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This is why you see so many products scoring well in our reviews. Frequently if we are offered duff looking products, we refuse to review them. We don't want to waste your time, or ours. Sometimes we get a surprise however when something we think will be great, ends up decidedly unimpressive.
The Coolink Corator DS however is a spectacular cooler which is no surprise considering the company behind it are also responsible for the best air cooler on the market, the incredible Noctua NH D14 ‘Austrian Sandwich' …. a cooler so damn good we have run out of superlatives to describe it.
The Corator DS uses ‘Gapless Direct Touch' – a technology which is clearly having a positive effect with contact performance on the CPU headspreader. At reference voltages, the single fan Corator DS is equal to the excellent Thermaltake Frio with two fans, but when placed under extreme duress it manages to break away, falling into a performance ground between the Frio and the NH D14.
The Corator DS is clearly not as good as the class leading Noctua NH D14, but it is however slightly quieter and considerably smaller. Most importantly is it also around £20 less expensive, retailing at £45-49 inc vat in the UK.
We would like to see a ‘deluxe' version of this being sold with two fans included, because as our testing shows under the most extreme settings, it really aids the overall cooling performance. When compared against the Thermaltake Frio, it has stiff competition. There is no doubt it is slightly better, but it costs £10 more and arrives with a single fan. Unless you are overclocking to 4.5ghz+ the differences are also minimal.
KitGuru says: The Coolink Corator DS is another triumph for the brains behind the Noctua NH D14, it combines excellent performance with respectable pricing, and the fan is extremely high quality which adds to the overall value.
This is a brilliant cooler but I think its slightly overpriced and very hard to buy anywhere.
Seems to be a great product again from the strikeforce behind Noctua. Shame it only has one fan, most high end coolers now come with two, it proves that two is better with this review t oo.
These austrian guys are really into delivering some awesome CPU coolers. where is their main factory? far east or local?
It is great but as the review says, it has stiff competition at the price. Frio is £35 here now, and its hard to beat at that price point.
Very good review, liked the fact you tested with not only 1 fan, but added one more then 2 more ! I think it proves to coolink they need to add another and keep the price point, it would sell more im sure.
Good product, but I agree, the FRIO is close and costs quite a bit less.
I could certainly tell the parent company behind Noctua were involved. because these guys make some brilliant fans, with the WORST COLOR SCHEMES IVE EVER SEEN ! bright yellow or burgundy. lovely. 🙁
I almost bought this cooler last week, but went for a cheaper one. It seems a very good product. I like the yellow fans also, very dramatic.
Great review thanks
Very good looking heatsink – nice designs from these companies, good products.
excellent quality product as I would have expected. I think I would get this if I could find it on sale anywhere locally. Seems even harder to get here than Noctua products
Those fans are brilliant lookin. never seen bright yellow fans before. need to get a few of those.
Wozzers, didnt know these guys owned Noctua as well. they seem to be a hell of a company releasing some awesome products.