Noctua NH-L12 Low Profile Heatsink Review
May 22, 2013 - Frosty No.2662
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Noctua NH-L12 is a lower profile heatsink that stands 93mm tall and
is a little over 130mm square.
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Evercool Venti HPQ-12025 Heatsink Review
Apr 24, 2013 - Frosty No.2716
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Airflow is driven by a single 120mm PWM fan whose snow white 7-bladed impeller rotates at your basic 2200RPM to 800RPM. Noise output is moderate. Because computer enthusiasts tend to be picky bunch, Evercool have tossed in one extra set of wire fan clips.
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DeepCool Neptwin Heatsink Review
Mar 27, 2013 - Frosty No.2713
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Like a tower heatsink on steroids, the Deepcool Neptwin heatsink incorporates two full-size aluminum cooling fin stacks, twin 120mm fans, six 6mm diameter copper heatpipes and a chunky 5mm thick copper heatspreader base plate - it's almost literally two heatsinks in one!
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DeepCool Frostwin Heatsink Review
Mar 26, 2013 - Frosty No.2712
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The DeepCool Frostwin heatsink ships with two 120mm PWM fans that rotate
at 1500-900RPM and move upwards of 55CFM each. According to Frostytech's
real world sound measurements, the heatsink produces between 37-50dBA noise.
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Zalman CNPS9900DF Heatsink Review
Mar 13, 2013 - Frosty No.2692
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Zalman's CNPS9900DF heatsink is a twin tower cooler that stands 154mm tall and is built around three 6mm diameter composite wick copper heatpipes.
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DeepCool IceBlade Pro V2.0 Heatsink Review
Feb 28, 2013 - Frosty No.2710
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Deepcool's IceBlade Pro V2.0 heatsink stands 161mm tall and weighs a solid 981 grams. At the heart of this boxy heatsink are four 8mm diameter copper heatpipes, nickel plated along with everything else, including the aluminum fins.
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Coolermaster Gemin II M4 Heatsink Review
Jan 23, 2013 - Frosty No.2709
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Coolermaster Gemin II M4 heatsink measures just 61mm tall, from the base of its exposed copper heatpipes to the tippy tip of its translucent vaneaxial fan. How does manage to squeeze in a fan and enough cooling surface area in a package so thin?
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Corsair Hydro H100 Liquid Cooling Heatsink Review
Jan 15, 2013 - Frosty No.2665
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Hydro H100 heatsink ships fully assembled, filled with a propylene glycol based coolant and plumbed. The waterblock is connected by 24cm of flexible FEP tubing to the heat exchanger which measures about 274x120x25mm in size. Two 120mm fans are included, these operate at 2600-1300RPM and create a fair bit of noise at full tilt.
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NZXT Respire T40 Heatsink Review
Jan 08, 2013 - Frosty No.2707
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Driving air through the Respire T40 heatsink is a 120mm fan that
rotates at 1800-1300RPM and moves upwards of 68CFM at full speed.
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NZXT Respire T20 Heatsink Review
Jan 01, 2013 - Frosty No.2706
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
On the dock today is NZXT's Respire T20 heatsink. The Respire T20 stands 160mm tall, putting it in the class of full tower CPU coolers. At the heart of this 510 gram heatsink are three heatpipes; two 6mm diameter and one 8mm diameter, all exposed at the base for efficient heat conduction.
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Corsair Hydro H60 Watercooling System Review
Dec 31, 2012 - Frosty No.2705
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Corsair have updated the waterblock design and given the Hydro H60 a new compact profile which hides functional changes to the integrated pump and improves mounting bracket installation significantly. All of this is transparent to the end user though.
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Silverstone Heligon HE02 Fanless Passive Heatsink Review
Nov 14, 2012 - Frosty No.2700
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Silverstone Heligon HE02 is being sold as a passive heatsink for sub-95W TDP processors, so today on Frostytech we'll put this big, boxy, silent heatsink through its passive paces. No fans will be used in the testing, just good old noise-less convection cooling.
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AMD FX-Series Liquid Cooling Heatsink Review
Nov 09, 2012 - Frosty No.2699
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
AMD's FX-Series Liquid Cooling
Heatsink ships pre-filled and is no more difficult to install than a
standard heatsink. The CPU cooler installs onto any AMD socket
AM2/AM2+/AMD3/AM3+/FM1/FM2 processor using standard hardware, the
liquid-to-air heat exchanger needs only a 120mm rear case fan cut out to
hang from.
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Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer Liquid Cooling Heatsink Review
Nov 08, 2012 - Frosty No.2698
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Thermaltake's Water 2.0 Performer is a self contained liquid cooling system for Intel and AMD CPUs that's ready to go out of the box - no mess, no fuss. The only requirement you need to worry
about is whether your PC case has a 120mm fan opening at the back of
the chassis.
