Review

Vigor Gaming Updates Its Peltier-on-a-Chip Cooler
by Victor Loh

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When we reviewed Vigor Gaming's Super Monsoon Active TEC CPU Cooling System last year, we were intrigued by the concept but disappointed by the execution. In our tests, the $99 cooler (after rebate) performed admirably on an Athlon 64 3500+ at stock speed, but couldn't keep up with the stock heat sink/fan when we bumped the clock speed up to 2.8 GHz.

Today, we'll be taking a look at how Vigor's updated Monsoon II improves on the original design. We'll also test how it stacks up to the winner of our Horizontal Cooler Showdown, the Thermaltake Sonic Tower. Continued...

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