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Power Color Shows Glimpse of Vortex III Cooling System

Following the popular rule “more is better,” well-known video card manufacturer Power Color is reportedly working on a new Vortex cooling solution. The novelty is called Vortex III and comes with three fans. By looking at the picture, we can tell you that the fans feature a smaller diameter than the usual...

24 May 2012
03:20 GMT

Koolance Presents a GeForce GTX 690 Water Block

American company Koolance is introducing today, on its official website, the VID-NX690 water block for water cooling setups. The water block is designed for Nvidia’s reference GeForce GTX 690 dual-GPU card, and weighs 1.02 Kg, or 2.25 pounds in imperial. Usually, without a very high-quality thermal interf...

22 May 2012
06:51 GMT

Cooler Master Shows Slim Hyper 412 CPU Cooler for LGA 2011

Cooler Master has just announced the introduction of the new Hyper 412S cooler, on its official website. This version is built with the LGA2011 users in mind and comes with two slim fans that will allow the installation of memory modules on both sides of the CPU. In our opinion, slim fans should have been the norm f...

18 May 2012
07:28 GMT

Fractal Design Reveals Adjust 108 Fan Controller

There are some people around the world who own big and strong desktop PCs practically loaded with as many fans as they can possibly cram inside. The CPU has one or more fans, the graphics card is in the same situation and then there are all the spinners stuck to the sides of the case itself. Having them all on at o...

11 May 2012
11:01 GMT

Thermaltake Presents Water 2.0 All-in-One Liquid Coolers

Thermaltake may or may not be planning to bank on that non-issue that Ivy Bridge CPU buyers discovered a couple of weeks back. If the subtitle wasn't enough to remind you, it was found out that, due to a design choice on Intel's part, Ivy Bridge CPUs run hotter than Sandy Bridge ones. Intel basically ad...

9 May 2012
07:31 GMT

Watercool eK Presents Heatkiller GPU-X3 for GTX 680

German company Watercool eK has just launched the new HEATKILLER GPU-X, on its official website. This is a very good water cooling block that takes care of the GPU, but it also handles the heat from the memory chips. The water block is made of high-purity electrolytic copper and stainless steel. The terminal block i...

4 May 2012
12:19 GMT

Ivy Bridge Is Hotter Than It Should Be Due to Intentional Design Choice

Most people may not know that central processing units have integrated heatspreaders, but the number of prospective buyers who do may rise now that Ivy Bridge is out. People who got a hold of Ivy Bridge engineering samples, as well as reviewers, mostly agree on at least one fact about the Ivy Bridge: it is too hot....

26 April 2012
03:08 GMT

Fanless Tech Starts Shipping the NOFAN CR-95C Copper Cooler

Fanless Tech sent us an email telling us about the new copper version of its successful  CR-95C cooler design we’ve presented here earlier. Unlike the standard version that uses a combination of aluminum and copper, the NOFAN CR-95C COPPER is, obviously, a pure copper solution. The immediate advantage, b...

24 April 2012
05:48 GMT

Abee Corporation Intros Beautiful Acubic D20 MiniITX Case

Japanese company Abee Corporation has recently presented the acubic D20 miniITX case on its official website. The beautiful case comes with rounded corners and is available in white, black or silver colors. The exterior panels are made of chrome-free steel alloy with a thickness of 1.6 millimeters. That chassis is ...

23 April 2012
05:12 GMT

Copper-Graphene Alloy a Better Cooling Solution, Research Finds

Researchers at the North Carolina State University have reportedly published a scientific paper on a copper-graphene alloy that can be used as the building material for future heatsinks.The paper concludes that the new type of alloy will show much better cooling performance than current, pure copper solutions.Over th...

16 April 2012
14:55 GMT

NoFAN Announces CS-70 and CS-80 Cases

Seoul-based fanless PC company NoFAN has recently announced the CS-70 and CS-80 computer cases on its official website. Having a computer with no moving parts has always been a dream for silent PC enthusiasts. NoFAN has a wide variety of original cooling systems in its product range – enough to build a complet...

10 April 2012
08:43 GMT

Scythe Releases Improved Grand Kama Cross CPU Cooler

The recent product release wave may have been of graphics cards, but that doesn't mean that CPUs aren't receiving their own share of love. In fact, Scythe has revealed an improved version of the Grand Kama Cross CPU cooler. Called Grand Kama Cross Rev. B, it uses the Top-Flow design that creates airflow...

