Cooler Master V10

Zitat: Pro: + Effective cooling Contra: - Very large, causes install issues - Outclassed by similar priced units - Too noisy for the levels of cooling

Zitat: Pro: + Meget gode termiske egenskaper + Takler mye varme + Bruk av peltier + Solid monteringsteknikk + Kjøler også andre komponenter i samme slengen Contra: - Støyer som få - Litt komplisert monteringsprosess - Peltier-plasseringen er ikke helt optimal

Zitat: Pro: + sichere Montage + gute Verarbeitung + Kühlleistung im Vergleich mit Original-Lüfter gut... Contra: - ..jedoch recht laut und... - ...bei den Vergleichen mit Referenzlüfter jedoch nur noch mittelmäßig - hoher Preis - großer Platzbedarf Das Kühler-Flagschiff von Cooler Master erzeugt mit seinem Erscheinungsbild ein imposantes Auftreten. Schon die Größe der Verpackung lässt erahnen was auf einen zukommt. Verpackung und Lieferumfang des Kühlers sind nicht außergewöhnlich, bieten aber alles was benötigt wird, um den Kühler in Betrieb zu nehmen. Wer den Platz im Gehäuse hat den gut verarbeiteten Kühler zu montieren, wird mit einem ausgefüllten Gehäuse belohnt oder auch bestraft, dies ist reine Ansichtssache. Gerade in kleinen Gehäusen oder bei RAM mit hohem Heatspreader kann es zu Problemen kommen. Wenn wir nun die Kühlleistung betrachten, muss man die Ergebnisse zweigeteilt betrachten. Im Vergleich mit der Original-Belüftung ist der V10 zwar nicht unangefochtene Spitze, aber sehr gut mit dabei. Vergleicht man die Kühler jedoch mit gleicher Bestückung der Lüfter und Drehzahl dieser ist die Leistung nicht mehr so gut, so liegt der V10 dort nur noch im Mittelfeld. Dies ist gerade ein Problem, da der Kühler durch das TEC-Element auf einen stolzen Preis von rund 100 Euro kommt.

Zitat: Good Things: + Easy mounting system with most modern processor sockets supported + Good cooling for the overall board and processor + Engineered with the enthusiast in mind + Very polished finished product + Easy TEC cooling for the masses Bad Things: - Price is too high for the performance ratio - Needs a very strong PSU to handle the 70 Watt TEC load - Needs a larger case in order to be installed in - May conflict with larger heatspreaders on RAM modules In the human mindset if you see something big you expect it to be something incredible to size proportion. The Cooler Master V10 does give this kind of "Wow" first impression. It is huge, and even has some TEC cooling magic. Then seeing the price tag of over $125 dollars must make it one of the best coolers ever, right. Well unfortunately this is not the case at all. The Cooler Master V10 has a large price tag that even comes close to some of the mid range water cooling setups, but to be honest it does not perform as well. The V10 does a great job though with Core 2 processors without a doubt. Even the quads do very well with it. Still Cooler Master put the V10 on the Core i7 list. So for the price you would think it would do rather well with the i7 processor with some overclocking. The Cooler Master V10 falls very short in this area. With the engineering gone into the making of the TEC portion of the V10 we had thought this would be an awesome cooler. The tragedy is that it is only able to pull 70 Watts at its peak. This is a pretty weak amount of power compared to what the Core i7 can muster up. Also without some kind of control the user is left to wondering if the TEC controller is even working at the time it is needed most. All is not doom and gloom for the Cooler Master V10. It is a great cooler that should be able to handle heat from the Phenom, and Core 2 series like a champ. For the price though it is a tough sale. Still with the ease of installation over a water cooling setup this is a very good alternative. With the V10 pushing air not only out of the case, but also onto the motherboard it does a great job of cooling all the way around. The look of the V10 is one of the neatest eye catching heatsink to date. It is massive, and looks awesome inside any case with a window. Still the case will need to be able to handle that size of a heatsink. Plus with it over hanging the motherboard some taller chipset cooler are not going to play nice together. This same problem will show up with some of the RAM with taller heatspreaders out on the market today. So do some homework before you jump at the V10. We at Ninjalane can really sit and beat up on the V10 for not being able to control a Core i7 when overclocked. Yet, with knowing that the i7 can create some incredible heat for any kind of cooling solution. This allows us to step back and admire the style and engineering gone into the Cooler Master V10 to tackle this super hot beast. To be honest not too many air cooled heatsinks are going to stand up to the Core i7, and live to tell about it. So we applaud Cooler Master on a great try.