Category - Aircooling

Noctua NH-P1 CPU Cooler Review – Passively Cooled or Massively Overrated?

The first prototype was unveiled at Computex 2019, and it has since become a retail reality. Noctua recently unveiled their new cooler, and today we’re going to take a look at it with and without fans. The following article will tell you how he does in each case: Packaging and scope of delivery Gigantic external dimensions already indicate [...]


Noiseblocker NB-eLoop X B12-PS ARGB PWM Review – Not cheap but quiet and colourful | Lab test with sound samples

Just under 28 euros is not cheap, but still significantly cheaper than an ARGB fan from Corsair. Blacknoise advertises the Noiseblocker BP12x-PS-BL PWM ARGB as a particularly quiet running bionic fan, which relies on the proven rotor blade design and a magnetic barometric bearing. The whole rotor is not white, but transparent and is illuminated [...]


SilentiumPC Fera 5 CPU air cooler in test – cool insider tip?

We already had a good air cooler from SPC in the form of the large Grandis 3 in review, the newest member of the compact Fera series should now also perform well. Whether you should give in to the temptingly low price, you will find out in the following article: Packaging and scope of delivery They curiously sent me both versions of the cooler [...]


be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 2 Review – small, quiet and inexpensive

Recently, be quiet! has given its most affordable CPU cooler a successor, which we will take a closer look at in the following article. How much cooler can you get for cheap and it is a good alternative 5 years later? Packaging and scope of delivery The box is, as typical for the manufacturer, designed in black and only the orange in the logo and [...]


Scythe Ninja 5 in the test – Cooling colossus with space problems

The cooler in today’s article is once a real exotic, even in the range of Scythe. With almost gigantic dimensions (almost the width of an ATX mainboard) and no consideration for compatibility of other components, the Ninja 5 has many interesting aspects, not only the surprisingly low price. How the big brother of the Fuma 2 does in the test [...]


Scythe Mugen 5 ARGB Plus Review – Colorful all-rounder in a lot of variants

The Mugen 5 is one of the most popular air coolers on the German market, only just behind the already tested Scythe Fuma 2 in the bestsellers. Depending on the variant, a bit smaller, a bit cheaper and one fan less, the standard fare seems to please buyers. In the following article you will find out how the cooler compares to the competition and [...]


SilentiumPC Grandis 3 Review – Cheap & Big Twin-Tower

In my review of SilentiumPC’s Navis EVO AiO water cooling I already briefly touched on the company’s “effective design and smart cost reduction” philosophy, today I have a really good example of a practical implementation of this resolution in front of me. Whether the largest cooler of the manufacturer can prove itself in [...]


Scythe Kotetsu Mark II TUF Review – Colorful branding twin

For cheap air coolers with real coldplate instead of direct-touch heatpipe, the selection is quite small, Scythe has with the Kotetsu Mark II in the “normal” and Asus TUF variant one of the few candidates in the offer. How the little brother of the already tested Fuma 2 does in the test, reveals the following article: Packaging / Scope [...]