Voltair High Performance Thermoelectric CPU Cooler

This by far is the best air cooling I have ever used! The fan is HUGE but will beat most water cooled systems!
I see a few reviews out there with these high temps and have no idea what they are doing! This fan is an insane cooler!

Test system
Motherboard - Asus Rampage V Extreme x99 2011-v3 http://rog.asus.com/351222014/rampage-motherboards/press-release-asus-republic-of-gamers-announces-rampage-v-extreme/
CPU - Intel i7 5930 2011-v3 http://ark.intel.com/products/82931
GPU - EVGA GTX 980 http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-2981-KR
Memory - Crucial DDR4-2400 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9162554&CatId=11628
Cooling - Voltair High Performance Thermoelectric http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835857001&cm_re=voltair-_-35-857-001-_-Product
Power Supply - Corsair HX1050 http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hx-series-hx1050-power-supply-1050-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-modular-psu
Case - ThermalTake Level 10 GT http://level10gt.thermaltake.com/

What's in the box - CLICK ANY PICTURE TO VIEW FULL SIZE

Very easy to attach brackets for most CPU's, fan controller which I did
not use. I'm using Asus AI fan control.
Picture from http://www.newegg.com/

This is a BIG & heavy fan make sure your case has room.

Base picture from http://www.newegg.com/

The fans and cover can be easily removed. You will need to do that
for mounting or cleaning. The fans work on a push - pull system.


Base pictures from http://www.newegg.com/

There are 12 heat pipes, 8 on the cooler, 4 just for Thermoelectric cooling.
Which I plugged into it's own 12v molex nothing sharing that line.





You have plenty of room for your memory.



On to some testing :) I think the main thing is placement of the fans, which direction you pull the air from.
You can flip the fans around and pretty much take air from the back, front, top or bottom.

Pros & Cons of where you pull your air.
Top to bottom: (if your power supply is on the bottom)
Pro's - Cool air from outside the case.
Con's - You're blowing hot CPU and thermoelectric air on your video card.

Bottom to top:
Pro's - Really can't think of any.
Con's - You are pulling air off the two hottest things in your case. Video card and power supply, maybe this is why I see so many people with high temps when testing this fan. Nothing has changed HEAT still rises.

Back to front:
Pro's - Very close to rear fan outlet/inlet on most cases.
Con's - Most cases are setup for all air flow from the front to back. You would need to reverse all your fans.

Front to back: This is what I'm using.
Pro's - Most cases are already setup with front to back air-flow. Most of your 5 1/2 drive bays are empty lots of air flow. Nothing hot in front of the case normally.
Con's - The video card & power supply below the fan still gives off heat. Most of the heat vents out the back but some still rises.

The Asus Rampage V Extreme has great software for managing voltage,
fans, memory speed... It's like overclocking for dummies :) You
can choose which fan to manage, select a default setting or set one.


Smart Mode or Silent pretty much works for everyday stuff. And if you
like silence and don't mind being close to 40C it will work for everything!


The fan stays pretty silent until you pass 1150 RPM's So I just set it to
1100 RPM's for gaming.


You can stay under 30C gaming if you like just adjust the fan speed or set
standard. Standard on almost everything will keep the CPU under 30C.



Gaming on Silent or 700 RPM's



If you like keeping the CPU around 30C or less just adjust the RPM's up.
This is set to 1450 RPM's or just choose standard. Still very quite but
will keep the CPU cool while encoding, recoding videos, benchmarking or
overclocking!



Auto clock, light load, fan set on standard.


Auto everything heavy load for about 35 minutes.


Auto clock to 4400ghz medium load about 30 minutes. :)
More of this in the Asus Rampage V Extreme blog.



In conclusion I have no idea how some people are staying at temps of 44 to 50C. It just doesn't seem possible unless the room they are in is sitting around 90F? This by far is the best air cooling I have ever seen. It out performs most main stream water cooling. Don't be scared of the weight :) ever tried to snap a motherboard? LOL

Keep an eye out for my REAL review on the Crucial memory, Asus Rampage V Extreme motherboard.

As always any questions please ask.