ThermalTake ISGC-300

Zitat: + Recht leiser Lüfter - Schwache Kühlleistung - Hoher Montageaufwand

Zitat: The first Thermaltake ISGC series cooler we reviewed, ISGC-100, showed a poor performance. The ISGC-200, by its turn, brought a fairly good efficiency. Now, the ISGC-300 we review proved to be one of the best coolers we have tested so far. With the fan at full speed its performance is excellent, fighting with the best performance coolers we have reviewed, while keeping a good noise level. With low speed on the fan, it is almost inaudible, one of the quietest we have tested, keeping a very good cooling performance. It may not have the fanciest look, but does not look bad with its white fan. The only flaw we found in this cooler is the fact that the cooler has no automatic fan speed control, nor a case-external fan control. But if you connect it to a fan controller, this problem is solved. It is not a cheap cooler, but it is cheaper than similar performance coolers. So, Thermaltake ISGC-300 deserved the Hardware Secrets Golden Award seal.

Zitat: Zalety: + Szeroko rozstawione blaszki sprzyjają cichej pracy wentylatora Wady: - Kłopotliwy montaż - Zamontowanie ściśle wg instrukcji to podstawa niestykająca się z procesorem - Niska opłacalność zakupu

Zitat: The Thermaltake ISGC-300 is a pretty decent cooler and well worth it if you can find it for under $50. In the test we saw the ISGC-300 close to that of cooler that can cost upwards of $70. The mounting is simple, fast and a no-brainer. We loved how fast we were able to get the cooler on the motherboard and ready for testing. I could see myself using the cooler in places where things are tight as it is tall and doesn´t take up as much room. I know Thermaltake meant for the ISGC-300 to be a smaller and quieter cooler but I felt that is the fins had more surface area and a fan that has to the ability to spin a little faster and push more air it would have been a better competitor to some of the higher priced units we put it up against.

Zitat: Pros: + Great cooling and airflow + Very quiet even on high setting + easy to install on AMD boards + Uses new ISGC fan Cons: - Interferes with tall memory - Cannot mount front to back Overall this is a very nice CPU cooler. When the fan was set to the lowest speed, it was nearly silent; in fact, I had to keep checking to make sure it was running. When pushed up to the highest speed, the cooler was still very quiet. My case fans were louder than the ISGC fan. Temperature-wise, the ISGC-300 did very well. With the fan speed maxed out, the cooler matched or beat the Titan Cool Idol in all but one temperature check - and even that was very close. When compared to the stock cooler, you can see big differences - especially when overclocked to 3.8GHz, where the stock cooler kept blue screening and restarting the system. When installed on an AMD board, installation is actually quite simple. It only took me four screws and less than 60 seconds to install the cooler; where on some, like the Cool Idol, it takes me about 10 minutes to get that thing installed. My only qualm with the ISGX-300 is that when installed, it interferes with tall memory sets, such as Corsair with the DHX heatspreaders. So, if you have that memory, you are out of luck because the cooler cannot be mounted in a front to rear facing way - only in a top to bottom facing way. If the cooler could have been mounted with the longest sides up and down, and the fan to the rear, then tall memory could fit and there would be no problem. It would have been nice to have a second set of fan retention wires included, in case the user wanted to purchase a second ISGC 12 fan and mount it on the other side of the cooler for maximum cooling. If you are looking for a great performing cooler that is nearly silent, then the ISGC-300 will make your day.