some Wikipedia-alike site. The Alpenföhn K2 is a dual tower design boosting 8 big diameter heatpipes, not sounding quite innovative as competitive products from Noctua and Thermalright have similar coolers in their lineup. But maybe the sleek design lines and the thermal performance can satisfy your cooling requirements. Let's open up the package...
Mit dem Zitat "eine neue Macht erhebt sich" möchte ich den Artikel zu Phanteks aktuellem und bisher einzigem CPU-Kühler dem Phanteks PH-TC14PE beginnen. Mit Phanteks traut sich endlich nach längerer Zeit mal wieder eine komplett neue Brand ihren Fuß in den hart umkämpften Markt für PC-Kühlung bzw. CPU-Kühler zu setzten. Ob dieses Unternehmen erfolgreich sein wird, wird die Zeit zeigen, das Startprodukt der PH-TC14PE weiß allerdings auf dem Papier schon zu beeindrucken und bietet einige sehr interessante Innovationen. Ob Phanteks mit ihrem Debüt Kühler auf ganzer Linie überzeugen kann will ich nun mit diesem Test herausfinden.
Since I have already seen what the new version has in store, the first thing I looked at were the fan mounts. While they are built from the same molds for the rubber to be formed into, I do believe the consistency of the rubber is a bit thicker and stronger this time around; at least they sure feel that way compared to the broken version I have sitting here. I am glad to see that all aspects of this design have been gone back over to even improve on the smallest things.
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