Cooling
Corsair Announces Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50

Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C., June 2, 2009 – Corsair®, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer memory, power supplies and flash memory products, including solid-state drives, today debuted the new Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 high-performance CPU cooler at Computex 2009. Working in concert with ASEtek, a worldwide leader in liquid cooling systems for high-performance computing, Corsair [...]

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Swiftech Apogee GTZ waterblock for Intel Core i7

The word Apogee means the farthest or highest point according to Merriam-Webster. With this definition in mind Swiftech gave this name to their top of the line water block. The Swiftech Apogee under various sub-names (GT, GTZ etc.) is one of the best water blocks out.  But can the Apogee keep Intel’s newest i7 965 [...]

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CoolerMaster V8 CPU Cooler Evaluation

CoolerMaster is fast becoming a regular here at Planetx64. We have had their HAF932 case (which is still one of the best cases I have ever worked with) The UCP 1100 PSU, and the GeminII S cooler. These have all be great good products and have show that CoolerMaster can put out a range of [...]

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CoolerMaster GeminII S CPU Cooler Evaluation

For our latest installment of CoolerMaster goodness we are taking a look at one of their CPU coolers. Named the GeminII S it is reminiscent of the Silver Stone NT06, but with a few differences. The CoolerMaster offering has cooling fins for (potential) extra cooling. Will this be enough for today’s hot CPUs?  Read on [...]

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Sunbeamtech Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler Evaluation

It has been a while since we have seen a new air cooler arrive at the Planet.  Many times there is very little difference between each of them but they each usually have some little change made that the manufacturer hopes will be their big selling point. This is the case with Sunbeamtech’s latest offering.  [...]

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Silverstone Nitrogon NT06 CPU Cooler Evaluation

Product: Silverstone NT06 CPU Cooler Author: Paul Mercer Category: Cooling Date: October 2006 Product cost: MSRP $59.99 Manufacturer: Silverstone Spelling and Grammatical Editor: Jason Hambly & Jon Aubrey   Introduction: Silverstone are quite a large company founded in 2003. Better known for their PC enclosures and power supplies, today I?ll be reviewing a different product [...]

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Corsair Nautilus 500 Water Cooling kit Evaluation

Category: Mainstream/Enthusiast Reviewed On: August 02, 2006 Product cost: $159.99 Manufaturer: Corsair Spelling and Grammatical Editor: Sean May Introduction: Water-cooling has always been considered an enthusiast-only project. Most mainstream users shudder at the thought of water, or any other liquid, running through their computer. In fact, many people do not even understand the importance of [...]

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Danger Den Mag II-LE Pump Evaluation

Reviewed by: Jason Hambly Date: August 22, 2006 Manufacturer: Danger Den Model: Mag II-LE Pump Supplied by: Danger Den Category: Enthusiast/Water-Cooling Price: $39.95 Grammatical and Spelling Editor: Sean May Once again, Danger Den has graced our test bench with another one of their water-cooling products. This time around we are looking at their newest pump [...]

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Danger Den DFI Expert Maze4 Water Block Evaluation

Reviewed by: Jason Hambly Date: June 2, 2006 Manufacturer: Danger Den Model: DFI Expert Maze4 Chipset Water Block Supplied by: Danger Den Category: Enthusiast/Water-Cooling Price: $38.50 Grammatical and Spelling Editor: Sean May  Danger Den is known for their high performance water-cooling solutions.  Over the years, they have expanded their line of cooling products to cover [...]

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Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 (REV.3)

  Model: Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 (Rev.3)                                          Reviewed by: James "fother2" Fothergill Manufacturer: Arctic Cooling  Date: 14 February 2006 Price: £18.68 ($33 USD / 28 EUR)                                                              Edited by: Ian King                                                                                                                                                                 [...]

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