CPU Cooler

Yeah, looks like I need to sell my d14. I would be totally happy with that coolermaster, looks so much easier to maintain lol
 
Helios1234 said:
The above review is seriously lacking.
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Haha, I guess you're referring to the individual review or reviewer only, as I find Vortez to be a generally very good site for hardware reviews normally. :)

Out of interest what would you say the drawbacks of the Matterhorn Pure were compared to the CM as it sounds like you've tested it out maybe? Was thinking of getting the Matterhorn based on some reviews I've read and recommendations on forums as I will be doing a build for my brother in the near future.

Cheers
 
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Cagerty said:
Haha, I guess you're referring to the individual review or reviewer only, as I find Vortez to be a generally very good site for hardware reviews normally. :)

Out of interest what would you say the drawbacks of the Matterhorn Pure were compared to the CM as it sounds like you've tested it out maybe? Was thinking of getting the Matterhorn based on some reviews I've read and recommendations on forums as I will be doing a build for my brother in the near future.

Cheers
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Look for my name on the Vortez reviews and those are the good reviews :P. But seriously, before leaving the site, I had discussed deeply how cooler reviews should be done and despite agreeing, the new reviewer didn't following any of the testing procedures I recommended. This makes the review no different to what you'll find on all other sites. Shame really because I tried steering the site towards being more technical and in-depth than others and it has now ended up being exactly the same as the 100s of reviews sites out there.

I have tested the original Matterhorn but its main flaw was its mounting kit. The new ones, including the Pure, uses a significantly improved mounting kit which may help improve performance but probably not by a significant amount. The Cooler Master is a massive cooler and although the stock single fan isn't great, the cooler is still the best at its price-point. Its main selling point is how much potential it has. You can easily add two 140mm fans (with 120mm mounting holes) and get improved performance. And although this drives up the cost into the £50 region, its resulting performance will still match other coolers in that price bracket.
 
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Helios1234 said:
Look for my name on the Vortez reviews and those are the good reviews :P. But seriously, before leaving the site, I had discussed deeply how cooler reviews should be done and despite agreeing, the new reviewer didn't following any of the testing procedures I recommended. This makes the review no different to what you'll find on all other sites. Shame really because I tried steering the site towards being more technical and in-depth than others and it has now ended up being exactly the same as the 100s of reviews sites out there.

I have tested the original Matterhorn but its main flaw was its mounting kit. The new ones, including the Pure, uses a significantly improved mounting kit which may help improve performance but probably not by a significant amount. The Cooler Master is a massive cooler and although the stock single fan isn't great, the cooler is still the best at its price-point. Its main selling point is how much potential it has. You can easily add two 140mm fans (with 120mm mounting holes) and get improved performance. And although this drives up the cost into the £50 region, its resulting performance will still match other coolers in that price bracket.
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Thanks for that, much appreciated. Will probably go with the Coolermaster. Shame my brother can't stretch to a Noctua like my rig, but heh :)
 
none of this CPU Cooler chat is worth much..... if your PC case isn't well ventilated and i mean really well, you need to get this right first before going in search of a cooler !!!!

but i do understand that for an existing rig, that this might be too late in the day to achieve, because i could not improve the cooling in my last rig at all either.... i had to start from scratch with a brand new rig and gut it first.
 
On that budget I'd get the Coolermaster for sure I rate their products highly using one of their cases and the quality is lovely.

I agree that case airflow is very important, D14 doesn't need it because it's an absolute beast, but my graphics card is suffering so got two fans coming today.
 
BrianB said:
Yeah, looks like I need to sell my d14. I would be totally happy with that coolermaster, looks so much easier to maintain lol
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I'll give you twenty quid for that junky thing. :D
Could use it as a paper weight.

Not used the D14 but had U12P SE. Was a very nice cooler. Not as good as top of he hill coolers but not nearly as big either... even with 2 fans.
 
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