Misc. coolers - 31 articles

When buying a fan, there are two main factors which we look for: Performance and Silence. Normally though, a quiet fan isn’t so good in the performance department due to a lower RPM and thus less airflow. However, today we have a fan which strives to offer both these factors. Introducing the Xthermal BTF120PRO LED.

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Chipset cooling has become a predominant factor in many people’s choices when purchasing coolers, and with many CPU coolers offering impressive collateral cooling for the chipset, it seems that not much more can be done to cool the sometimes inaccessible chipset. Enter Coolink, who have sent me the new ChipChilla to review.

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There’s been a lot of hype in the computer industry about ‘silent fans’ and fortunately, at last, some are actually starting to earn this title. Today I'll be taking a look at the Cooler Master LED Silent Fan - another fan sporting the word ‘silent’. Will it be good enough to earn the "Silent" mantra?

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We’ve seen a collection of various Noctua fans conforming to the standards of 80mm and 120mm, but nothing in the lesser-used 92mm size. Fortunately, 92mm fan mounts can now use bevelled blade tips and vortex control notches, but more importantly, have a MULNAZ PC. Lets have a look whether it lives up to our previous experiences with Noctua blowers.

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Recently we managed to get our reviewing mitts on the Thermalright HR-05 chipset cooler, that managed to combine a low price with better-than-stock cooling, but had an awkward fan size (70mm) and fiddly mounting system. Today I have another HR-05, but this time it’s the IFX version, similar to the IFX-14 heatsink that we also reviewed recently. The IFX range is the extreme cooling bracket, ...

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While your CPU is underneath what looks like a chuck of metal scavenged from a battleship hull, your chipset is often left with either a simple extruded aluminium number or hidden with a spider chain of heatsinks and heatpipes. If your motherboard has the former, and you’re looking for a bit more overclocking headroom, you’ll need to search for an upgrade. There are several solutions, but ...

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Vizo pride themselves on making efficient, economical and stylish cooling and storage products. Today, I have something that fits into the former of those categories, the Vizo Voyager. It's designed to straddle your HDD and keep it chilled with 2 small fans. Is it up to the task? Let's find out.

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Vizo first came to our attention with their eye catching HDD enclosues in early 2006. Since then they have increased their product range to fans, mice, headsets and more. Today I have an interesting product, the Vizo Orbital, a circular HDD cooler. Let's see how it holds up.

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When you decided to buy a new cooler, you forgot the heatpaste didn’t you? You ended up with the stock generic white stuff that does the job, but hardly excels. Well today I have a product to help you lower the all-important CPU temperature for overclocking bliss; the Tuniq TX-2 heatpaste. Made from non-metallic elements, this paste boasts a zero electrical conductivity and low thermal ...

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Heatpaste is probably the least interesting part of any PC build, but a very much necessary part. Heatpaste sits between your CPU IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) and the base of your heatsink, ensuring that the conductivity remains high enough to keep your CPU at a working temperature. For as long as I can remember, Artic Silver has remained the market leader, selling their tubes of silver by ...

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The last time I was privileged enough to get my mitts on some Noctua branded fans, I had to make up a new word to describe how quiet they were. Continuing this fashion of ultra quiet fans, Noctua have released the awkwardly named NF-P12 fan which builds on the success of the previous blade spinners we’ve seen, and adds some more fins and interesting notches. Hopefully I’ll have to rack my ...

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Your chipset is usually covered with a trailing length of heatpipes connected to several ‘node’ heatsinks, combining anything hot into one heat removing clump of metal. While this method works, once you start overclocking, the PWM area’s heat is passed to the Northbridge and vice versa, lowering the potential money-saving extra frequency. There are stand alone chipset coolers out there, but ...

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Hard disc coolers are often the least important part of your gaming rig, and perhaps with good reason. However, there are systems where they can’t be formatted on the fly when a hard disc issue arises, and where you want to make sure that your personal data stays safe for as long as possible. While backing up is a wise plan it too is often disregarded, resulting in lost game saves or ...

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With so many cooling companies out there, it's not uncommon to find one that you haven't heard much about before. Recently I was informed that I was being sent an innovative laptop cooler by a group called cRadia. I thought little of it until it arrived... let's see if it's performance is as crazy as it's size!

