To cool or not to cool, that is the question. CPU coolers are a very important component of any PC, whether for everyday casual workloads, enthusiast benchmarking, or hardcore gaming. Without these coolers, our CPUs would meet a very painful and melting demise. Without exceptional coolers, overclocking would not be near as fun (or cost effective).
Fortunately, there exists an abundance of manufacturers whose specialty is to provide us with a variety of options both large and small, air or liquid. One of these manufacturers just happens to be EVERCOOL.
Today we will be taking a look at the HPL-815 Low Profile CPU Cooler from EVERCOOL. Low profile coolers are necessary in certain builds such as SFF (small form factor) PCs or HTPCs (home theater), just to name a couple. When the available height space in your chassis is limited, low profile CPU coolers are an extremely valuable upgrade to the stock cooling solution provided with your processor.
What makes this particular cooler interesting is the extremely low profile design and the quad HPDT (heat pipe direct touch) construction. The major questions we will be seeking to answer in this review are: will the small stature of the HPL-815 hinder its cooling performance and will the 80mm fan be enough to cool our Intel Core i7 4770k within reasonable noise levels as well? Without further delay, let us begin the review!
I would like to thank EVERCOOL for providing the review sample. This is a snippet from what EVERCOOL has to say about themselves on their website:
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EVERCOOL has pursued sustainable management as its operating principle since it sold Intel 386 CPU Coolers in 1994.The head office is located in Taipei,and the factory in Dong Guang is around 25,000 square meters.There are nearly 500 employees in EVERCOOL,and the maximum production capacity is 2KK DC Fans and 1KK Coolers.During more than 15 years of business,EVERCOOL has gradually moved from original equipment manufacturer to own brand development. The five beliefs:innovation,quality insistence,perfect facilities,competitive price and accurate lead-time ensure EVERCOOL providing of good services and products with good quality to clients, and build a dependable customer loyalty as well. EVERCOOL can be separated into two words:“ever”and“cool”which means that EVERCOOL products will always avoid computers’overheating by keeping them cold.The slogan of EVERCOOL is “The Aesthetics of Heat Dispersion”,which refers to the addition of aesthetics into the cooling product design.This concept makes EVERCOOL products different and stylish.In addition,the positive feedback from our clients is the motive power that encourages EVERCOOL to continue with its design innovation. It is each member’s responsibility to promote EVERCOOL brand,and EVERCOOL firmly believes that the key to achieve enterprise’s objectives is cooperation. Therefore,EVERCOOL pays much attention to having a good and harmonious team spirit among departments. Teamwork and innovation have pushed EVERCOOL into the international market in recent years. In the future,EVERCOOL will still insist on the“all win”operating principle for EVERCOOL,clients,and suppliers,and will keep striding forward to being one international top brand as well.
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