Early August of 2012 was marked for Gigabyte by the release of its one more graphics card, codenamed GeForce GTX 680 SOC (GV-N680SO-2GD). This card can boast the availability of high factory frequencies and quite mighty cooling system. The nominal frequencies have been heightened to 1137MHz, 1202MHz, and 6200MHz for memory. Such outstanding characteristics required the integration of a high-quality and high-performance cooling system which consisted of five(!) fans. This made the card rather voluminous, cumbersome and noisy. That was when EKWB decided to design a dedicated water block to be employed with this remarkable graphics adapter.



Water block EK-FC 680 GTX SOC is housed on a copper base, good-quality acetal cover, and rubber shims as a compressor. The model is delivered with pre-installed fixing stands to facilitate the installation. It should be noted that this water block entirely covers the frontal part of the graphics card, along with the adjacent RAM modules and …

Cooling solutions under Ice Hammer brand enter the market not so frequently as wished it to be. Still, the company manages to gladden all potential customers with high-quality products. This time, in close cooperation with Thermalright, it launched IH-4800 CPU cooler that is a modified version of True Spirit 140 model. Yet, what kind of options are going to attract the audience? Let’s find it out.



Heatsink and Fan Framework


The employed by the IH-4800 heatsink features 155x55x170 mm dimensions. It is a typical single-section tower, accompanied by six U-shape heatpipes. The pipes did not get nickel-plated coating, so they have a highly polished copper design. The heatsink embraces fifty aluminum ribs with 2 mm distance from each other.


The ribs are connected with the pipes by means of a dedicated neck finish with a thorough soldering. Six lower ribs do not have contact with two heatpipes, since the latter got a strongly pronounced curve at the output. The heatsink …

The Hydro PTM+ power supply by FSP has received the status of the off-the-shelf product? Which will supposedly go for $699. As a bonus FSP added specially braided cables and missing liquid cooling system elements (a 120 mm heatsink, a fan of the same size, a container, a pump and a pair of transparent tubes) to the first 500 Hydro PTM+ sets.



The 80 PLUS Platinum certified 1,200 W novelty ensures steady operation at the 1400 W load. To perform overclock it’s necessary to connect Hydro PTM+ to the liquid cooling system. The 135 mm fan is built on the fluid bearing and supplied with the RGB LED-backlighting. Colour effects may be synchronized with the motherboard and a video card.

 

This power supply is 200 mm long. It features high-temperature condensers, two voltage converters, current overload, overvoltage, overheating, as well as short failure tools. The performance factor of the device is not less than 92 % at 20–100 % of …