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Oct 16, 2004, 06:16 PM
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Burned
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DH Review: ASUS STAR ICE cooler
With today's extremely powerful processors the enthusiast market who dont want to delve into more exotic areas like watercooling or phase change still demand high quality air cooling, with this in mind we are going to take a look at one of the largest coolers ive ever seen, the Asus Star Ice. Ive had good experiences with some quality Asus components lately, the AX800XT PCIe graphics card and the Slot 775 P5AD2 Premium Motherboard, so I had high hopes for this new product.
The Asus Star Ice is very versatile with compatibility for Socket 478/754/939 and 775.
read the full review here |
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Oct 16, 2004, 07:01 PM
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Elite Motherf#$%er
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Awww, no Socket A compatibility... but otherwise, pretty nice  |
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Oct 16, 2004, 07:04 PM
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VETUS INFLATIO
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I gotta P4...Im am interested..hmmmmm
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Oct 16, 2004, 07:23 PM
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Administrator
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Originally Posted by MythicaL
Awww, no Socket A compatibility... but otherwise, pretty nice |
Somebody didnt read the article...  |
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Oct 16, 2004, 07:24 PM
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DH's Latest Mac Convert
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massive
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Oct 16, 2004, 07:27 PM
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Is it possible to replace the 80mm fan with a diffferent/quiter one or is it attached there permanently?
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Oct 16, 2004, 08:07 PM
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Driverheaven brewmaster
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Good review Z...what a huge cooler! Doing a few curls with that beast will buff ya up in a hurry |
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Oct 16, 2004, 08:33 PM
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Styleless Wonder
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I was wooed with Z's many LEDs  Good Review! |
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Oct 16, 2004, 09:28 PM
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Elite Motherf#$%er
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Originally Posted by Veridian3
Somebody didnt read the article... |
Wait, what? I didn't see Socket A anywhere?  |
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Oct 17, 2004, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by riles9262
Good review Z...what a huge cooler! Doing a few curls with that beast will buff ya up in a hurry |
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Oct 17, 2004, 01:37 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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ya nice review! But i think I prefer the cooling my gigabyte 3d cooler gt ultra gives wierd how mobo companies are going for coolers... |
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Oct 17, 2004, 02:08 AM
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DH News MOD
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good review........size could be a drawback for some.....
full specifications |
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Oct 17, 2004, 02:55 AM
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Mr. Nobody
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What the hell is that???? A Jet engine??? 
Edit: Ohh and i just loved this part;
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Apart from the relative difficulty an inexperienced user would have with fitting, [color=red]this cooler comes highly recommended.[/color]
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Question here is how recomended it? 
Last edited by mainman; Oct 19, 2004 at 02:01 AM.
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Oct 17, 2004, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MythicaL
Wait, what? I didn't see Socket A anywhere? |
What CPU's were tested? |
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Oct 17, 2004, 08:41 AM
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Demonic
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Nice review.. |
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Oct 17, 2004, 11:08 AM
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that thing looked like a Keg lol pretty cool, expected better results tho
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Oct 17, 2004, 11:11 AM
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Burned
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Originally Posted by GutterPunk
that thing looked like a Keg lol pretty cool, expected better results tho
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what kind of results would you expect from an air cooler and overclocked extreme edition with high voltages? im curious. |
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Oct 17, 2004, 04:32 PM
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Rest In Peace
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I posted about this thing about 3 weeks ago wondering if anyone here had ever used one.I didnt get a single response.I was talking to an ASUS rep about the thing.I'm getting one for my Alienware rig w/ the ASUS P5AD2-Premimum MoBo.But I have to find 1 first!And yes mainman.The ASUS rep. told me thats what the engineer's at ASUS designed it after,a jet engine.
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Oct 17, 2004, 04:35 PM
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Burned
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Originally Posted by HawgsHead
I posted about this thing about 3 weeks ago wondering if anyone here had ever used one.I didnt get a single response.
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Thats more than likely due to the fact no one had one, they are just out this week. |
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Oct 17, 2004, 04:43 PM
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Rest In Peace
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Hey Zardon,I fineally got my Alienware rig back Saturday.The one I was having the overheating problem with,with the LGA775 P-4 3.4GHz EE proc. in it.{We spoke aboutthe temps. a few weeks ago}They put in another processor and this one is running as cool as a cucumber.it's OCing to 3.7GHz with ease.I'm hoping for 3.9 with the Star Ice onboard.They even comped me another gig of DDR2 for my trouble.
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Oct 17, 2004, 05:22 PM
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Burned
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What temps were you getting on the extreme edition (the one you returned?) and what are they now?
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Oct 18, 2004, 08:29 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Originally Posted by Veridian3
Somebody didnt read the article... |
Well I'm confused....I read the article and I didn't see anything about support for 462. |
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Oct 18, 2004, 08:36 PM
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Delete Me
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i notice that despite the very similiar socket the didn't add 603/604 support to it...haha
i'd like to see someone try and stuff 2 of those thigns together on a dual xeon board
nice review, as usual...love the lights |
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Oct 19, 2004, 02:25 AM
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What a behemoth, looks pretty cool though. |
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