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Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro Liquid Cooling Heatsink Review
Nov 05, 2012 - Frosty No.2697
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Two 120mm PWM fans come with the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro operate at 1200-2000RPM and produce moderate noise. The Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro liquid cooling system installs onto AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2 processors and Intel socket LGA2011/1155/1156 CPUs.
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DeepCool Gammaxx 400 Heatsink Review
Oct 22, 2012 - Frosty No.2696
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Deepcool's Gammaxx 400 heatsink stands 162mm tall, putting in the class of full tower CPU coolers. At the heart of the 654 gram heatsink are four 6mm diameter copper heatpipes which are exposed at the base. The rest of the heatsink is a pretty standard rectangular aluminum fin stack, no fancy leading edges, shapes or punched out cooling fins.
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Glacialtech Igloo 5761 Silent Heatsink Review
Oct 19, 2012 - Frosty No.2695
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Igloo 5761 Silent heatsink uses a familiar top-down-fan approach, with three 6mm diameter exposed base heatpipes conducting heat from the CPU to a small thin aluminum fin cooling stack. The cooling fins are topped off by a bright yellow 92x92x25mm PWM vaneaxial fan.
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Zalman CNPS14X Lower Noise Heatsink Review
Oct 13, 2012 - Frosty No.2694
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
In any event, the stock Zalman CNPS14X heatsink comes with a single 120mm PWM fan nestled away in the center of two aluminum fin towers. The 120mm fan runs at 1350-900RPM and the two towers are connected to a copper base plate by no less than six, 6mm diameter copper heatpipes.
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Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Ed. Ceramic Coated Heatsink Review
Oct 10, 2012 - Frosty No.2693
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Here's what Frostytech has been able to find out. The black ceramic coating on the Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Ed. heatsink is described as high thermal conductivity metal surface treatment by its manufacturer; SAU Applied Materials.
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Glacialtech Igloo Pad Series R15 Laptop Cooling Pad Review
Sep 27, 2012 - Frosty No.2691
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Laptop cooling pads are simple things, usually no more than an elevated surface on which to rest your notebook, with one or two quiet fans that direct a constant stream of cool air towards its base.
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Silverstone Heligon HE01 Twin Tower Heatsink Review
Sep 13, 2012 - Frosty No.2689
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The PWM fan itself is non-standard, in that it's 38mm thick rather than 25mm and rotates at 800-2000RPM or 800-1200RPM depending on a small physical switch set into the frame. The
Silverstone SST-FHP141-H fan is rated to move upwards of 48-171CFM air
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Thermaltake Frio Extreme Heatsink Review
Jun 15, 2012 - Frosty No.2667
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Frio Extreme is a large twin tower heatsink with two massive 140mm fans and a commanding foot print of 150mm square! Standing 161mm tall and weighing 1.23 kilograms, the Frio Extreme is destined for full tower gaming cases with plenty of room to spare.
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Phanteks PH-TC14PE White Heatsink Review
May 31, 2012 - Frosty No.2672
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Phanteks PH-TC14PE's five, 8mm diameter copper heatpipes fan out from a thick nickel-plated copper base plate into two 115mm tall anodized aluminum cooling towers.
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Phanteks PH-TC14PE Red Heatsink Review
May 30, 2012 - Frosty No.2671
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Phanteks' PH-TC14PE (red) heatsink is compatible with Intel socket 775/1155/1156/1366 and AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1 processors.
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Phanteks PH-TC14PE Orange Heatsink Review
May 29, 2012 - Frosty No.2670
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The fans that ship with the Phanteks PH-TC14PE (orange) are 140mm in diameter and use a nine-bladed impeller with three small notches and vertical winglets on each blade. The manufacturer describes the bearings thusly; 'updraft floating balance bearing'. Translation = sleeve bearing.
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Phanteks PH-TC14PE Heatsink Review
May 29, 2012 - Frosty No.2669
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
On Frostytech's test bench today is a rather large heatsink from Phanteks called the PH-TC14PE.
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Thermaltake Frio Advanced Heatsink Review
May 23, 2012 - Frosty No.2668
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Thermaltake's Frio Advanced heatsink stands 161mm tall and weighs upwards of 954 grams, it is rated to heat loads of 230 Watts by the manufacturer. The heatsink ships with two 130mm PWM fans arranged in a push-pull configuration that rotate at 2000-800RPM.
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Coolermaster TPC-812 Vapor Chamber/Heatpipe Heatsink Review
May 08, 2012 - Frosty No.2654
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Coolermaster TPC-812 heatsink performs exceptionally well on the synthetic Intel platform at stock fan speed, within the Top 5 Intel heatsinks tested to date in fact!
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