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Corsair's H50 all-in-one CPU water cooler
A good way to get your feet wet
Corsair has developed a new Hydro Series H50 CPU water cooler, and we've put the factory-sealed, all-in-one unit through the wringer against some of its direct rivals. Keep reading to see if it hoses the competition, or if we can come up with any more bad puns.
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Last by Freon at 10:23 AM on 09/24/09 - NZXT launches touch-screen fan controller
Who needs dials and switches when you can have a cool touch-screen instead? That's probably what the folks at NZXT were thinking when they came up with the Sentry 2, a "full system fan controller with an advanced touch screen interface." The Sentry 2 is already available for $34.99 before...
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Battle of the elements: air vs. water CPU cooler showdown
How much performance do you really get for your cooling buck?
Water cooling is typically complicated and expensive, but you can now buy factory-sealed, all-in-one kits for little more than a high-end air cooler. Join us to see how CoolIT's Domino ALC water cooler stacks up against more traditional air towers from Noctua and Kingwin.
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Last by Tamale at 12:26 PM on 06/21/09 - Cooler Master announces Lynnfield-compatible cooler
Mainstream Core i7 derivatives must not be that far off, because Cooler Master has just announced a new heatsink with "first-ever full compatability [sic] with Intel LGA 1156 and previous socket types." Intel's Core i7 processors fit in an...
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Last by FireGryphon at 12:27 AM on 05/12/09 - New Asetek LCLC liquid cooler supports the Core i7
What's better than blowing your savings on a top-of-the-line PC? Blowing your savings on a top-of-the-line PC that has fancy liquid cooling, of course. Asetek has introduced a new self-contained LCLC cooler that supports Intel's new Core i7 processors. Maybe thrill-seekers will want to shop for less user-friendly solutions, but...
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Last by d0g_p00p at 3:39 PM on 11/20/08 - Antec's Skeleton comes out of the closet
If you were reading TR last summer, you might have noticed early reports about Antec's Skeleton. Well, Antec dropped us a line earlier this afternoon saying it has finally released the enclosure into the wild. The word "enclosure" is...
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Last by 0g1 at 8:25 PM on 10/14/08 - Core i7 retail cooler revealed
What will your eyes gaze upon when opening an Intel Core i7 processor box? We won't know for sure until launch day, but the people at Mobile01 claim to have one already—and they've posted several pictures of its contents. Photos of Nehalem processors have already popped up around the web...
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Last by Kaleid at 8:05 AM on 09/24/08 - Asetek liquid cools the Radeon HD 4870 X2
Asetek has introduced a liquid cooling kit for AMD's new double-slot gaming monster, the Radeon HD 4870 X2. Though unfortunately OEM only, it at least takes some of the stank off of having a pair of these draw more than...
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Last by Darkmage at 9:42 AM on 08/29/08 - VIA: guess how long our PC can live with no cooler
For years now, VIA has made small-form-factor platforms that require only minimal, passive cooling to operate. But what happens with no cooling at all? That's the subject of a contest at VIA's web portal VIA Arena. One of the company's staffers took the cooler off a Pico-ITX EPIA PX5000EG...
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Last by ludi at 6:23 PM on 05/23/08 - NZXT intros gaming case with six fans, E-ATX support
PC gamers often stick with bigger brands like Antec and Cooler Master for their enclosure needs, but some folks may be enticed by a new "gaming" case made by Taiwanese startup NZXT. Known simply as the Tempest, NZXT's new case focuses on cooling and expandability. So much is evident...
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Last by zer0 at 6:54 PM on 03/27/08 - New 'fan' design has no moving parts
Aside from hard drives, one of the main culprits behind noise production in today's PCs is air cooling. Fans have definitely gotten bigger and quieter in recent years, but they can still be loud—especially if they start to wear out and begin ticking or humming. According to iTnews Australia, however,...
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Last by Mr Bill at 2:16 PM on 03/21/08 - OCZ touts bigger, meaner Vendetta processor cooler
Aside from memory products, power supplies, and brain-control thingies, OCZ also dabbles in cooling hardware. The company has made another stride in that area with the introduction of the Vendetta 2 processor cooler—a bigger and meaner version of the original. The Vendetta 2's main selling point over its...
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Last by flip-mode at 2:07 PM on 03/14/08 - TR Forum Tidings: Form factor choices
Picking a good case to house a spanking-new set of parts that still has that new computer smell is a daunting task. There are many offerings to choose from that cater to all types of users, from the aluminum chassis with windows and pre-installed neon fans, to the budget case...
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Last by todd at 7:09 PM on 03/05/08 - MSI cooler powers its fan using... heat
Fans are hardly the most power-hungry components in today's PCs, but MSI has nonetheless found a way to reduce their power utilization to zero—at least as far as motherboard chipsets are concerned. As TweakTown reports, MSI has a chipset cooler prototype kicking around in its labs that employs a...
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Last by Majiir Paktu at 1:44 PM on 03/02/08 - Kitchen PC hushed
When I set out to build a new family PC, it needed to be small, attractive and quiet. No need for anything crazy like Mini-ITX, but I did want a nice appearance and very low noise at idle so as to be acceptable in our kitchen/dining area. Limited by about...
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Last by eitje at 10:21 PM on 02/23/08 - TR Forum Tidings: Picking case fans
For some folks, choosing a case fan is easy—if your case didn't come with one, the cheapest model at the local computer store will do. For others, however, fan selection is a far more complicated affair that can involve hours of reading through specifications and noise testing results. For our...
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Last by JohnMD1022 at 9:40 PM on 03/15/08 - OCZ intros new thermal compound
As companies like Arctic Silver developed increasingly sophisticated silver-based thermal compounds over the past few years, enthusiast memory vendor OCZ Technology was busy diversifying its product line with cooling products, power supplies, gaming peripherals, and video cards. OCZ has now further expanded its lineup with a new thermal compound...
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Last by UberGerbil at 7:31 PM on 12/10/07 - TR Forum Tidings: Good quad-core coolers
Quietly cooling one of the latest 65nm dual-core processors from AMD or Intel isn't a huge challenge—the chips fit in small power envelopes and don't put out much heat. However, doing the same with an overclocked Core 2 Quad is another story. For our tidings post this week, we've selected...
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Last by AbRASiON at 7:17 AM on 11/08/07
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