“Cooling down Intel’s latest CPU with air cooled heatsinks is fine if you don’t plan on extensive overclocking, once you want more though you will have to look for better cooling solutions. We take a look at seven CPU water blocks from EK, Enzotech, Koolance, OCZ, XSPC and Swiftech to see if they can tame the i7 heat monster, also known as Nehalem.”Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Unique CPU Cooling Solutions Part 2 @ OCC
- Thermaltake SpinQ CPU Cooler @ Modders-Inc
- Coolit WS 240 Dual CPU Cooling System review @ Driverheaven
- CoolerMaster V10 CPU Cooler Reviewed @ High Tech Reviews
- GMC R-4 Bulldozer Case Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- In Win X-Fighter ATX Gaming Computer Case Review @ Tweaknews
- Cooler Master Scout @ Neoseeker
- Cooler Master Storm Scout Mid-Tower Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Lian-Li PC-C37 @ Legion Hardware
- Coolermaster Scout @ Pro-Clockers
- Thermaltake ElementS @ Techware Labs
Crazy crustacean aquatic round up
Cooling roundups are a fairly common type of review, allowing the reviewer to demonstrate the performance differences of heatsinks on a system that remains exactly the same. Most of those round ups are for air cooling, but not many deal with more esoteric cooling like TECs or water cooling. That has changed as watercooling becomes more necessary and also more popular. Boutique built systems are now including watercooling as an option and case designers add inlet/outlets and space for reservoirs. MADSHRIMPS have taken this opportunity to compare seven popular watercooling systems and pitted them against an i7 940 clocked up to 3.8Ghz with a 1.29V vcore. See the differences in effectiveness here.