Nexus VCT-9000 Silent Cooler Review
Conclusion
Published: 9th July 2010 | Source: Nexus | Price: £49.98 |
Conclusion
Today Nexus have shown us a very mature product. We were impressed by it's quality construction, ease of installation and low noise. It is not uncommon for CPU Coolers to come bundled with poor quality fans or none at all. Quality fans may set you back as much as £15 a pop and soon enough, the overall outlay for your CPU cooler adds up very quickly. Thankfully the VCT-9000 saves you the trouble by including an excellent fan along with rubber vibration dampening fittings. Regardless of whether you operate your Nexus at 500RPM or 1600RPM, noise will not be an issue.
It must be stressed however that the VCT-9000 isn't for everyone. With a retail price of around £50, many of you might expect this aftermarket cooler to handle a flaming Core i7 or Phenom II X4/X6 with relative ease. Sadly, the nature of this cooler means that our overclocked Core i7 930 could not be tamed. Solely from a cooling performance point of view, this is not going to interest a large number of individuals. However, as we mentioned at the start of the review, Nexus is all about offering low noise solutions and this is exactly what you get. As a "straight from box" solution, there is very little on the market today that will offer such noise levels for standard frequency Core i7's and (more comfortably) Core i3/i5's and Phenom II processors. Nexus have chosen to cater for a very small niche with this cooler but they have been very successful in doing so. Well done.
The Good
- Silent Operation
- Multi Socket Support
- Ease of Installation
The Mediocre
- Price could be lower
- Not suitable for high end Quad/Hex Core overclocking
The Bad
- None
We would like to that Quiet PC for the sample today, you can discuss our findings in the forums.
Most Recent Comments
Without sounding like a misery guts this is my only complaint about cooler reviews here on OC3D. I know it's not possible for all of the testers to own two complete sets of kit but it is important to give a wider view of what the cooler is capable of accross the brands.
Any way, nice review as always
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Originally Posted by name='AlienALX'
Infact yes, I think my analogy could well be correct. Coolers with direct contact heat pipes are usually wicked on AMD.
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Originally Posted by name='AlienALX'
It's highly probable it works a ton load better on AMD. Usually when a cooler offers poor performance on Intel they are better suited to AMD and vice versa, good Intel coolers tend to put in a poor show on AMD cpus.
Without sounding like a misery guts this is my only complaint about cooler reviews here on OC3D. I know it's not possible for all of the testers to own two complete sets of kit but it is important to give a wider view of what the cooler is capable of accross the brands. Any way, nice review as always |
Honestly, I am beginning to notice this in Custom PC where they review about ten coolers a month (boring, but I suppose it gives them something to do
) and any cooler that is brill on LGA usually sucks on AMD.In fairness though I know that the Intel CPUs are where it is at atm. So hardly any companies are going to make a cooler based around what it does on AM3. They're all going to go where the popular money is at I guess.
I'd be interested to see the insides of these CPUs and see how the core array is arranged
As "all the rage" IHS removals were in the era of Athlon 64/Opteron S939 processors, it's certainly not something we see too often these days! It's rarely seen on Core i3/i5/i7's as the mounting clip on LGA sockets make it difficult to use the CPU again.
Ripping apart processors that aren't ours would most certainly go down like a lead balloon, but rest assured if I ever break one I'll take a razor blade to it and post photos just for you
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Originally Posted by name='AMDFTW'
the titan fenrir is a sold cooler for AMD procs,they can even handle hexcores (AMD)
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Originally Posted by name='Mul.'
Do bear in mind that it's difficult to compare temperatures across different processors. Even within a processor family, you will find processors that operate at very different temperatures. Sadly the inconsistency of heatspreader fittings and shape (flat, convex, concave) are far from gone!
As "all the rage" IHS removals were in the era of Athlon 64/Opteron S939 processors, it's certainly not something we see too often these days! It's rarely seen on Core i3/i5/i7's as the mounting clip on LGA sockets make it difficult to use the CPU again. Ripping apart processors that aren't ours would most certainly go down like a lead balloon, but rest assured if I ever break one I'll take a razor blade to it and post photos just for you |
Thanks for the reply. It makes sense.
Would deffo be interested in seeing the insides of a CPU. I should spend some time googling really and see if I can come up with anything.
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Originally Posted by name='Mul.'
That's me.
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I7
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...tiburon/i7.jpg
Phenom 2
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...on/phenom2.jpg
So they're actually completely different as I suspected. I suppose that positioning of heat pipes will make the difference here.
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Originally Posted by name='AlienALX'
After some digging I found what appears to be the internal core layout for both the I7 and the P2.
I7 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...tiburon/i7.jpg Phenom 2 http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...on/phenom2.jpg So they're actually completely different as I suspected. I suppose that positioning of heat pipes will make the difference here. |
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