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Black Ice Advanced PC Radiators have finally released their high performance Nemesis GTR radiators for purchase. That means we get to take a look at it in detail.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Liquid Flow Restriction Air Flow Restriction Thermal Performance Conclusion Introduction It was over an year ago that I got my hands on a prototype radiator from …
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Cooler Master has new CPU coolers out today, and that means we take a look at one of them: the long-named MasterLiquid Pro 140 AIO cooler.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Installation Individual Component Testing Performance Testing Conclusion Introduction Somewhere some Cooler Master executives are second guessing this whole &#822…
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Look what just arrived from Black Ice Advanced PC Radiator! It's going to be a busy winter.

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Up now for some weekend reading, let's see how the Alphacool.com Eispumpe VPP755 fared.

Navigate to: Unboxing, Overview and Disassembly Pump Control Performance Testing Conclusion Introduction We’ve seen our fair share of the Laing DDC form factor pumps here- EK SPC-60, and the …
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Testing out some GPU blocks now.

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Let's wrap up coverage of the new Be quiet! (English) Silent Wings 3 fans with the High-Speed 120 and 140 mm fans.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Performance Testing Conclusion Introduction The be quiet! Silent Wings 3 series of fans have been mostly impressive, with the standard speed 120 and 140 mm varian…
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Aquacomputer has a successor to their cuplex kryos CPU blocks that were released in 2010. Aptly named the cuplex kryos NEXT, there are some very unique promising features with over 90 different versions available here. Let's take a look at one such version now.

Navigate to: Unboxing, Overview and Disassembly Installation Liquid Flow Restriction Thermal Performance Conclusion Introduction Aquacomputer is not a new company to the PC DIY watercooling market,…
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Corsair has an update to their K70 RGB keyboards (finally) with stronger LED drivers allowing for full 16.8 M colors, USB pass through and more. This update includes the LUX series with the more common Cherry MX RGB Red, Brown and Blue switches but that wasn't enough clearly. Cherry has a new switch out- the MX Speed (Silver) and Corsair has a timed exclusive on it on what they call their RAPIDFIRE line of keyboards. Let's take a look at the K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE now.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Disassembly Software Conclusion Introduction Corsair, known first for their memory kits, have since diversified into nearly everything needed for a PC tower now- …
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This has been a while coming. Alphacool.com have finally released a new radiator series to complement their popular NexXxos series, with the Eisbrecher series of radiators. Let's take a look at the brand new Eisbrecher Pro XT45 360 mm radiator now.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Liquid Flow Restriction Air Flow Restriction Thermal Performance Conclusion Introduction It wasn’t all that long ago that I was expressing my frustration at…
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Liquid cooling a CPU has always been associated with a higher cost, and more often than not the entry levels closed loop liquid coolers (CLCs) have been mostly outperformed by air coolers available at a lower price even. As such, they did not make a lot of sense aside from GPU cooling. Corsair has something potentially huge in their new Hydro H45. With a brand new OEM used, and a price range competing against air coolers, will it perform as well too? Let's find out now.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Installation Individual Component Testing Performance Testing Conclusion Introduction Corsair have as of the date of this article 10 different AIO liquid CPU cool…
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Almost two years ago, I got the opportunity to test the Swiftech H220-X AIO cooler. It was good, but had challenges that prevented mass market adoption. They have since updated their AIOs with the X2 series and have attempted to address the issues here. Let's see how they fared with a look at the H320 X2 Prestige.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview- 1 Unboxing and Overview- 2 Installation Individual Component Testing Performance Testing Conclusion Introduction The Swiftech H220-X CPU cooler was one of the ve…
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This is certainly different. More on this, soon.

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Today we take a look at Alphacool.com's 140 mm radiators- more specifically the UT60 line with the quad 140 under review. Not the latest and greatest in design, but has the radiator industry done enough in the last few years to make an update worth while? Let's find out.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Liquid Flow Restriction Air Flow Restriction Thermal Performance Conclusion Introduction Over an year and a half ago, I covered the Alphacool UT60 360 mm radiator…
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Be quiet! (English) has all their Silent Wings 3 fans out now. We took a look at the standard 120 mm version before, and today we take a look at the non high-speed 140 mm versions (both PWM and DC).

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Performance Testing Conclusion Introduction Time to continue coverage of the Silent Wings 3 fans from be quiet!, with the 120 mm standard version already covered …
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Wrapping up the new static pressure fan series from Cooler Master, here's a detailed look at the MasterFan Pro 140 Air Pressure.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Performance Testing Conclusion Introduction If you have read my review of the new Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Pressure already, there’s not much nee…
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Cross flow radiators are rare to see these days, with the reduction in liquid flow restriction compared to the similar dual pass model not being a big deal anymore. But they still offer some functionality benefits including easier tube layout and potential incorporation of multiple ports not easily possible on the same dual pass model. Today we take a look at the Alphacool.com NexXxos ST30 X-Flow radiator.

Navigate to: Unboxing and Overview Liquid Flow Restriction Air Flow Restriction Thermal Performance Conclusion Introduction This is the 26th radiator I have reviewed, and yet only the first cross-f…
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  • Thomas Andersson
    June 24 at 10:46am
    Looks like the Corsair maglev fans is showing up at retailers pretty... soon (middle July), I'm seriously considering buying one just to test it. the SP and airflow stats claimed are pretty nice as are the db numbers. See More
  • Thomas Andersson
    June 19 at 6:09pm
    Have you heard anything from either Be Quiet or Corsair about review samples for the Silent Wings 3 or the new Maglev tech fans?
  • Do you have plans to do any testing on products by ID-Cooling?
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