CPU Cooler Round Up – Intel Quad Core Tested

Introduction

Today we bring you a round up of a few of the recently reviewed coolers. From inexpensive to high end, light to heavy, short to tall, all are compared to Intels stock cooler. In the process of updating the LR test bench we had to re-benchmark all the coolers, so why not do a round up with the collected data? So, today we will show you how the LR stable of coolers stack up to one another.

After-market coolers (left to right) that we will be looking at today are the Noctua NH-U12P, Zalman CNPS9700 LED, ZEROtherm NV-120 Nirvana, and Spire Verticool III, and at the bottom the stock Intel cooler.

First, lets have a quick overview of the stats of each cooler.

Cooler	Dimensions (LxWxH)	Weight	Price
Spire Verticool III	93 x 93 x 126mm	858g	Price
Zalman CNPS9700 LED	90 x 124 x 142mm	764g	Price
ZEROtherm NV-120	95 x 128 x 150mm	638g	Price
Noctua NH-U12P	95 x 126 x 158mm	770g	Price

Now, lets take a look at each cooler, one at a time, side by side with the stock Intel heatsink.