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[Review] Cooler Master Notepal U3 1 Comment By The Duke on August 23, 2010 A laptop creates a lot of heat, which can make it uncomfortable to use on your lap while working. The Cooler Master Notepal U3 sets out to stop the bothersome heat and sweaty legs. With the introduction of the U3, the Notepal U series can support 7” – 12” notebooks with the U1, 14” – 15” with the U2, and now 17” – 19”. It comes with three mobile 80mm fans and a fan speed controller clip which are all powered by a single pass-through USB cable. This should help keep the lapt...
[Blog] Gaming in Tight Spaces…..mini-ITX (featuring Gigabyte, Silverstone, and Prolimatech) 8 Comments By miahallen on August 13, 2010 History of mini-ITX I was sitting in my office, browsing tech news online almost a decade ago when I first saw the mini-ITX form factor. My mind immediately started fantasizing about the possibilities such a small system would afford. Thoughts of internet terminals built into kitchen cupboards, or car PCs entertained my imagination for years. As the early VIA based systems got into reviewers’ hands and performance results started hitting the press, like many others, I was left wanting. ...
|Slappa’s Slushbox| – |Phenom II X6 1090T| 3 Comments By Slappa on July 13, 2010 Long story short. Today I got pretty bored. I’ve been wanting to put my 1090T under dry ice for quite some time now. However, my bench partner has been busy with work so I could not obtain the dry ice pot. So I was thinking of ways I could cool down my processor, in order to play around with my new 6 core. Since I own a Corsair H50 AIO Watercooling kit, I decided to have some fun. I hung the radiator in an old lunch cooler and filled it to the brim with ice. I also threw a bit of water i...
Rewriting the Book on CPU HSF Testing 9 Comments By Archer on June 21, 2010 To test a heat sink and fan assembly to the limit, a computer is not the best option. With some of the many variables, which can be attributed to the computer alone and completely outside the control of the tester, software and hardware results can be skewed to the point of being outright wrong. Things that can be controlled are often ignored and sometimes forgotten. Factors contributing to unreliable test results that can be controlled by the tester: Air temperature and humidity: When doing a ...
Tenma 72-7712 dual channel temp probe, what happens with temperatures inside a PC. 4 Comments By Archer on June 1, 2010 The 72-7712 Digital Thermometer from Tenma Test Equipment is a dual thermocouple meter with internal logging capability, USB output for saving logged data and software up-link. This unit can become an integral part of a PC testing arsenal by allowing for isolation of case hot spots, heat sink testing and LN2/Dry Ice work. The limitations start to change and the performance bar can be raised when you know where it is hot and where it is not. Compatible with K-, J-, T- and E- thermocouples (oth...
BitFenix Launches First Video Log – Previews Colossus Gaming Chassis! 0 Comments By EnJoY on May 18, 2010 BitFenix, a new company that first made it’s presence known several months ago, is getting closer and closer to releasing some of it’s very first, top secret products! The company has released a video log that gives some more information on who they are, what their goals are as a company, and most importantly…previews their upcoming gaming chassis, the Colossus! “Today, we have a very special video for you. In the first of many BitFenix Video Logs, David Jarlestedt, Bi...
[Review] MSI Radeon HD 5770 Hawk 1GB 3 Comments By The Duke on May 16, 2010 MSI has launched it’s version of the ATI Radeon HD 5770 which boasts an amazing looking Twin Frozr II cooler. Their 5770 Hawk also brings with it some outstanding software and voltage control options to help you with overclocking. We will also be taking a look at their claims of a 13c temperature advantage over reference cooling designs. The 5770 is in the middle of the pack for the new generation of cards, with the 5970 in the lead and the 5450 bringing up the rear. All in all, ATI has to...
[Guide] Air Cooling 101 – Fans 0 Comments By mav2000 on May 12, 2010 Fans Welcome to the next edition of our Air Cooling 101 series of guides. In case you missed part 1 on CPU cooling, you can find it here. We move on to a topic in which there are consistently a lot of discussions around the net. When we buy fans, we look at three main criteria: 1. CFM – Cubic Feet per Minute, or in simpler words, the amount of air that the fan can push/pull in a minute. 2. Static Pressure – The force with which the fan generates this airflow. 3. dBA – This is...
