The 3D Cooler

I’ve never seen anything like this before. Most of the PCI coolers that I have seen, like the Vantec Spectrum Fan Card, are ‘2D’ in the sense that they only cool on one plane. This has the big downside that only one side of the card is cooled. This side is usually the side with the GPU on and the air is usually forced directly downwards on to it. The 3D cooler is so called because you can set it up to blow on a maximum of 3 planes, one of these planes is directly across your GFX card. This means that all of your cards components are cooled effectively. Also, there will be collateral cooling on your Northbridge or any other components nearby.

Well, that’s the theory anyway, lets see if it really works.

Packaging

The box is a simple slide out vacuum formed affair. I picked it up and expected the cardboard back to slide out easily, but Jetart have decided that it’s necessary to stealth staple the packaging together.

I have to say that the packaging does the job of keeping the product pieces together and that’s it. The graphics aren’t particularly attractive. This product wouldn’t be able to sell its self if you saw it in a shop. But never judge a book by its cover…

The manual is pretty much the 4 pictures and 6 poorly translated points printed on the package back. For example; ‘5. Connecting the power connectors of fans to system’s power supply afterward the selecting fans’ power wires plug into one enclose 1 to 3 pin adapter.’ My advice would be to put it together using your own common sense, you can’t really go round with this.

Other than this, the back of the box tells you all of the pack’s contents, the company logo, which strangly is ‘HICOOL’ rather than Jetart, and an in-use photo.

All the bits and pieces necessary for the construction of the cooler were in there and they even include a couple of cable ties for wire management. I personally would need more than 2 but this shows a high level of thought that went into this product.

The actual frame that the cooler comes with has a great finish. Both sides sport a very dark navy blue finish. The rear of the plates is not glossy like the front, but it doesn’t need to be as you don’t see this side as it normally has the fan on it. The brackets also sport a 70 x 15mm sticker saying 3D slot fan. Personally I think that these look tacky and they were pealing off anyway, so I just finished the job. I don’t know why Jetart decided that these were necessary, as they cost money and don’t really add anything to the overall product.

You get 2 extra brackets with the cooler, and you can put these on the edges of the main bracket. The mounting options are infinite as it’s not screw holes, but a slot that you screw to. All this means that you can point the airflow where it’s needed most, which - more often than not – is the GPU.