Vantec 470W Stealth Powersupply Review
Sep 23, 2002 - Frosty No.1228
Category: Power Supply
It's pretty rare these days to look at a powersupply and be impressed with its appearance.
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NengTyi P326 Copper Heatsink Review
Sep 22, 2002 - Frosty No.1412
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Built on a thick copper base with aluminum fins,
the NengTyi P326 may just have some life left in it for cooling...
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Zalman 300W ZM300A-APF Quiet Power Supply
Sep 18, 2002 - Frosty No.1225
Category: Power Supply
Zalman have founded their company on the concept of providing cooling and related products which adhere to their own CNPS (Computer Noise Prevention System).
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Arkua 848X-6B 1U Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Sep 17, 2002 - Frosty No.1222
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The goal in each instance
is to optimize the thermal performance of the heatsink.
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Zalman CNPS5700D-Cu Ducted P4 Heatsink Review
Sep 16, 2002 - Frosty No.1220
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
When the Zalman CNPS5700D-Cu arrived I have to admit there was a bit of a
"whoa" factor to contend with.
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Vantec CCK-7025 Copper Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Sep 16, 2002 - Frosty No.1219
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The clipping system is the
same as was used on the Vantec GSN-7025, and it works just as well as it did on that all aluminum cooler.
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Globalwin TAK68 Heatsink Review
Sep 15, 2002 - Frosty No.1218
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Thermal performance can be a bit tricky to peg down with this kind of heatsink.
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Akasa 80mm Glowing Fans for Case Pimping
Sep 12, 2002 - Frosty No.1216
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Of the two types of fans the all Blue coloured fan looks the best IMHO, and comes with a small rheostat so you can even control the RPM speeds and thus noise levels.
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Verax GmbH P11T Silent Heatsink Review
Sep 12, 2002 - Frosty No.1215
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The CAIRdB TAP65201237-KT fan rotates at between 1200RPM-3700RPM over a range of 10C-46C.
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Coolink H2T Heatsink Review
Sep 10, 2002 - Frosty No.1213
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Does this technique work? Will the Coolink H2T prove itself to be one of those heatsinks we really ought to think about getting for a future upgrade?
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Zalman CNPS6500B-Cu Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Sep 05, 2002 - Frosty No.1210
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
With the CNPS6500B revision Zalman have changed around how the heatsink mounts to the Intel Pentium 4 processor.
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Globalwin CDK38 Copper Heatsink Review
Sep 02, 2002 - Frosty No.1202
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
For its fins the Globalwin CDK38 uses sheets of 0.5mm thick copper which have
been dip brazed/soldered to the base plate along their edges.
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Zalman CNPS6500B-AlCu Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Sep 02, 2002 - Frosty No.1203
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
With a weight of 400 grams to contend with, the CNPS650BAlCu straps itself into the standard socket 478 heatsink retention mechanism with two blue springy pieces of plastic.
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Verax GmbH P14 Silent Heatsink Review
Sep 01, 2002 - Frosty No.1201
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The kicker may be that it rotates counter-clockwise (backwards) - totally opposite to that of traditional axial fans.
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GlacialTech Igloo 3300 Heatsink Review
Aug 20, 2002 - Frosty No.1198
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Conversely, the standard socket A versions need only be cut to size, and a space cut for the clip to sit in.
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GlacialTech Igloo 2400 Heatsink Review
Aug 19, 2002 - Frosty No.1197
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
GlacialTech manufacture inexpensive OEM class heatsinks of a fairly standard design, although they add a few things to make them stand out on the shelf.
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Alpha Novatech PAL8942 Socket 478 Heatsink Review
Aug 18, 2002 - Frosty No.1196
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Making use of their signature cold-forged aluminum construction with an embedded copper plate the PAL8942 is big, black, and chocked full of hexagonal pins.
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What's New in Cooling No. 1
Aug 14, 2002 - Frosty No.1193
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
This first edition of "What's New in
Cooling" started off as just a news post about the new Vantec heatsink and then one thing lead to another!
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Frostytech: Zalman ST300BLP Black Box PSU Mod
Aug 13, 2002 - Frosty No.1192
Category: Power Supply
As part of the Black Box PSU Mod
we wanted to increase airflow from the inside of the computer case and out through the powersupply.
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Globalwin VA476 Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Aug 06, 2002 - Frosty No.1188
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Designed around a thick copper base, and lightweight set of nickel-plated aluminum fins, the VA476 certainly looks as though it has good breading.
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Vantec Tornado Case Fans
Jul 25, 2002 - Frosty No.1169
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
For the longest time it was really
difficult to track down insanely powerful, high CFM, chop-off-your-fingers-they-spin-so-fast case fans.
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Cho Liang CB0307Z17 P4 Heatsink Review
Jul 24, 2002 - Frosty No.1156
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
This heatsink performed pretty well on the socket 370/socket A test platform so chances are good that we could see equally good performance on the P4 test die.
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Ajigo SF017011 Copper Heatsink Review
Jul 23, 2002 - Frosty No.1157
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
After some work with AMD on non-production thermal solution they were
apparently asked to come up with a few designs for mass production.
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Frostytech: Cooling Fundamentals and Contact Resistance
Jul 22, 2002 - Frosty No.1175
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
is described as the temperature drop across the interface between a composite system.
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Cyber Cooler P10K Heatsink Review
Jul 16, 2002 - Frosty No.1170
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
It sort of looks like a stock
PIII heatsink, but the performance just isn't here.
