“Deepcool is a name that’s been around for some time now and we’ve reviewed their CPU coolers in the past with great results. They’ve added the Gamer Storm line to their brand focusing on high-end gaming coolers for both CPU and VGA. It’s from this new Gamer Storm lineup that our latest Deepcool CPU cooler came – the Lucifer. The Lucifer is touted as being a silent cooling powerhouse for today’s high-end CPUs and also as a completely silent passive solution to today’s mainstream CPUs. We’ve got it on the bench, so let’s get to it!”
This is it people today we are opening the door on our 30th giveaway. That's right, 30 giveaways inside just 19 months and we have all of you to thank for that and what better way to do so than to perform more giveaways? So today we have paired with our friends from be quiet! to offer 3 amazing prizes to 3 very lucky winners. This time over the prizes up for grabs as you can easily see from the above picture are a massive Power Zone 1000W Power Supply Unit, a Shadow Rock 2 CPU Cooler and a bundle of two Silent Wings 2 140mm fans. To be eligible to win as always you just need to take 4 small steps:
Corsair®, a worldwide designer of high-performance components for the PC hardware market, today announced the Hydro Series™ H75 dual-fan 120mm liquid CPU cooler. The easy-to-install H75 provides PC users with quieter and more effective cooling than stock CPU coolers, all in a 120mm footprint that is widely compatible with most PC cases on the market. The Hydro Series H75 will be available in November at a suggested retail price of $84.99 (USD).
The Hydro Series H75 is comprised of a low-profile CPU cooling block connected to a 120mm radiator and fan assembly via kink-resistant rubber tubing. The H75’s new cooling block is designed with a micro-fin copper cold plate and a high-quality, ceramic bearing pump that provides reliable, low-noise heat transfer away from the CPU. The slim 25mm thick radiator is surrounded by dual SP120L PWM 120mm fans resulting in design that is quieter and thinner than other dual fan coolers, and more effective at dispersing heat than single fan designs. The H75’s fans work with PWM motherboard fan headers, allowing users to control the fan speed and noise levels from their motherboard’s built-in software or BIOS.
“The H75 is a great choice for PC enthusiasts who want the streamlined features of our H60 120mm cooler but desire the additional cooling performance of a dual fan design,” said Xavier Lauwaert, Director of Product Marketing at Corsair.
The Hydro Series H75 features a simple, tool-free mounting system and wide Intel and AMD socket compatibility. Like all Hydro Series liquid CPU coolers, the H75 is completely self-contained and does not require filling or maintenance.
Priced at $84.99 MSRP in the United States, the Hydro Series H75 liquid CPU coolers will be available in November from Corsair's worldwide network of authorized distributors and resellers. The cooler is backed with an industry leading five-year limited warranty and Corsair’s excellent customer service and technical support.
“Today we are looking at the be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 CPU cooler. The Shadow Rock 2 features 4 x 8mm pipes, and an optimized 120 mm fan with PWM control. It will work with all current Intel and AMD processors. This CPU cooler comes in at a little under the $50 dollar mark, putting it in a price bracket with some very good coolers. Let’s see how it compares in our testing.”
Noctua has recently launched several new high end CPU coolers. One of them is the Noctua
NH-U12S CPU Cooler with five heat pipes and a 120 mm fan on the side. How it performs,
have a look in the review.
The steady pace of heatsink development is quite remarkable. What passes for a everyday tower heatsink nowadays would have been considered a server thermal solution just a few years ago! Take for example the Raijintek Ereboss heatsink Frostytech is testing in this review; the Ereboss is a big boxy cooler that stands 159mm tall and looks a little bit like a 4U HP server heatsink on steroids. As you'd expect, Raijintek's Ereboss heatsink is compatible with Intel socket LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/1150/775 Core i3/i5/i7 processors. For AMD users still clinging to hope that their embattled microprocessor will have a come back, the Ereboss heatsink accommodates the complete line up of AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2 chips.
