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The Zaward Gyre is a good looking cooler with a nice finish and blue LED lights. It features three copper heat pipes running through a block of uniquely designed aluminium fins with an interchangeable 120mm blue LED fan at the top. This fan is silent for the most part, but can get noisy when running at 100%. The cooler has a very simple installation mechanism for AMD based installations. For Intel based installations it is only slightly harder, where the user has to put a back plate on their motherboard. A small tube of thermal compound has come with the cooler which the user must apply themselves. There are also additional accessories included, such as a screwdriver and wrench to secure the cooler onto the motherboard.
The cooler performed very well. The uniquely designed aluminum fins coupled with the chic cover and 120mm fan seemed to dissipate heat from the CPU very well, as shown in the tests performed. The Intel stock cooler was beaten in every test by a large margin.
Overall, the Zaward Gyre is a very large heatsink which is relatively silent and performs very well. At 39€, it is moderately priced. It meets its requirement as a good looking, high performing heatsink that is easy to install .

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zaward/Gyre

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