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Arkua 8568 Socket 478 Heatsink Review
Jul 15, 2002 - Frosty No.1161
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
With that simple realization in mind it seems like an obvious reason to exhaust the air from the heatsink directly at the processor - further cooling it down over that of the heatsink.
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Ajigo MF014021 Copper Heatsink Review
Jul 15, 2002 - Frosty No.1160
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
In order to attach the aluminum fins to the copper base both metals are plated in nickel. Nickel plating also protects the copper base from oxidation,
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Titan TTC-CU5TB Copper Heatsink Review
Jul 15, 2002 - Frosty No.1159
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
This is also the second heatsink we have seen this summer to use a fully aluminum fan.
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Cho Liang CB0315U17 Copper Heatsink Review
Jul 15, 2002 - Frosty No.1158
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
On the plus side, this finish leaves the heatsink looking like a shiny aerodynamic block of copper.
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Cho Liang CB0309Z17 P4 m478 Heatsink Review
Jul 14, 2002 - Frosty No.1155
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
In any case, the bright-red anodized CB0309Z17 is for the socket 478 pentium 4 processor and it will be interesting to see how the results fare.
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Taisol CEP426151A Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Jul 14, 2002 - Frosty No.1154
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Taisol have taken the simplicity of the extruded aluminum manufacturing process and blended it with a 4mm thick copper base plate.
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Swiftech MCX4000 Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Jul 14, 2002 - Frosty No.1153
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
YS-Tech developed the TMD fan so
that this dead spot would be minimized by about 75%.
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Spire 5F263 Quiet Heatsink Review
Jul 09, 2002 - Frosty No.1150
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Not since Zalman entered onto the marketplace have we seen a heatsink with such a well finished base come from overseas.
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Sibak AC06725TH Copper Core Heatsink Review
Jul 08, 2002 - Frosty No.1148
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The copper insert does not come all the way up to the surface of the heatsink however so it is hard to say just how large it really is.
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Dynatron DC1207BMW Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Jul 03, 2002 - Frosty No.1146
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Dynatron have shown us in the past
that they can innovate, and make rather cool heatsinks.
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Cho Liang CB0307U17 Heatsink Review
Jul 01, 2002 - Frosty No.1145
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Nickel plating aluminum heatsinks seems to be making the international rounds, and I'm honestly not sure what the big draw is.
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Coolink U2L Heatsink Review
Jun 27, 2002 - Frosty No.1283
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
This isn't a quiet heatsink in the class of Zalman or
Verax, but it is what I think we are going to start calling
"lower noise."
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NengTyi K613 Copper Heatsink Review
Jun 22, 2002 - Frosty No.1411
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Built around a
full copper body, the NengTyi K613 was once intended to cool down toasty Socket
370 Celeron processors.
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Frostytech Glowy Videocard LED Panel Mod
Jun 21, 2002 - Frosty No.1137
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Sometimes we get the oddest ideas for mods, and while this isn't something we
devote too much time too around here, the Glowy GeForce mod turned out kind of cool.
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Cooler Master IHC-H71 Copper Pentium 4 Heatsink
Jun 17, 2002 - Frosty No.1133
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Cooler Master IHC-H71 fulfills this role by bringing highly conductive copper, heatpipes, and a
good sized fan together.
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Spire 5T235 Heatsink Review
Jun 13, 2002 - Frosty No.1131
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
With the new 5T235 a lot seems to have
changed; newer fancier packaging, an improved heatsink design, and most importantly improved manufacturing.
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Cooler Master HHC-001 Copper Heatpipe Heatsink
Jun 12, 2002 - Frosty No.1128
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Using cooper is an obvious first step, and Cooler master have even gone one step further by including twin heatpipes in the HHC-001.
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Cooler Master HHC-L61 Copper Heatpipe Heatsink
Jun 11, 2002 - Frosty No.1126
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The HHC-L61 is Cooler master's answer to the cry for a good performing heatsink that don't create a lot of noise.
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Cooler Master HSC-V62 Copper Heatsink Review
Jun 04, 2002 - Frosty No.1119
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Beneath the shiny exterior of the Cooler Master copper skive heatsink there lies a small thermistor which sends back temperature readings to the fan.
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NoiseControl Silverado Heatsink Review
May 30, 2002 - Frosty No.1116
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Tomshardware brought a lot of attention to the Noisecontrol
Silverado when they originally reviewed it.
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Taisol CEP409151A Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
May 27, 2002 - Frosty No.1108
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
With a difference as close as this to
the stock Intel we can pretty much say that the two heatsinks are on par.
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Zalman 300W ST-300BLP Quiet Powersupply
May 27, 2002 - Frosty No.1110
Category: Power Supply
Zalman is better known for their elaborate fan shaped heatsinks then anything else.
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FrostyTech GF4TEC Videocard TEC/Active Heatsink
May 23, 2002 - Frosty No.1106
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
This is a custom thermoelectric cooled heatsink for the GeForce 4 videocard!!
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Cyber Cooler P5750 Copper Heatsink Review
May 15, 2002 - Frosty No.1094
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Cybercooler are a relatively new manufacturer to us, and the P5750 is a good example of what they have to offer.
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Dynatron DC1206BM-V Copper 1U P4 Heatsink Review
May 15, 2002 - Frosty No.1095
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Dynatron DC1206BMV is made entirely from skived copper; it's low to the ground and cooled by a tiny 10mm thick fan so it can be used in 1U socket 478 Pentium 4 servers.
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