Following in the current trend of trying to give your newest heatsink a bizarre name comes the Gamer Storm Assassin, a 5.7" x 6.1" x 6.3" (144 x 154 x 160 mm) dual tower heatsink. The cooler comes with a pair of mismatched fans, a 120mm fan for use on one of the sides of the tower and a 140mm for use in between the towers. That does not seem to have hurt performance at all, Hardware Secrets tests show it to not only be an effective cooler but also one that does not generate excessive noise. It will fit both AMD and Intel sockets, so whichever you are using you might want to ignore the name and consider this cooler for your system.
"The Assassin is the first CPU cooler from Gamer Storm, a brand of cooling products from Logisys/Deepcool, aimed at gamers. This huge cooler has two twin tower heatsinks, eight heatpipes, one 120 mm fan and one 140 mm fan. We already reviewed the Dracula VGA cooler from this brand."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Thermaltake Frio Extreme CPU Cooler @ Pro-Clockers
- Noctua NH-L12 Low Profile CPU Cooler @ Tweaktown
- Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler @ Tweaktown
- Zalman CNPS10X Optima Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Thermaltake Frio Advanced CPU Cooler @ Pro-Clockers
- Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme Low Profile Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Cooler Master TPC 812 CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews
- Top 5 Heatsink Charts on Frostytech
- Noctua NH-L12 Low Profile Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler @ Kitguru
- Cooler Master TPC 812 CPU Cooler Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- rolimatech Megahalems Revision C CPU Cooler Review @ VR-Zone
- Phanteks PH-TC14CS CPU Cooler @ Pro-Clockers
- Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Scythe Mugen 3 PCGH and Ninja 3 Silent review @ Hardware.Info
- 393 80/92/120/140mm case fans reviewed @ Hardware.Info
- Xclio Touch 767 @ XSReviews
- Cooler Master HAF XM Review @ Neoseeker
- Lian Li PC-V353A Aluminum Silent PC Case Review @ NikKTech
- SilverStone Temjin TJ04-E Evolution Case @ kitguru
- In Win Mana 136 Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ eTeknix
- Antec Three Hundred Two review @ Hardware.Info
- Thermaltake Armor Revo Chassis @ FunkyKit
- NZXT Phantom 410 "Gun Metal" Edition @ Oc3D
- Maingear Shift Limited Edition Chassis @ Tweaktown
- Antec Eleven Hundred Case @ Rbmods
- Little Devil LD-V4 Test Bench @ OC3D
- Lancool PC-K65 Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Antec Three Hundred Two Mid-Tower Case Review @ Madshrimps
- Cooler Master HAF XM Mid-Tower Chassis @ Tweaktown
- NZXT Phantom 410 Gunmetal Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ HCW
- Silverstone TJ04-E Evolution Case Review @ Ninjalane
- Zalman Z11 Mid Tower Gaming Case Review @ HardwareLOOK
- SilverStone Precision PS07 White Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
Frankly, with the size and
Frankly, with the size and heat and fragility of current and upcoming components (especially CPUs and GPUs), air-cooling seems less reasonable every cycle. Especially if even remotely considering overclocking.