Cooling & Chassis

3 July 2008 - ARCTIC COOLING announced the launch of the dual-fan Accelero TWIN TURBO, featuring 4 heat pipes, 30 fins and 2 PWM fans. The Accelero TWIN TURBO optimises airflow to 40 CFM, and achieves up to 120 Watt cooling capacity. The Accelero TWIN TURBO is available in July 2008. The MSRP is US$34.95 and 22.95€ (excl VAT).

19 June 2008 - CoolIT Systems and aquagrafx both announced water-cooled plates for the GeForce GTX 200 cards. The CoolIT Systems NV200 VGA Coldplate together with the 120mm Radiator is now available for US$299 while the aquagrafx G200 will be available for EUR 94.90 (US$147).

4 June 2008 - We have uncovered some exclusive Coolermaster cases behind the scenes!

30 May 2008 - Coolermaster is planning to showcase a few new products at Computex and here's a sneak preview. From top left : KODE5 case, V8 cooler, UCP900W PSU, and Silent Pro PSUs.

27 May 2008 - ARCTIC COOLING today unveiled the Freezer Xtreme, an twin tower heatsink with 8 heatpipes and 102 fins. The 120mm fan of the Freezer Xtreme is equipped with low noise impeller and patented fan holder for quiet operation. The Freezer Xtreme offers a 6-year limited warranty. It will be available in July 2008. The MSRP is US$39.95 and 25.95€ (excl VAT).

14 May 2008 - ARCTIC COOLING today announced the launch of the Accelero XTREME 9800, a new exceptional cooler of the Accelero Xtreme series for the latest nVIDIA GeForce 9800 series graphics cards. Earlier, Inno3D has issued a press release on their 9800GTX card using this cooler. The Accelero XTREME 9800 offers a 6-year limited warranty. It will be available in June 2008. The MSRP is US$53.95 and 34.95€ (excl. VAT).

8 May 2008 - ARCTIC COOLING today unveiled the Freezer 7 LP, an Intel CPU cooler designed for media centre users. The heatsink design of the Freezer 7 LP reduces the size of the cooler leaving it only 42mm slim (to the air intake level) / 53mm (with fan holder) and 263g light, almost half the size of usual CPU coolers. There are two heatpipes, 40 fins and an 80mm PWM fan dissipate heat from the CPU core. It offers a 6-year limited warranty and will be available by mid-May 2008. The MSRP is US$ 27.95 / 17,95 € (excl VAT).

24 April 2008 - We have in the labs today, a pair of interesting CPU coolers coming from ThermalTake and Scythe - the DUORB CPU cooler and the OROCHI Cooler respectively. One follows in the tradition of its predesessors and the other breaks from convention of heatsinks in general. Follow us as we take both coolers to the test and see if any suits your tastebuds!

26 June 2008 - Asetek's industry-leading, LCLC liquid cooling solution is now available for AMD's latest ATI Radeon HD 4870 family of graphics cards. The unique, single-slot liquid cooling approach provides OEMs with an extremely high overclocking capability enabling them to design and produce outstanding gaming and entertainment products with virtually no noise.

13 June 2008 - CoolIT Systems announces its new “ST� line of liquid cooling solutions designed specifically to work with Intel’s D5400XS motherboard (formerly codenamed Skull Trail). The lineup consists of the Boreas MTEC Chassis ST and PURE ST both of which provide maintenance-free, aggressive cooling power to both CPUs and Chipset, reduce noise, and enhance system reliability. The PURE ST easily fits into any chassis with a 120mm fan mount and efficiently cools both CPUs and the chipset with near silent operation. The Boreas MTEC Chassis ST combines CoolIT’s most powerful MTEC technology in the Boreas with the well renowned Silverstone TJ07 chassis to create the ideal barebones kit for the most avid PC enthusiast to the experienced professional content creator.

4 June 2008 - VR-Zone brings you coverage of the casings and cooling peripherals in Computex 2008!

28 May 2008 - Cooler Master proudly announces the world’s first-ever 80 Plus Silver Certified high wattage power supply, the highest rated 80 Plus power supply to-date by achieving a 88% efficiency; with the introduction of UCP 900W (Ultimate Circuit Protection).

21 May 2008 - NZXT, a company built on realizing the dreams of gamers worldwide, is proud to announce the availability of the highly anticipated NZXT Tempest Gaming Chassis. Starting today, Tempest will be available from Newegg.com and other e-tailers starting from $99.

9 May 2008 - The ARCTIC RC comes with a highly conductive pre-applied thermal tape to improve heat transfer from the memory module. Its radical long-fin design notably increases the surface area for heat dissipation and optimizes natural convection. The ARCTIC RC is compatible with both DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAM modules, and applicable to both single and double sided modules. One package contains four pieces of Arctic RC. ARCTIC RC will be available mid May 2008. The MSRP is US$14.95 and 9.95€ (excl VAT).

25 April 2008 - BFG announced today the BFG ES-800, an enthusiast level 800 watt power supply which has won numerous awards for its high efficiency and unique Frequency Conversion technology.. This makes the unit at least 80% efficient, even with loads as low as 10% of the unit's maximum capability. The ES-800 has the lowest minimum load requirements and the best +5VSB efficiency on the market. This best-in-class unit also features all Japanese made capacitors for longer life, and gold-plated pins for improved conductivity.

14 April 2008 - A short preview of the Scythe Orochi before we show you the real deal, soon.