Lately, the CPU cooler marketplace has become cluttered with countless products that all seem to promise the same things:  performance, silence and value.   Cooler Master has some impressive products under their name but can their new N520 heatsink come close to matching the performance of the best of the best?

Even though the high-end air cooling market is cluttered with pretenders, every now and then a heatsink comes along which causes up to stand up and take notice. A few short months ago, a new company named Prolimatech released their Megahalems CPU cooler and suddenly the best of the best had a new competitor on [...]

After we reviewed the Cooler Master V10 a while ago, we were anxious to get our hands on its little brother: the award-winning V8. Not only has this cooler won numerous design awards but it also promises some extreme performance on both i7 and LGA 775 systems. Can it live up to the hype and [...]

When we say “V10″, many of you will think of a rip-roaring engine which powers high performance cars like the Audi R8 past the competition. Now the V10 namesake has carried over into the high performance CPU cooler from Cooler Master. Its name sure promises some amazing potential, but can it deliver?

Everyone knows Thermalright as the company they can count on if they are looking for a high performance, high quality heatsink for either their CPU or GPU. With the introduction of the of Intel’s LGA 1366 Core i7 processors it was time for Thermalright to reintroduce the Ultra eXtreme in a new flavor and [...]

Every time CoolIT releases a product a hush of expectation comes over the folks here at HWC. We know that this is one company that continues to evolve every one of their products so when the Domino made its way into our labs, you can imagine the excitement. We all hoped it would [...]

Not many of you will be familiar with the name Gelid but they are working hard on trying to make a name for themselves in the air cooling market. The Silent Spirit is their first CPU cooler entry which is billed for doing exactly what its name implies: adequately cooling your processor while [...]

It seems like lately OCZ has their hands in nearly every facet of the PC hardware market. When they started releasing coolers, many people shook their heads and said OCZ would never compete with the big boys but they are now one of the leading CPU cooler manufacturers and the Gladiator MAX is their [...]

Thermalright has shown us again and again that they are able to produce some of the best coolers on the market today. Today we will be reviewing a product which expands their portfolio into the more compact arena with the T-Rad². Is it possible for this heatsink to follow in the footsteps of [...]

Noctua has wowed us again and again with their innovative products in the cooling marketplace. From CPU coolers, to thermal compound, to fans; they seem to have it all. Today we look at their new compact CPU cooler: the NH-U9B. While it may be small, this heatsink has the pedigree to follow in [...]