ThermoLab BARAM CPU Cooler Review

Introduction

A lot has been made of the high TDP’s of Intel’s i7 range of processors, only surpassed by the 140W TDP of AMD’s Phenom II X4 965 BE, requiring more cooling especially when at overclocked settings. In terms of air cooling, many of the smaller designs just can’t cope with the heat demands of the i7’s and so the larger heatsinks with more fins, surface area and heat pipes have been left to fight it out to see which cooler performs best.

ThermoLAB, a Korean company, have created the BARAM – a huge aluminium heatsink with a very particular fin structure. But how will it contend with many of the other top air CPU coolers? Let’s take a look…

Features

• With the efficient heat pipe arrangement, maximized the thermal distribution effects
• Optimum fin structure to minimize air resistance intake
• Optimized fin pitch for axial Fan
• The air tunnel formed inside the stack-heatsink fins accelerates the airflow

Specifications