29 March 2012
15:51 GMT

Register with EVGA and Get 3 Degrees Celsius Off Your New GTX 680

The famous video card and mainboard manufacturer EVGA is advertising a new campaign on its website, calling for EVGA GeForce GTX 680 owners to register their recently acquired GTX 680 EVGA cards and get a chance to receive a modified video card bracket. The question is: why wouldn't EVGA ship every dual slot ca...

28 March 2012
09:06 GMT

ZALMAN Shows Custom Cooled AMD Radeon HD 7950 Card

If you're not bound by a small case and you don't mind losing the functionality of two or three expansion slots neighboring the video card in your computer, you might be tempted to try Zalman's new AMD Radeon 7950 Card. This will likely be a good fit for the overclockers or for the ones going after a ...

27 March 2012
03:25 GMT

Reeven Preps RFC-01 ‘Six Eyes’ Fan Controllers

If anyone has or intends to buy a whole bunch of fans for their desktop, they may want to look for a fan controller too, like the Reeven RFC-01 “Six Eyes”. We have kept mentioning how 5.25-inch drive bays can house fan controllers, not just ODDs, and it looks like a new accessory of that sort has been m...

27 January 2012
09:59 GMT

Antec Kuhler H2O 920/620 Owners Get Free LGA2011 Brackets

Contacting a company about one of their products isn't something people usually relish, but the situation is different for Antec and its Kuhler H2O 920 and 620 CPU cooler. Owners of the Kuhler H2O or 920 or 620 that bought an LGA2011 motherboard after they got one of the cooler themselves might want to send an ...

25 January 2012
10:36 GMT

Scythe Outs Kaze Master Pro Ace Fan Controller

Since enthusiasts often want to have complete control over the inner workings of their PCs, Japanese company Scythe has created the Kaze Master Pro Ace fan controller. The Kaze Master Pro Ace fan controller that just left Scythe's labs is a reimagining, of sorts, of the Kaze Master Pro 5.25. The overall conce...

16 January 2012
08:55 GMT

Ultrabooks May Become Even Thinner Thanks to CCI

The confined space available inside Ultrabooks has forced companies building parts for these devices to come out with some impressive hardware, but CCI takes this one step further with its newly developed 2mm ‘thick’ vapor chambers.These solutions were showcased during AMD’s TFE show and are some of...

23 November 2011
11:21 GMT

BitFenix Spectre Pro Performance Fan Series Freshen Up

BitFenix may not be as old as other companies out there, but that doesn't mean its founders are new at this, as they decided to make more than clear with the Spectre Pro Performance Fan Series. Case fans may not be as critical as the coolers of CPUs and graphics cards, but they definitely have a role in high-e...

18 November 2011
06:43 GMT

Noctua Creates the NF-F12 120mm Focused Flow Fan

Noctua's NF-F12 120mm Focused Flow fan is not the first, nor the last of the company's fans, but it is the newest and, apparently, the one that produces one of, if not the strongest static air pressure. Aerodynamically optimized, it has both a high airflow and a low noise generation. Also, it is made in...

9 November 2011
13:11 GMT

High-End CPU Cooler Alpenfohn Triglav Inbound

The Alpenfohn series of central processing unit coolers has today welcomed a new member into its fold, one that works on processors from both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.Whether heartened by the news about cooler-less Intel CPUs or not, EKL ha released a whole new cooler.For those that want a reminder, the abov...

22 August 2011
07:28 GMT

Gelid GX-7 CPU Cooler Up for Order

Coming to add to the already extensive range of PC cooling solutions, Gelid's latest cooler has been completed and formally announced, ready to tackle both AMD and Intel CPUs.One thing about the cooler market is that it never seems to be nearing saturation, since new designs never cease to get attention.Of cour...

19 August 2011
08:59 GMT

Cooler Master Goes Efficient and Silent with GeminiII S524 Cooler

One would think that cooler makers would lunge at the chance to make serious powerhouses now that Intel let slip a critical bit of information, but Cooler Master maintained its usual cool when it made the GeminiII S524.Intel may or may not have taken people by surprise when its supposed decision to drop coolers for...

17 August 2011
05:14 GMT

Gelid Also Unravels a Cooler, New Revision of Tranquillo

Looks like Arctic is not the only company building upon previously existing product designs, as Gelid, a rival of sorts, also chose to do something along these lines, putting together the Rev.2 Tranquillo.It does look like companies on the cooling solutions market are doing their best to make sure their products are...

