Summary and Conclusive Thoughts

After several weeks of testing and a few weeks of data mining and sorting everything out we were ready to present you with our results in one big article. We have been providing sneak previews of these heatsinks since March, and are happy to finally get this roundup out of the door.

There were plenty of new super high end CPU coolers tested today which matched, and even surpassed the previous price/performance champions. While the Thermalright IFX-14 still stands tall and undefeated, the battle for second place is fierce; our readers now have a choice of several high quality CPU coolers which will demand of them that they overclock and overvolt their CPUs to make their purchase worthwhile.

We can’t possible draw one overall winner from the huge group of CPU coolers tested over the years. As you know, availability, price, requirements are but some of the factors which play major roles in the decision process. We can provide our readers with the raw measurable data: performance, noise, weight, features, and hope this can help you make an informed decision.

Bookmark this page where our online chart generator resides, so you can come back when you found a good deal for a CPU cooler and want to know how it stacks up against the competition.

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Of the 23 products today, if we only take into account those tested in this roundup, the result chart looks like this…



Just kidding, enough chart scrolling action for today! (unless you really want to, here's the full 700x7400 640Kb chart). Please take a look at our dynamic chart generator located at this page to get some nice to the point result charts with those heatsinks which interest you. Flip through the previous pages to learn their strengths and drawbacks and we hope you find the one for you which helps you achieve your goal, whether it’s extreme performance, complete silence, or somewhere in between.

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We like to thank all the companies and web shops who helped us by sending in CPU coolers for test; without their support these pages would be quiet empty. Thank you.