Old-School 'big air'
Pros: Appearance; Fit and finish; Performance
Cons: Weight; Mounting procedure; Fans not included
Back in the day (circa 2009 or so), this was a beast of a cooler, touted (and proven) as being capable of cooling fairly hot-running CPUs without a fan and offering stellar performance for the period with one or more fans installed. It also featured a fairly striking 'interleaved crescent' fin design and snazzy dark chrome finish. Unfortunately, all of these features were not without their costs - beyond the fairly high price tag, the big Xigmatek weighed well over a pound and a half, was incredibly bulky and had a mounting procedure that could charitably be described as 'tedious' - I freely admit to using a number of less-polite words during my own installation. While the Thor's...
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