[Guide] Air Cooling 101 – CPU Cooling 1 Comment By mav2000 on May 7, 2010 Hello and welcome to the first article in my series on Air Cooling. Over the last year or so, I have reviewed a number of air coolers and also a number of different fans and cooling setups. I thought that sharing my experiences would be useful to a lot of people and this is the reasoning behind the writing of this series. This series will cover a number of topics and to start with we will take a look at CPU cooling, which is by far the most important part of our computers. So, why do we need to...
Thermalright Blog & Twitter Giveaway Winners Announced! 2 Comments By EnJoY on May 1, 2010 Well…it’s May 1st and that means that April’s giveaways have ended. As with each months giveaway before it, we have randomly selected winners from the two contests. First we will start with the monthly blogger contest winner. The prizes were a TRUE rev.C CPU cooler and two TRAD2 GTX graphics card coolers. This makes for one nicely cooled dual-gpu PC when all is said and done. Shockingly, despite several blogs from mav2000 and The Duke, this blogger manages to get the luck ...
[Blog] Innovation Cooling Diamond 7 Carat TIM 3 Comments By randomizer on April 30, 2010 I did some tests of a largely unknown synthetic diamond-based Thermal Interface Material by Innovation Cooling. I compared it to the most well known and most widely used thermal paste, Arctic Silver 5. (more…)
[Review] Cooler Master Vortex Plus 2 Comments By The Duke on April 22, 2010 Cooler Master was kind enough to send us the brand new Vortex Plus CPU cooler. It has a low profile design with 4 heat pipes in direct contact with the base. This is a nice touch to help dissipate heat as quickly as possible. With the low profile design, the Vortex needs every advantage it can get to make up for it’s lack of mass and surface area. We will put it to the test and see how well it performs. Will it be able to tackle the Intel i7 monster or will the i7 be too much for the low...
[Review] Seven Way AM3 Cooler Shootout – Winner Takes All 11 Comments By mav2000 on April 19, 2010 Introduction Hello and welcome back to the last installment of the AM3 round up for this half of the year. Over the last year, we have done a number of cooler reviews on the AM3 platform and this review will look to add to these results. But before we begin, we would like to thank Noctua and Thermalright for helping us to put this extensive shootout together. Over the last two years, there have been a number of changes in the rankings of the top air coolers. The TRUE was at the top for a long ti...
The TechREACTION.net & Thermalright Twitter Giveaway! 2 Comments By EnJoY on April 15, 2010 The TechREACTION team and Thermalright are proud to sponsor another Twitter giveaway! As with last months, we’ve tried to make this extremely fast and easy to participate in. The winner will be selected at random and the giveaway will run until Friday, April 30th. To win, all you have to do is follow these simple steps: Step 1: Go to Twitter.com, and if you don’t have an account yet, make one. If you do, step one is already done for you! Step 2: Go to the TechREACTION Twi...
[Review] Cooler Master 690 II “Plus” 5 Comments By mav2000 on April 14, 2010 Introduction Cooler Master’s current best seller, the CM 690 was initially launched in 2007 and has been one of their mainstays ever since then. The popularity of this chassis was such that it spawned a number of variants, amongst them a windowed version and later the pure version with an all black interior. The chassis was very simple in design and construction and what made it such a great product was that it was designed keeping a lot of the market requirements in mind. With chan...
TechREACTION.net – Blog & Win – Thermalright April Giveaway! 2 Comments By EnJoY on April 1, 2010 All registered Bloggers have the chance to win free hardware at least once a month forever! That’s right! FREE HARDWARE! Just for being a registered and active blogger of TechREACTION.net. How do I sign up? Simple, first register at this page to become a TR blogger. Once you receive your account information, half the job is done. Second, go to the TechREACTION forums and register there as well. You must be registered in both places to be eligible. Bloggers are given special acce...

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