Conclusion

After pretty unimpressive and unjustifiably expensive Thermaltake ISGC-300 and ISGC-400 CPU coolers, the new Thermaltake DuOrb Extreme left the most favorable impression. This is an extremely efficient cooler that can be used with the hottest contemporary single-GPU graphics accelerators (we are going to check out its performance with the new Radeon HD 5870 shortly). Moreover, the cooler’s noise levels are within the acoustic comfort zone for long-term use up until 1600 RPM. Even at the maximum speed of 2500 RPM DuOrb Extreme fans do not howl or crackle. Besides, the cooler is universal, very beautiful and has attractive LED lighting. The impeccable quality of manufacture is also one of the advantages of the new Thermaltake DuOrb Extreme.

As for the drawbacks, we have every right to mention the small aluminum heatsinks for the voltage regulator components bundled with the cooler, which don’t even stick to the cooled components securely enough. So far there is only one company that pays serious attention to VRM cooling while others regard this aspect as pretty insignificant, which is totally wrong. We are going to find out the retail price of the new cooler very soon and hopefully it won’t be as high as the price of the ISGC solutions. What else could we possibly think of here? Well, DuOrb Extreme and similar coolers do no oust (or oust only partially) the hot air outside the system case. However, as we mentioned in one of our previous reviews, which factor has minimal effect on the graphics processor temperature.