Cases, Cooling & PSU - Page 75

PC case maker IKONIK has just launched their latest TARAN series of mid-tower chassis', consisting of three different models.

Cooler Master's highly anticipated "Sniper" midi-tower gaming chassis is ready for action and will inevitably be showcased during CES later this week.

We've seen bits and pieces about it in the form of prototype images and likely features of the design throughout the second half of last year, but now Cooler Master confirms what the end result will be with a series of demonstrative videos of the chassis, posted on YouTube. By the looks of it, this compact yet feature-packed gaming tower really is the bomb. Check the videos out below :-

Sniper video clip

After teasing all of us for a few weeks, CoolerMaster has finally released the full scoop on the black Cosmos bundle they have been preparing.

This new bundle is going to be sold under the name Black Label Limited Edition and features more than just a black Cosmos case.

When you shell out the $600 for this beauty you are also going to receive a Black Label Hyper Z600 cooler and a UCP power supply (listed as a "Powerful PSU Unit"). Each case will have the Black Label logo on a metallic plate as well as a serial number.


Read the Press Release here.

We first heard last week that Cooler Master has planned a special treat for the holiday season; a limited Black edition of its popular COSMOS chassis which will see just 500 units make their way to very happy chappys.

Aside from the sleek black appearance inside and out, details on what other trinkets this limited run will bundle with remain scarce for the time being. However, PCGamesHardware has acquired two images of the case which allow us a better look at it than what Cooler Master's been willing to show thus far.

With Core i7 now officially off the hook comes a sudden rush of supporting components not only including motherboards and triple channel memory kits, but aftermarket cooling solutions as well.

We've seen a few companies like Cooler Master announce LGA1366 brackets for some of their existing LGA775 coolers as a more cost effective upgrade path, but there are also some entirely new coolers hitting the market specifically for Core i7, too.

Just recently Asetek introduced an OEM-only liquid cooling system which is an option for commercial PC builders to include in their Core i7 system packages before shipping to customers. You can read more about it here.

Corsair has paved the way for a fresh line of power supplies this week, first introducing an economical 400 watt unit.

Power Supply manufacturer Topower has just announced a rather dazzling new offering with REMI cable coating/green LEDs and a Mystic Dark Green titanium mirror finish.

Although not well known in the mainstream PC cooling and accessories market, a mob by the name of Danamics has suddenly attracted much attention with a new type of CPU cooler that is said to be the first in the world which uses "Liquid-metal" to assist with its cooling abilities.

Liquid-metal has a higher thermal conductivity than other forms of liquid and that alone brings promise, but the particularly interesting thing to note is that the pump sitting atop the cooler is electromagnetic by design; meaning it has no moving parts nor does it emit any noise/vibration whatsoever.

Danamics have made a bold statement on their website that the cooler exceeds most watercooling solutions, but high-end air cooling is often capable of this as well. As cool as the technology behind it sounds, it still raises an eyebrow as to how well this cooler will actually perform.

You can learn more about the LM10 here.

Swiss PC cooling specialist Arctic Cooling has just announced a new member to its highly popular Accelero Series of replacement cooling for graphics cards.

The new TWIN TURBO brings compatibility for the new ATI Radeon HD 4850/4870 graphics cards as well as NVIDIA's GeForce 9600GT/8800GT offerings and many others. Two whisper quiet 80mm PWM fans (connected to the VGA's existing fan header) are used on top of a large heatsink comprising four heat-pipes and 30 aluminum fins.

As a benchmark of its performance, Arctic Cooling state that a 34c drop in temperature can be seen when using the TWIN TURBO on a 9600GT that was previously running the reference cooler.

The TWIN TURBO is said to become available sometime this month with a U.S. MSRP of $34.95. You can obtain more details on the cooler and the graphics cards it supports here.

Cooler Master has listed details and images of its latest all-inclusive Liquid Cooling System to enter the Aquagate lineup; dubbed the Aquagate Max.