Final Thoughts

Clearly, the Chilly Vent Lux was not designed for high-performance, overclocking applications — its half the size and half the price of the big tower style coolers.  The Asus Chilly Vent Lux is targeted towards AMD users looking for a compact, quiet cooling solution that is quick and easy to install.  And in those areas it excels.  The flashy green and white fan also makes the Chilly Vent Lux stand out from the crowd.

 

If you don’t already have a cooler for your AMD processor and want one that is easy to install, quiet and won’t break the budget, then the Chilly Vent Lux could be a good solution.  It’s too bad the Chilly Vent Lux only works with AMD processors.  This could be an attractive solution for some Core 2 Duo users as well.

 

The Asus Chilly Vent Lux is currently available with a typical street price of $29.99 USD.

 

Asus Chilly Vent Lux AMD CPU Cooler Review - Cases and Cooling 21

 

Strengths:

 

  • Very easy to install
  • Compact, light weight design
  • Quiet, low speed 92mm fan included
  • Downward airflow helps cool CPU socket area
  • Looks good
  • Universal AMD Socket support: K8/AM2/FX

Weaknesses:

 

  • Modest performance
  • AMD only — no Intel CPU support

 

Our thanks to Asus for sending us the Chilly Vent Lux to review!  Be sure to use our price checking engine to find the best price for the Chilly Vent Lux or anything else you may want to buy!  You can also pick up the Asus Chilly Vent Lux at Newegg.com for $29.99 as of this publish date.

 

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