“Spire has always made some decent coolers and the KestrelKing VI ranks among their better ones. While it doesn’t really rank up there among the top air coolers on the market like the XP90/120’s and Zalman’s it does certainly outperform the stock AMD cooler. The Spire KestrelKing VI cooler wasn’t terribly loud, overall we do recommend this cooler as a replacement for the stock AMD64 cooler or if you are shopping for an OEM CPU.”Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Thermaltake Big Typhoon @ A1 Electronics
- mnpctech Pro Line – Custom Billet Fan Grill Kit @ PimpRig
- Thermaltake SonicTower Heatpipe Cooler @ SystemCooling.com
- Thermalright XP-90C @ Legion Hardware
- Cooler Master Vortex TX Universal CPU Cooler @ PimpRig
- Zalman CNPS7700-Cu and VF700-ALCu Heatsink Reviews @ GruntvillE.com
- Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 4 Rev. 2 @ techPowerUp
- Thermaltake CL-G0003 Fanless VGA Cooler @ 3D Velocity
Heatsink reviews, a contest & More
There’s a contest over at 3D Extreme to win Spire’s KestralKing, and a review of it as well. It’s a good heatsink if you aren’t planning to overclock, but want better performance than the packaged heatsink/fan. Also included are 3 VGA cooler reviews, including a two-fer from GruntvillE.