Tuesday, February 3rd 2009
Cooler Master V10 Hybrid TEC Cooler Tested
Cooler Master has gone full cylinders with innovation for the design of the V10 Hybrid TEC, a variant of the V10 cooler that employs a 70W TEC (Thermo-electric couple) element to indirectly cool the processor. The principle on which it works is fairly simple: A set of heatpipes propagate through the CPU contact block. The same heatpipes make contact with the cold-plate of the TEC. The hot-plate of the TEC is cooled by a dedicated aluminum fin array which is subjected to air flow. The heatpipes that cool the CPU propagate into two additional, independent aluminum fin arrays. All this, neatly packed into the shroud. The TEC part of the cooler has its own Molex power input, and is regulated by a temperature control module. The two fans in place to cool the fins use standard 3~4 pin fan connections. TweakTown put this cooler to test against most common high-end air coolers.
In theory, this is a good concept, though the indirect cooling the TEC element provides, isn't going to send temperatures down to sub-zero levels. Instead, the estimates on its spec. sheet shows it to maintain temperatures between 25 and 70 degrees Celsius. The cooler however, is rated for CPUs with TDPs of up to 200W (a figure achieved during overclocking). The findings of the review, however, show the cooler to be not much of an improvement over most high-end air coolers. The review can be read here.
In theory, this is a good concept, though the indirect cooling the TEC element provides, isn't going to send temperatures down to sub-zero levels. Instead, the estimates on its spec. sheet shows it to maintain temperatures between 25 and 70 degrees Celsius. The cooler however, is rated for CPUs with TDPs of up to 200W (a figure achieved during overclocking). The findings of the review, however, show the cooler to be not much of an improvement over most high-end air coolers. The review can be read here.
60 Comments on Cooler Master V10 Hybrid TEC Cooler Tested
And those temps.. 2C better than the Ultra 120 eXtreme that's been out for years? Ridiculous.
? buying a True, and ram cooler, and you'll still never hit around that price!
Of coarse after you take off the plastic it looks like another cooler, this isn't a space ship.
Also like said this provides ram cooling and CPU cooling, price is a bit steep, but you get 2 for 1.
I won't beat that isn't a good cooler, but your looking at the price and It's a hard thing to bite on... 9' long, and almost 3 pounds... I'd hope to have a work bench for use..
But, that is me....
As for the value, I agree. Almost $150 is way too much for this. However, Buy.com is accepting pre-orders at $113 shipped for these and I have several coupons and discount codes that will drop that all the way to $75 or around there.... so I'm good to go. Just need some decent reviews.
139.99 can get you a decent H20 setup or pretty damn near close to it.
I agree with the voucher to the strip club, except I was a freebee in the back as well
Ps. Thermalright, give us a HDT version of TRUE240Xtreme HaZe303Edition??? The greatest gamer/nerd in the world, Fatal1who?? :D
Want to know something funny? Funny about reviews that come out before the product? Most time's the product is pushed back because the company found the reviewer to find something they didn't... Xigmatek even did this... The 1284 were shipped to Newegg before anyone else, and because of that we got the ones that where "defective"... Who's to say that it's not even like that to them...
Think what if TRUE have waterblock under it...
nty.