Introduction

There certainly isn’t a shortage of CPU coolers on the market, and they come in all shapes and sizes. The same could be said about GPU coolers, although they are not quite as numerous as CPU coolers! Today however we will have a look at a rather strange cooler from NorthQ, the FlexQ Combo cooler. What makes the FlexQ Combo unique is that it can be installed not only on most processors as a low profile cooler, but on several GFX cards as well. But given its small size, can it perform well enough to be a competitive product? We will find out in this review.

Manufacturer's Features & Specifications

• Cooler Dimension: 100 x 91 x 27 mm 
• Fan Dimension: 60 x 60 x 10 mm 
• Rated Voltage: 12 V
• Fan speed: 1500 - 3400RPM +- 10%
• Noise Level : 12 - 25dB
• Air Flow: 16 - 28CFM
• Bearing Type: Ball bearing
• Life Time: 50,000 Hours
• Connector: 3 Pin
• Fan controller with build-in FAN alarm included
• Total Weight: 250 g

CPU fit:
1: Intel Pen. Mobile, Core Duo/Core 2 Duo(Socket 479)
2: AMD K8 (socket 754/939)
3: AMD Turion (Socket 754)
4: Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA 775) (Not for Prescott class)
5: AMD K8 (Socket AM2)
6: Intel Pen. 4 and single 479/478 combo (socket 478)

Upgradable to GFX Cooler with bracket, Installation kit and Memory heat sinks. (Different FAN Colour)

CPU cooling chart:

 AMD:
Turion class up to 64 X2 TL-66 supported
Sempron up to 3800+
Athlon 64 up to 3800+ (AM2 socket included)
Athlon 64 up to X2 3800+

Intel:
Intel Mobile Series up to T7500 supported
Core 2 Duo up to E6400/E6550
Pentium(64) up to 2,8GHz
Pentium D up to 2,8GHz
Pentium 4 up to 2,8GHz
Celeron up to 2,8GHz

GFX cooling chart:

NVIDIA*
- Geforce4 MX 420-460, Geforce4 Ti 4200-4800 series
- GeforceFX 5200 - 5950Ultra series
- Geforce 6600 - 6600GT series
- Geforce 6800 - 6800Ultra series
- Geforce 7800 - 7800GTX series
- Geforce 7600 series (new)
- Geforce 7900 - 7900GTX series (new)  

ATI*
- ATI Radeon 9000 - 9800Pro series
- ATI Radeon X300 - X850XT series
- ATI Radeon X1800 series
- ATI Radeon X1900 series (new) 

* Not all cards are supported due to low height on card. Measure from centre of GPU/VPU to PCI-Express connector. Must be more than half the distance of the cooler's dimensions.