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#816 - CoolIT Systems PCI Cooling Booster |
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Written by Zach Jeffers
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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Conclusion:
It is in my opinion that CoolIT Systems has targeted a specific audience here. We can see that there are benefits from a cooling fan above the PCI cards. Whether or not it is worth buying this cooling system is dependent on your setup. If you have a couple of video cards that have dual slot cooling fans on them, the PCI Cooling Booster is probably not going to do much for you. If you happen to run a system with a single slot cooler, or if you are running a passively cooled card, then this would be a viable option for you.
Looking at the CoolIT PCI Cooling Booster, we can see that build quality is on par with the rest of their awesome products. The thick aluminum and stackable thumbscrews are what we would expect from a top notch player in the cooling market. I honestly think that this fan ran a bit loud. The Cooling Booster ran louder than the stock coolers of our x1600Pros, which before the cooler, were the loudest part of the system. I would definitely like to have seen a 90mm or 120mm fan introduced here, especially since all seven expansion bays are being spanned. If you are looking for a quiet PC, then this accessory is not up your alley as it does have a slight wine to it. If you have a fan controller, then this could be controlled, but then you would be cutting back CFM and thus defeating the purpose of buying this unit.
Over all, this is a great product for anybody trying to skim the last few degrees off of their video cards. Our thanks goes out to CoolIT Systems for their review samples and their continued support of 3dGameMan.com.
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- Great Looking LEDs
- Solid Construction
- Decent Cooling
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- Only Fits Full ATX Cases.
- Short Fan Lead
- A Bit Noisy
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