Cooling

Today we are looking at the latest cooler from Arctic – the Freezer i30, which features an interchangeable 120mm PWM fan, 4 double sided direct touch heatpipes with cooling support up to 320 Watts. The i30 is released to exclusively support Intel motherboards. The i30 will be priced around $50 …

Today we are going to look at a CPU cooler from Evercool, their latest low profile solution, the HPL-815. The HPL-815 should fit well in the HTPC market. The fan used on this cooler is a mere 15mm thick and spins between 1,000 and 4,000 RPM. When spinning at 2,200 …

In line with ARCTIC’s leading position in Active Fan VGA coolers, we are proud to announce the development of a new VGA Cooling Solution – Accelero HYBRID which has an immaculate cooling performance for high-end VGA card users due to its integrated liquid and fan cooling solutions. Maximally differentiated from …

It didn't take long for Arctic to announce their latest cooler for AMD's HD7970 high end graphics card. The Accelero Xtreme 7970 looks to be a huge improvement over the reference cooling solution, it also comes with a whopping six year warranty. Specially compatible with AMD 7970/50 series Unmatched cooling …

NZXT made a positive impression within the enthusiast sector after they released their first CPU cooler – the Havik 140. It immediately started scooping up awards, as it performed at a similar level to the best coolers on the market. 6 months later and we have their second cooler – …

Back in August we looked at our first cooler from Evercool and today we are going to examine their Transformer 4 CPU. This cooler is a tower style heatsink that uses four 8mm direct touch heatpipes. Evercool provide dual 120mm fans to increase performance but give the option to use …

Promlitech have just released their new LynX CPU cooler which targets the mainstream entry level audience who want to upgrade from a sub standard reference cooling solution. At only 28 euros, they are keeping the price competitive for as wide an audience as possible. You can see the full Prolimatech …

Are you in the mood for some free hardware? Then you might like to enter the new Cooler Master competition which is running on their site. All you have to do is answer 5 easy questions! “Are you a real Cooler Master? Answer below five questions correctly and you will …

Noctua make some fantastic quality coolers, many of which have been reviewed on Kitguru in the last year. Today we received a news announcement from them regarding the release of their new NF-12 fan. Teaming up eleven stator guide vanes with a specially conceived seven blade impeller, the NF-F12’s Focused …

ARCTIC is pleased to introduce the 120 mm add-on module fan for its passive VGA cooler – the S1 PLUS Turbo Module. At just a low noise level of 0.25 Sone, the S1 PLUS Turbo Module in combination with the passive VGA cooler Accelero S1 PLUS can attain much higher …

Cooler Master and Thermaltake have many years combined experience in the cooling sector and today we are looking at two of their latest cooling platforms designed for hot running, performance oriented laptops. Both coolers are priced between £30 and £40 and feature adjustable height settings with a focus on delivering …

Today we have the chance to put the NZXT HAVIK 140 CPU Cooler through its paces. This is the first retail CPU Cooler that NZXT have released and if size matters, they will have a winner on their hands! The HAVIK 140 uses six, 6mm heatpipes, 46 aluminum fins and …

Noctua today announced its new NM-I2011 mounting kit for LGA2011. Continuing Noctua's tradition of supplying its customers with SecuFirm2™ mountings free of charge, the NM-I2011 kit allows Noctua users to upgrade to Intel's upcoming LGA2011 socket for Core i7-3000 (Sandy Bridge-E) processors. The new mounting is backwards compatible with all …

When AMD released the HD6990 it claimed the ‘fastest video card' title and has held it since March this year. While we love the product we absolutely loathe the reference cooler – AMD's choice of tiny red fan has been a bone of contention for me now for years and …

When AMD released the HD6990 in March it broke all performance records and seven months later is still the fastest video card on the planet. There are certainly no issues with the frame rates, but there have been plenty of concerns raised about the unpleasant noise emissions. AMD can create …

Cooler Master are well known for producing a range of high quality CPU coolers that offer excellent performance at competitive price points.  Today we are going to look at one of their latest CPU coolers, the Hyper 612S which on paper should deliver a decent level of cooling without breaking …

There are hundreds of aftermarket CPU coolers available on the market from an ever growing number of manufacturers.  This means companies are having to differentiate their products from the competition, much like Be Quiet! with their extremely attractive Duo of CPU coolers. Today we are going to look at the …

Today we are going to examine the Evercool Transformer 3 CPU cooler. The cooler is a tower style heatsink that uses direct touch heatpipe technology to increase it's performance capabilities and it is compatible with both AMD and Intel processors. Today we will be conducting our testing on the AMD …

NZXT has just released their latest offering in the fan controller market, The Sentry Mix.  The Sentry Mix is very similar in design to the Sentry Mesh that we looked at in back in June.  The front panel design once again simulates the look of a graphic equalizer. It is …

‘All in one' watercoolers have taken the enthusiast sector by storm in the last year. Not only have units from Corsair, Antec and Coolit proved to perform very well, but they are easy to fit and leave a lot of free space around the CPU socket. Today we are looking …

The time has come to start the sale of the first Enermax CPU cooler series ETS-T40. Three models are available from today. The coolers offer an excellent price-performance ratio and are equipped with a durable and silent 12cm Twister fan. Hamburg, 18th of August 2011. ETS-T40 is a simple name …

We recently looked at Be Quiet!'s flagship cooler, the Dark Rock Pro, and were impressed by the strong cooling performance and attractive appearance.  Today, we are looking at one of their less expensive coolers in the Dark Rock range. The Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler costs around £15 …

These days there are a vast number of CPU coolers on the market which can make the decision on which one to buy for your system very difficult indeed. We've tested numerous models from the budget friendly Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro to Zardon's personal favourite, the Noctua NH-D14 ‘Austrian …

The Hydro Series H80 and H100 feature the latest cooling performance technology, simple installation, and maintenance-free operation. Both include a low-profile, light-weight cooling unit with a micro-channel copper cold plate and a split-flow manifold for superior cooling. They also include digital fan control, allowing the user to select between quit, …

If you have just purchased a new laptop, the next peripheral on the ‘to buy' list is generally a protective carrying case or a stand/cooler. For those people who have just bought a sexy superportable laptop, they certainly won't want to be carting around a bulky stand. The review product …

KitGuru has reviewed many items from NZXT since we opened a little over a year ago.  Today we have one of their latest items to hit the market, the Sentry Mesh. The Sentry Mesh is a new fan controller that features 5 individual 30 watt channels and it fits into …

Companies always come into the technology market with a range of products. You can normally expect a wide variety of colours, shapes, sizes and design philosophies. Not so much with Xigmatek. Everything, including the personnel, seem to be built to military grade. We caught up with Xigmatek's Marketing, Engineering and …

If you read Kitguru regularly, there is no chance you will have missed us singing the praises of the Noctua NH D14 cooler which we have affectionately dubbed ‘The Austrian Sandwich'. Even all this time after the initial release, competitors are still using it as the yardstick to judge cooling …

Roll the clock back 10 years and there was no BeQuiet. At Computex 2011, the company began to flex its muscles.By Computex 2012, the company will have a completely different profile. KitGuru pieces together the info and looks ahead. Germans are a meticulous bunch, by and large. So when a …

Many of you might not have heard of Titan, however they have over 20 years experience with cooling technology. Their headquarters are in Taiwan and they have an office in Germany. Titan are no small player either, with 500 employees and the capability of producing over 2 million coolers every …