"This little heatsink from Zalman is called the CNPS2X and it looks like it should be found on an entry level videocard, motherboard chipset or possibly a miniITX motherboard. It is small. To give an idea of how small, the impeller from a 120mm fan is larger than this entire heatsink."
A new CPU cooler has just been released for those tiny miniITX motherboards which are so popular right now - the Gamerstorm GABRIEL.
Full details about this mini ITX heatsink are posted here. In short, the heatsink is built for HTPC, Mini ITX and MATX computer builds due to its low profile design. The Gamerstorm Gabriel heatsink measures 120X118X60mm including the 20mm thick fan. The CPU cooler consists of a copper base with four copper heatpipes soldered to it and aluminum fins. The full set of heatsink is nickel plated.
The 120mm cooling fan can drive 62CFM at 900-1800RPM.
The Gamerstorm GABRIEL heatsink supports all mainstream Mini ITX built processors including Intel LGA1150/1155/1156 and AMD FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2. Retail price is $40.
"The kit itself was packed well, with all of the components well padded against harm. All parts were finely machined and without burrs or manufacturing defects of any kind, pointing to a high attention to detail on XSPC's part. And the kit itself included almost everything necessary to get the system up and running with little incident. XSPC even went the extra mile by including the LEDs necessary for back-lit effects and the hardware for hanging the radiator if desired. Performance-wise, the numbers speak for themselves with the XSPC kit able to hold its own against the other high-end cooler offerings."
When you're testing PC hardware and electronics like we do there's really nothing better than to get in your test room (or lab as some like to call it) and see that the current ambient temperature is at around 23-25 degrees Celsius if not less. This is also part of the reason as to why i really enjoy and prefer the winter season over the summer one although i know most people feel the exact opposite. Still although winter is almost here that may not be enough to help keep your system cool and so since quite a few of you have requested it we will do our best to bring reviews of some of the most popular custom watercooling kits (aka loops) in the market aimed towards professionals, overclockers, serious gamers and enthusiasts. One such watercooling kit is the latest Raystorm 750 EX280 by XSPC and after almost 3 weeks of serious testing it's finally showing its true colors.
"The Be Quiet! SilentWings 2 120mm Fan is virtually silent, so it's perfect for a quiet build. The fans blades are ridged, it has a fluid dynamic bearing, rubber mounts & a high quality IC motor controller. So it's been designed from the ground up with performance and low-noise in mind. An outstanding fan!" ~3dGameMan.com
GLEID is well know for their cooling products. In this review we look at their new
Scythe Kozuti CPU Cooler. The CPU Cooler is equipped with 3 heat pipes, packed with thin
aluminium fins and mounted with a small 80 mm fan. It's a relatively small CPU Cooler,
but it still weighs 250 g. Let us see how it performs.
Many times in the world of CPU cooling, heatsinks look much the same from one to the next. The Grand Kama Cross 2 caught our eye due to its very unique design and we wanted to see if there was more to it than just aesthetics. The design is somewhat reminiscent of V type engine, but let's see if it has any horsepower to back it up.
Today we are taking a look at the Gamer Storm Lucifer CPU cooler. With six 6 mm heat pipes, a mirror finish copper base and a fanless design the Lucifer promises to “devour the heat”. The big question is, can this cooler hold its own against cooling giants such as the Noctua DH-14 and Phanteks PH-TC14PE?
"The Zalman LQ320 arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review the LQ320 CPU-Cooler with one 120mm Fan and 120mm Radiator compared with many other Cooler on a Intel Core i5 2500k CPU."
“Test benches are all the rage these days. People aren’t just using them for testing anymore – they’re actually using them to build daily use PC rigs. Benches make it easy and fast to swap out components giving them the edge over traditional cases. Their open-air looks however have drawn in the modding crowd as of late, with people modding production benches and also plenty of bench-style scratch builds. Primochill recently got into the test bench market and their first offering – the Wet Bench – caters to both traditional hardware testers and daily users alike. We’ve got one for testing so let’s take a look.”
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