30 June 2011
07:28 GMT

Freezer 13 CO Coolers from Arctic Now Official

The market for CPU cooling modules is already extensive, but it never seems to get full, since new solutions keep being unleashed all the time, such as, in this case, one designed for constant operation.Even though all central processing units always come with the obligatory cooling module, the default solution isn&...

30 June 2011
04:09 GMT

Enermax U.R. Vegas LED Case Fan Inbound

With all the new hardware products coming out, one would think that 'minor' things like fans wouldn't get much attention, but the fact is that summer is now upon a large part of the worldwide IT market, so cooling solutions, like a certain Enermax case fan, are definitely sought after.Normally, every ...

17 June 2011
05:50 GMT

New iChill Coolers Released by Inno3D

It seems that Inno3D decided it was time to update its collection of CPU coolers, so it issued a press release in which it officially launched the iChill X5, iChill XXX and iChill Storm models.The thing with CPUs is that, although they all come with their own cooler, users often find the need or preference for somet...

16 June 2011
06:10 GMT

Spire Swirl CPU Cooler Spirals Swiftly Into Motion

It appears that video card makers aren't the only ones that are putting their special touches on their devices, as Spire made good on its name and designed a fairly unique-looking CPU cooler.When talking about active CPU coolers, one immediately thinks of those metal heatsinks, backed by a cooler and, in some c...

2 June 2011
10:59 GMT

Xigmatek Tituli Chills 15-Inch Notebooks

With summer coming in, those that have mobile computers will be faced with a new sort of heat when holding a laptop in their lap, unless they have something like the Xigmatek Tituli of course.Notebook coolers make up one of those niche markets that aren't bound to go away any time soon, at least for as long as ...

21 May 2011
06:28 GMT

NZXT Sentry Mesh Gives Users Direct Fan Control

Like its fellow and rival company Thermaltake, NZXT has taken a cue from the new wave of gaming system platforms and delivered a product meant for high-end systems, one whose name is Sentry Mesh.Sine Intel completed the Z68 chipset, and motherboard makers have already delivered platforms based on it, Maingear, iBuyP...

13 May 2011
11:06 GMT

Novel Makes ThinSink, 25 Times Better than Today's CPU Coolers

While some might think that those massive CPU coolers on sale are impressive, Novel claims that it has developed something that can trounce their performance while being thinner than a credit card.With all the IT players out and about, showing this or that invention, truly unique or revolutionary projects get quite ...

10 May 2011
08:18 GMT

Cooler Master Prepares Notebooks for Summer Heat

With spring coming to an end and summer looming on the horizon, temperatures are bound to start rising, and it looks like Cooler Master decided this was an opportune moment for its newest product to show up.IT companies often take upon names that are representative of what they deal in, and this is especially true f...

4 May 2011
05:25 GMT

NZXT Case Fans Are LED-Colored PC Case Accessories

In the world of gaming and enthusiast-grade PCs, case fans are sometimes more than a commodity, since some systems actually have a high heat generation, so NZXT figured it would make some spinners, not holding back on aesthetics either.NZXT is one of those companies best known for its computer cases, having unveiled...

29 April 2011
03:53 GMT

Evercool Creates a Cooler for Routers

CPU, VGA and case cooling solutions are all very common nowadays, but it looks like Evercool figured it was high time a certain other sort of device, that being the router, got a cooling solution of its own.Routers don't commonly have any sort of cooling solutions, but some of them actually do veer on the hot s...

22 April 2011
06:54 GMT

Zalman CPU Cooler Has a V-Shape and Led Lighting

Zalman releases coolers on a regular basis, something expected considering that new CPUs can always do with different heatsinks and fans, and it looks like its most recent model has finally surfaced.The cooling solutions market is one that includes many sorts of fans, heatsinks, fansinks and liquid cooling modules a...

22 April 2011
04:12 GMT

Alpenfohn K2 Is a Massive CPU Cooler That Is Nearly Complete

Cooling products come in many shapes and size, but the ones on the high-end market are those that benefit from the most attention, like a certain model that Alpnfohn is about to unleash.The stronger a central processing unit is, the better a cooling device it needs in order to stay within safe temperature ranges.Thi...

18 April 2011
06:55 GMT

Slim Silence i-Plus Is Gelid's Newest low-Profile CPU Cooler

High-end CPU coolers may be the ones that get most media attention when they come out, but more unassuming ones still manage to stand out, given the right circumstances, as happened to Gelid's latest invention.Gelid is one of those companies that specialize in cooling devices for personal computers and other so...