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Over the last few years Silverstone have produced some of the top enthusiast cases and power supplies around and have brought their touch to each one. Another product they take a lot of pride in, is their fans. Today I have two of these with me, the FM83 and the FN122. Let's see if they smack on as much style as some other Silverstone products.

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Although Jetart products aren't widely available in the western part of the world, they have produced some great coolers in the past, among them some interesting notebook solutions. Today I am testing out their newest laptop cooler, the X Cool NP8000. It's designed to be lightweight and portable, but will it be effective?

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After testing the 120mm NF-S12, the 80mm offering based on the same technology seemed like a sure-fire hit. Let’s find out.

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Noctua pride themselves on quality, quiet cooling solutions, and they do a damn good job. Today I have chassis cooling, the NH-S12 or a 120mm fan to the rest of us.

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Microcool? Anyone? No? Okay then… I was contacted by a Microcool rep about reviewing their heatsink adhesive, and never to turn down a free product; I accepted.

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After meeting up with the nice guys at Gigabyte, we were kindly shipped one of their laptop coolers. Designed to be completely silent, and easy to use, the G-Pad shows promise. Coupled with a storage bag, it should be your laptops new best friend.

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Ever heard of Zaward? Nor me, but today I have one of their heatpastes; Super Thermal Grease HSC-G. While it may sound like a cheesy musical, lets see how it performs.

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Arctic cooling produces some of the worlds better heatsinks and their products can be found in many an enthusiasts humming rig. However heatsinks are not the only product they focus on, they also put a lot of R n 'D into their fans. Today I have two of them, their 120mm and 90mm PWM Arctic Fans; lets see how they perform.

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Noiseblocker have been around the block a few times when it comes to cooling fans. They are hailed the world over for their near silent operation and cooling ability. Let's see what all the hype is about.

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The heatpaste crown has generally always been awarded to Arctic Silver, whether it is because of widespread publicity or top class performance. But since testing Jetart’s attempt, I’ve seen that the most well-known isn’t always the best. Today I have Akasa’s ‘pro-grade’ AK-460 paste. Let’s see if its name is warranted…

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After chatting with the Noctua rep at Channel Expo, we managed to get our hands on the Noctua NC-U6; a rather excessive chipset cooler. With 29 aluminium fins, and 2 dual heatpipes, this should give you a nice drop in temperature, and being passive, a drop in noise too.

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When people think of air coolers, they think of huge tower CPU heatsinks, stylish exhaust fan setups on GPUs and miniaturised chipset fan and 'sink combos. However little effort has ever been put into memory cooling. Attempts to cool RAM in the past have been met with more ratings with tiny 40 and 60mm fans just not being upto the job. Thermalright has stepped upto the challenge with their High ...

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With CPU’s under peltiers and graphics cards connected to your mains water supply, hard discs are left to sweat in the corner of your case. Heat and HDD’s don’t mix; you end up with a shorter life span which means more expenditure. To counter the temperature onslaught, Jetart have created a simple hard disc cooler which should end your woes…

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Antec are well known for their ground breaking cases and intuitive cooling solutions. XSR recently reviewed the Antec Spot cool, the worlds first fully adjustable mounted fan cooler. Today we will be testing another of their interesting looking products, the Antec Notebook Cooler S.

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Jetart produce a myriad of PC cooling parts, from loud air moving monster PCI slot coolers to silent GPU coolers. Jetart also product other products like notebook coolers and temperature displays for case fronts. Today I have with me Jetart's latest notebook cooling solution that not only helps keep the notebook cool, but allows you to rotate it; excellent for meetings or just spinning it round ...

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Ever needed to bolster the cooling in your PC by means of some poorly mounted fan not designed for the purpose? Well, Antec feels your pain, and has created the Spot Cool which provides directional cooling anywhere in your PC.

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As a hardware reviewer, many pieces of equipment have passed through my hands. I have sampled coolers for almost every place in my current rig. Radiator, CPU, RAM, graphics card, chipset, and case fans. However I have never had the chance to review a hard drive cooler, well thanks to CooLink, now is my chance.

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