VGA Cooler Roundup Part 1 Cases and Cooling   Page 1

Reviewer: RWL Staff Article Publish Date: 5/13/2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Although it’s just May the weather is behaving like if it was August and for that reason i decided to push forward my heat-dissipating related roundups. The first of those has to do with the best VGA coolers available in the market as we speak. Of course it is impossible to test every single VGA cooler in the market since not all of them have the same GPU compatibility but by using an NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 card we managed to use almost every single VGA Cooler we had in our hands. The rest of those we will be testing very soon with an ATI Radeon 5870 so stay tuned if you happen to own that specific model instead. Just to clarify we will not be taking a look at the packaging of each of the competing products since our time is quite limited due to the other roundups we are also currently working on. So let’s begin by taking a look at the profile of each of the companies participating in this shootout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT PROLIMATECH

 

 

 

 

    Prolimatech, founded in 2008 is headquartered in Taiwan, led by a team of dedicated experts with 22 years of accumulated experience in the field of computer thermal solutions. Prolimatech stands for Professionalism exceeding beyond all Limits. We are here to challenge any limits that stand in our way to achieve what was thought to be impossible. Prolimatech incorporates integration of the aerospace resource-saving technology and advanced heat conduction technology to create the best heat absorption and dissipation solutions while pertaining to the science of aesthetics. Our never-ending quest is to satisfy every computer overclocker's and every enthusiast's needs for high quality and performance oriented thermal solutions for their high-end computer components.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT ARCTIC COOLING

 

 

 

 

    ARCTIC COOLING is a privately owned company founded in 2001 with headquarters in Switzerland, offices in Hong Kong and the USA and production facilities in Asia. The ARCTIC COOLING team consists o­f international highly educated people with business, technical and communicational skills. The attitude to work is based o­n Swiss principles of innovative spirit and high standards of workmanship for which it is recognized internationally. This striving for excellence is integrated in all processes as a matter of course. ARCTIC COOLING/s core competencies are multifarious including systematic noise reduction, copper and aluminum heatsink development, customization of thermal solutions, as well as designing quiet fans. More recently quiet and cool PC Cases and Power Supplies have been developed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT SPIRE

 

 

 

 

    Spire is an internationally recognized and globally respected brand name for computer cooling products, power supplies, pc case and other computing accessories. Over the years Spire has distinguished and established itself as a global leader in providing quality and innovative thermal solutions to all levels of the marketplace. As an ISO-14001 certified corporation Spire manufactures and markets innovative desktop, workstation and server products to meet the most stringent of quality requirements. With locations in China, California, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Brazil Spire has a proven track record and flexibility to provide solutions from development and deployment to support, service, logistics and product life-cycle management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THERMALTAKE

 

 

 

 

    Started from the passion for the DIY (Do It Yourself) concepts and the desires to realize the goal of “Ideas are originated from humanity; Realizing ideas is our belief.” Thermaltake Technology was established in January, 1999 and has been market to the world with “Thermaltake” brand name ever since. The brand personality of Unique, Aggressive, Vivid, and Stylish makes Thermaltake an expert in creating Exciting things and Fascinating environment for gamers and enthusiasts, also Keep them Constantly High physically and mentally. Excellent technical expertise and integration ability, plus dare to experiment on the new possibilities give Thermaltake the source of authority in the market. Moreover, Thermaltake get close to consumers and observe lead users’ behavior and requirement, to design aesthetic and high quality products which will greatly improve system performance and bring the user to the up most potential. With innovative design and unique style, Thermaltake products spread rapidly among the enthusiasts in DIY market and soon become the number one choice for PC DIY enthusiast worldwide.

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THERMALRIGHT

 

 

 

 

    Thermalright is an elite design house that manufactures cooling products for computer components for the best quality and performance your money can buy. In 2002, AMD released its first generation Thunderbird CPU and since then we have been there every step of the way to counter high voltage and high heat with innovative design and highly acclaimed cooling solutions not only for AMD but for Intel as well. One of early well known solutions was the SK-6. With many positive and rave reviews under its belt Thermalright bolted to the top as the heat sink manufacturer mostly preferred by Overclockers and enthusiasts around the World. To this day, innovation never left our vocabulary as we keep coming up with leading edge designs staying ahead of the competition.