Gigabyte G-Power Cooler Pro Review - PAGE 5

I am most impressed by Gigabyte's G-Power Cooler Pro. While it is very simple in design, it just goes to show that the popular adage "Keep it simple, stupid" holds true. At the lowest fan speed setting, the Gigabyte G-Power Cooler Pro outperformed even the Coolermaster AQUAGATE R120 (which has had the performance crown in our lab, albeit not for long). It did this by 7 degrees Celsius, in fact. Coupled with the fact that it is half the price with a MSRP of 50$ it is definitely a better choice for those who aren't interested in the geeky allure of a watercooled solution.

Due to the sheer size of the heatsink portion of the cooler as well as the fan, I can see why Gigabyte chose to keep it suspended at a distance from the CPU socket. If it were to be a direct socket-to-heatsink design, Gigabyte would have had to either make the contraption smaller to avoid further compatibility complications. While we're on that topic, I feel that it is important to mention once again the compatibility of this cooler will depend on both the case and the motherboard. If the processor socket is in a more central location like the DFI nF4 boards it should work in every case. On the other hand, if the socket is closer to the edge of the board then there might be some spacing issues with the powersupply unit depending on the case.

Overall, I have to say that I highly recommend Gigabyte's G-Power Cooler Pro. It's a simple device, but it does its intended job very well -- that of cooling down that hot processor; the only qualm are the potential compatibility problems mentioned above.