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Thermaltake's MaxOrb and V1 CPU coolers
Posted by newsbot on August 16th 2007

Neither ofthese heatsinks are outright cheaper than the competition, but they areboth available around the £30 mark - this is certainly a viable cost toanyone looking for a performance cooler. The MaxOrb is on the rightside of that £30 depending where you shop and offers a marginallybetter performance, although it is physically larger. But does thatmatter? It still fits on every board we tried it on and even though themounting is a bit of a hassle at first, once the clips are on/screwsare in, it's job done in five minutes. Pop the kettle on and have abrew waiting for when you've finished.The V1 has more intuitive and accessible clips, whereas the Orb needsclips and a screw retention, but the beauty of the MaxOrb is that theretention clips don't need forcefully pushing into the motherboardbecause they are just used to mount the surrounding plate.All in all, set the fan to medium-low and both will cool fantasticallywell for a very reasonable investment of around £30. Both provide agreat cooler for the investment, but the MaxOrb simply looks great in acase and despite being a pain to install, once in, it performs betterthan the V1 with a similar amount of (low) noise.

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