ReviewsZalman CNPS9300 AT
Posted 08/19/08 at 11:00:00 AM by David Murphy
We did not expect this. When we first got our hands on Zalman’s CNPS9300 AT, we assumed the company had pulled a “Honey, I Shrunk the CPU Cooler” on its flagship product, the bulky CNPS9700. That’s certainly true if you consider the tale of the tape: The CNPS9300 is 80 percent smaller than its big brother, and its total thermal dissipation area has been nearly halved, from 5,490cm2 to 2,583cm2.
Logic only dictates that this cooler should perform far worse than the Zalman CNPS9700. But the built-for-silence CNPS9300 AT nearly matches its big brother’s performance—as well as that of our top cooler, Thermaltake’s DuOrb (reviewed July 2008).
How can such things be? Answers after the jump.
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LED fans and cold cathodes are neat and all, but if you are going for a bit of bolt-a-bling, why not go with something functional as well? How about a multi-function panel?
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ReviewsOCZ Tempest
Posted 10/25/06 at 05:12:14 PM by Josh Norem
This month, memory-maker OCZ wades into the hotly contested CPU cooling arena with its blingy Tempest cooler. Though the Tempest has the signature OCZ flair, we were let down by its midrange performance and loud operation.
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ReviewsThermaltake Blue Orb II
Posted 06/19/06 at 12:16:07 PM by Josh Norem
We gave the Golden Orb II a mediocre 7 verdict back in October 2005, but the Blue Orb II is bigger and much, much better. It’s a massive cooler that squats over the CPU socket like a sumo wrestler, taking up every square millimeter of space.
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ReviewsThermalTakeTyphoon Mini
Posted 06/08/06 at 02:37:38 PM by Josh Norem
This cooler’s predecessor is the Big Typhoon—a great cooler, as long as your PC doesn’t have a side door. You see, that cooler is so damn big that it extends almost all the way to the door of most cases, depriving the cooler of a source of fresh air. Thermaltake recognized the issue and thus the Mini Typhoon was born.
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ReviewsCooler Master Hyper L3
Posted 03/17/06 at 02:07:17 PM by Josh Norem
Typically, people swap out their heatsink/fan apparatus for one that is either quieter than the stock cooler or capable of better cooling performance. Cooler Master’s Intel-only Hyper L3 doesn’t grant enough improvement on either front to warrant a switch.
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ReviewsCooler Master Susurro
Posted 02/27/06 at 12:01:26 PM by Josh Norem
Cooler Master says that the word Susurro means “silent” in Latin. And we believe it, based on this cooler’s sound profile (and the fact that we looked the word up). The Susurro specs list the noise output at 16dbA, and that sounds about right. Unfortunately, while this cooler is quiet and easy to mount, its cooling performance is lacking.
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