Thermaltake has long been criticized by the community regarding their product quality. However I have stood by the fact that Thermaltake does release serious contenders in many category’s including cases, power supply’s, and cooling. There is no denying the fact that over the years many top rated names are from Thermaltake, from the Armor case, to the Big Typhoon heatsink, they continue to design products that are ever popular amongst enthusiasts despite what the critics say.
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Thermalright has been the reigning champion of air cooling solutions for years, with no end in sight. The introduction of the Ultra 120 Extreme cooler in early 2007 marked the beginning of a new era of air coolers, which left the rest of the cooling market in the dust when it came to raw performance. To this date virtually no cooling company in the industry has been able to catch Thermalright with traditional heatsink designs. Known for the stylish all nickel plated look which is on almost every cooler they sell from CPU heatsinks to GPU heatsinks to even chipset coolers and mosfet and ram coolers, Thermalright has made a breath taking decision to offer a black version of its premier cooler the Ultra 120 Extreme, officially dubbed the TRUE Black 120.
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Published in Cooling | [-4 comments-]
When you hear the name OCZ, you immediately think memory, but what you may or may not know is that OCZ has been producing high end performance products with exceptional quality in many other market areas, including power supply’s, cooling, gaming peripherals, and for a short time recently, customizable laptops. Today we are going to be diving deep into OCZ’s cooling product lineup, and taking a look at one of their newest air coolers on the market, the Vendetta 2, featuring Heat-Pipe Direct Touch (HDT) technology. This new cooler improves upon the excellent cooling performance of the original Vendetta series heatsink, which was designed for 92mm fan applications.
If you have been keeping up with the latest in cooling products over the past 2 years, you know that there is a new evolution in air cooling that is taking place. That evolution is the refinement of the HDT or Heat-Pipe Direct Touch, an innovative design which advances air cooling performance power even further then originally thought with heatpipes and copper alone. This new generation of heatsinks has put traditional styles on the verge of extinction. Up until a few months ago, serious performance cost you between $50 to $75 USD, and now for well under $50 dollars you can get not only a high performance top tier air cooler, but get all the accessories included without the need to spring for additional fans or thermal paste.
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Last year Xigmatek stormed the performance cooling market with their patented HDT (Heat-Pipe Direct Touch) design. This unusual variation of the traditional heatsink base allows the heatpipes of the cooler to directly contact the CPU rather then having to transfer heat through a copper or aluminum baseplate. This allows the heat to be transferred into the heatsink and into the air significantly faster than standard heatsinks. Over the past several years there have been a few breakthroughs in air cooling technology: extensive use of copper, heatpipes, and now the Heat-Pipe Direct Touch system which paves the way for the next generation of coolers.
I initially had the chance to review this out of the ordinary concept back in 2007 when I was heading up my own review site, Overclockers Pulse. Being the optimist, I was excited that this heatsink would perform quite well, however due to the limited number of heatpipes, and small surface area of the HDT-S1283, I was not expecting it to be a top-end cooler. Much to my surprise, the cooler itself managed to come within a few degrees celcius of my Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, which was…amazing to say the least. On top of the extreme performance, the cooler itself had a very low price tag, being sold for about $40 USD. That was roughly $30 dollars less then the top tier coolers at that time.
Since that time last year, Xigmatek has come a long way, releasing a slew of new heatsink designs and accessories to go with them. Heeding the word of reviewers and the community itself they continue to improve on their original models in both performance and style. Today you are going to have a first hand look at their latest release in the heatsink lineup, the Achilles S1284.
continue reading "Xigmatek Achilles S1284: Review or Preview?"