Cooling

Corsair made ‘all in one' liquid cooling popular a few years ago and today the market is literally saturated with new ‘updated' versions based on the same theme. KitGuru reviewed the Antec Kühler H20 620 in March, and it earned our highest award for the combination of class leading performance …

EVERCOOL is going to launch their new Transformer 3 CPU cooler. After launching CPU coolers Transformer 4 and Transformer 6 in the last couple of years they are going to launch Transformer 3 in 2011. This cooler has a silver look that is the special feature of Transformer series. The …

The Frio has been a runaway success for Thermaltake, combining killer performance at a very competitive price point. Today we are looking at the revised and ‘improved' version, the ‘OCK', which according to Thermaltake can significantly outperform the class leading Noctua NH D14. In January KitGuru published an editorial from …

Prolimatech have just released a new cooler called the Genesis which is targeting the high end sector with a radical and rather unusual design. The heatsink is split into two parts with positions available for a multiple fan cooling configuration. This means it can cool the processor, RAM, MOFSET and …

Since opening in May 2010 we have looked at a variety of items from Arctic and we have found that their range of products often deliver high levels of performance for very little cost. In September 2010, Henry reviewed their MX-4 Thermal paste and it was the first product to …

Corsair had great success with Asetek's low cost liquid coolers back in 2009 and while they have moved onto new pastures, Antec's Kühler H20 620 has slipped into the market with a unique take on the liquid cooling concept. The reason for buying one of these coolers is simple. You …

Roll the clock back 3 years and almost no one had heard of G.Skill. Sure, they were started in 1989, but it wasn't until the 7th August 2009 that G.Skill's Ripjaws performance memory hit the market and people started to pay attention. At CeBIT 2011, KitGuru managed to get up …

Corsair have been sending out a bunch of press releases today, and many enthusiast users will be pleased to hear that the new Hydro Series H60 is finally shipping. The Hydro Series H60 brings remarkable new technologies to the CPU cooling market at an affordable price point. New features include: …

Enermax are well known for their high quality power supplies and like many manufacturers in today's climate they are expanding their range, with an upcoming focus on CPU coolers. Enermax have yet to release any of the names of these upcoming coolers, but six of them are being launched at …

Arctic Cooling, have announced the release of their upcoming Freezer 13 pro cooler which is being promoted as being capable of dealing with 300W of processor heat. The cooler is fully compatible with both Intel and AMD processors, including the latest LGA1155 SandyBridge platform. The cooler stands 159mm tall and …

KitGuru staff often get asked which cooler makes the best partner for their overclocked system. My personal choices normally shift between the Thermaltake Frio and the Noctua NH D14, depending on the budget. Recently we have received many emails asking if we could give the Cooler Master V8 the ‘KitGuru …

Kitguru readers have great taste in hardware, of that there is no question. Many of you will already have a high performance laptop, probably for gaming duties. Those of you who have tried to use a high performance machine on their lap will generally agree that it can get really …

Antec have entered into the CPU cooling market with the release of a new water cooler, based around Asetek technology. Previously Corsair had a very tight partnership with Asetek with their successful watercoolers, however they are going down a different route now. Antec therefore were more than happy to fill …

While producing iconic designs like the Level 10 chassis, Thermaltake has been located in a small office on the outskirts of Taipei. Alongside a growth in the company's ambition, CEO Kenny Lin recently decided that he needed to grow the office. Champagne bottles at the ready, KitGuru sent a spy …

One of the biggest surprises of 2010 was the CPU cooling launches by Thermaltake. While the company has created some of the neatest looking coolers you're likely to see (think V1), the cooling capability was not always there (think V1). The Contac29 and Frio changed that dramatically in 2010, but …

Every performance enthusiast system needs high levels of cooling. An unfortunate side effect is that many fans on the market today can generate excessive noise. There is nothing you will regret more than buying a handful of cheap fans online without research. Unless you want to end up with a …

KitGuru has a passion for Noctua products. In the last year we have been extremely impressed with their range of high quality heatsinks and as regular readers will already know, we have achieved our highest overclocks with their flagship NH D14 product. 5.1ghz with a 2600k, 4.8ghz with a 875k …

A couple of weeks ago a company that we hadn't heard much about before asked if we would like to look at some of their fans.  So imagine our surprise when a huge box, about the size you would expect for a PC case, arrived from said company. We opened …

Regular readers of KitGuru will already know that the Noctua NH D14 is always at the center of our high end system builds, especially when it comes to overclocking articles. Today we are looking at the NH C14, a dramatic design combining two 140mm fans, in a stack based air …

Noctua today updated its DO line of CPU coolers for AMD Opteron based servers and workstations. The new NH-U12DO A3 and NH-U9DO A3 coolers come with two of Noctua's renowned premium quality fans, achieve further improved quiet cooling performance and support AMD's socket G34 platform. “Our DX and DO line …

Asetek have been quiet recently but they have announced a new range of sealed, liquid cooling system designed for systems with confined space, such as high end HTPC rigs. The cooling systems are based around radiators which fit 92mm fan fans, rather than the 120mm size which is commonplace today. …

We love Noctua coolers at Kitguru and the Austrian cooling wizards have just announced their new NH-C14 cooler. Sporting an exquisite, uniquely flexible 140mm dual fan setup of two Noctua NF-P14, the NH-C14 is a highly customisable, premium-class top-flow solution that further boosts the renowned quiet cooling performance of the …

Over the past months we've looked at numerous products from Arctic which have generally left us with positive feelings.  Even though they have diversified into different markets, they still have a plentiful range of cooling products, some of which we have for review today. Today we are going to look …

KitGuru has probably looked at more of Arctic’s products than any other brand since we started out.  We can’t say that any of their products have failed to impress with many winning our most sought after awards. Arctic are very well known for their top-notch cooling products but are much …

Many of you reading this will have overclocked a processor at one time or another – we all love added performance for no extra cost. For those who have yet to pop their OC cherry, then the first course of action is to get hold of a good cooler. This …

Arctic Cooling have been releasing some great products this year and we have reviewed many of them on KitGuru, such as the incredible Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME Plus cooler, which we really liked. Today we are looking at the baby brother of the Freezer 13, the new Freezer 11 LP …

Enthusiast PC users are rarely satisfied with the performance or appearance of reference bundled CPU coolers. These coolers are either not good enough, too loud or lack aesthetic appeal to be installed inside a very carefully designed system. This alone explains the huge demand for aftermarket cooling solutions and the …

Kingston can sometimes be overlooked in enthusiast circles, which is a shame as they have some fantastic solutions on the market. They recently announced several new memory products and today we are looking at their high end HyperX H20 memory modules. The HyperX H20 are targeted at demanding gamers and …

Our latest competition starts today and our good friends at Xigmatek have kindly donated two of their high end coolers for two lucky winners. Up for grabs first, is a Dark Knight cooler. The Dark Knight-S1283W retains the brilliant record of HDT-S1283 family – powerful, outstanding, high performing and user …

It has been a great year for Thermaltake, they have been releasing a wealth of competitive and high performing products within many enthusiast sectors. Their Frio and Contac29 coolers have met with critical acclaim and have successfully targeted two very different sectors. While the Contac 29 is a modestly priced …