12 April 2011
06:05 GMT

Scientists Create Cooling Material That Well Surpasses Copper

Currently, copper is seen as the most effective material for cooling purposes, especially when it comes to CPUs and other sorts of processors, but a team of scientists from General Electric claims to have come up with a much better solution.Chips nowadays, be they DRAM chips, NAND units or processing units (CPUs, GP...

17 March 2011
06:29 GMT

Enermax T.B.Silence Case Fans Use Batwings to Chill Systems

It appears that a certain series of cooling solutions first unveiled weeks ago have finally managed to reach official availability, complete with their features that boost stability and effectiveness, among other things.As it often occurs on the IT market, Enermax promised, some time ago, that it would release some ...

11 March 2011
07:59 GMT

Swiftech Polaris 120 Cooler Is Launching Next Week

It appears that new cooling modules are in no shortage these days, as even Swiftech decided to provide something of the sort, even though its real specialty is that of high-end liquid cooling solutions. As always, central processing units from both Intel and AMD could do with better cooling, especially chips with...

10 March 2011
02:35 GMT

Zalman CNPS11X Extreme CPU Cooler Officially Launched

As one of the better known players in the cooling industry, Zalman has to constantly update its product lineup, and it seems that its most recent CPU cooler has shown its face, displaying quite the unique design.The CPU market is one that is responsible for the existence and continued growth of another market, that ...

9 March 2011
05:59 GMT

CeBIT Sees Gelid Demonstrating the GX-7 CPU Cooler

The whole point of CeBIT was so that companies from around the world could come together and show each other off, or try to do so, with their hardware, and Gelid had some things of its own to display, a cooler being just one of them.Although not as packed with new releases as previous editions, the 2011 CeBIT expo w...

7 March 2011
04:17 GMT

Zalman Chills Computer Cases with ZM-F4 Fan

Since IT companies have resumed their habit of periodically releasing new products, Zalman figured it may as well do something of the sort, so it came out and delivered a slightly unusual case fan.Tablets may have filled the news this past months, especially the past week, but this didn't really stop all other ...

22 February 2011
03:58 GMT

Spire Debuts the Juno Ergonomic Notebook Cooler

Keeping one's portable computing system cool at all times, it's quite an important issue for modern road-warriors, and that's exactly the reason why Spire has debuted the Juno notebook cooler, that also doubles as laptop base stand. Let's face it, nobody really enjoys the heat generated by our ...

22 February 2011
02:48 GMT

Enermax CeBIT Exhibition Includes High-End Cooler and Fans

It seems that, even though the string of releases at the Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona, Spain is only now dying down, IT companies, like Enermax in this case, are already getting ready for CeBIT.CeBIT is a technological trade show that occurs in spring, every year, and its 2011 edition is not too far off.S...

17 February 2011
06:28 GMT

New Case Fan from Koolance Puts More Stock on Cooling than Silence

Even though the slow first quarter and the Chinese Lunar New Year have pretty much caused a lapse in activity on the IT market, Koolance is still active, as shown by how it started selling its newest case fan. Nowadays, most PC cases usually sell along with their own internal cooling solutions, most often in the...

3 February 2011
02:27 GMT

New be quiet! Heavyweight Cooler Is the Dark Rock

CPU coolers come in many shapes and sizes, and a certain new creation by be quiet! probably tops most, if not all, of its peers in terms of sheer size and weight, its name being quite fitting all things considered.Since new central processing units and accelerated processing units were released not long ago, it is n...

27 January 2011
08:53 GMT

Antec and Asetek Make Kuhler H20 620 Cooler Official

It appears that Antec and Asetek have already made good on their decision to collaborate in the making of cooling modules, as a certain, previously-detailed product has become the subject a a press release.The thing about air coolers is that, while they definitely can handle whatever heat a CPU generates, they can&#...

21 January 2011
07:42 GMT

Cooler Master Turbine Master Mach 1.2 Unleashed

Since new hardware often demands better cooling, and since the consumer base always is interested in new devices, Cooler Master figured it was time for a new case fan to hit stores.Though it is known for making everything from power supplies and CPU coolers, Cooler Master is called what it is called for a reason.Obv...

19 January 2011
09:00 GMT

Thermaltake Reveals Video of Frio OverClocker Kings Cooler

Coming next in the line of massively oversized CPU coolers is a certain product from Thermaltake which, instead of getting a press release, was unveiled by its maker through a video meant to solely convey its might and stir hype. Thermaltake is known worldwide as a company that knows what it's doing when it co...

14 January 2011
10:30 GMT


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