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Cooler Master V8 Heatsink and Fan
Conclusions
There is no question the V8 is one of the most stylish CPU coolers out there. It moves away from the usual boring themes of a tornado/vortex/swirly thing and instead hides the fan and makes the outer cladding which looks like an engine covering. It’s a nice and clever change of pace. It claims to have up to 180 watts of cooling power, and to be honest I have no way to test that number, but I can throw the next best thing at it; an AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition. It held up well to that beast of a space heater allowing only a minimal change in the heat. Its fan controller allows you to crank up the extra cooling as you’re killing people in Crysis or turn down the fan speed when you’re headed to bed. The only drawback to the Cooler Master V8 is the price. For $69.95, it’s a hefty price to be paying for an aluminum heat sink with just a fan. If you’re interested in over clocking and with air cooling I would strongly suggest looking into this cooling set-up as it performs well and provides plenty of room to over clock even the most power hungry processors. If you’re not a hard core overclocker and just want something that looks awesome and keeps your CPU cool, this is deffinately something to check out.