I think we can agree that OCZ is among the best memory modules provider out there. At least this has been their primary focus ever since they started their business, but it seems they want to extend their product range way beyond this primary focus. Compare it to Asus, if you may. This way, OCZ wants now to introduce a couple of CPU coolers: the Gladiator and the Gladiator Max.

OCZ opted for a design of their own, combining a distinctive stacked fin array, heat-pipe direct touch (HDT) technology, and a large low-noise fan.

“The new Gladiator coolers take the HDT design from the popular Vendetta series to the next level, with the addition of the latest pillar design to transfer heat even more efficiently up and away from your processor,” said Ryan Edwards, Director of Product Management of the OCZ Technology Group. “With the Gladiator series we are able to offer customers sophisticated coolers for the complete spectrum of applications ranging from mainstream gaming to enthusiast overclocking.”

Fudzilla informs that the new HDT design allows the Gladiator coolers to come in direct contact with the processor using four copper heat pipes to ensure the most rapid heat transfer. Furthermore, the “folded” fin array helps maximize surface area while maintaining a compact form factor.

Gladiator comes with a smaller 92mm fan size in case you don’t have too much room inside your chassis. However, if you want improved cooling performance and room is not an issue, you can try the Gladiator Max, which comes with a 120mm fan.

Prices for the Gladiator lineup haven’t yet been revealed.

The Core i7 CPUs (codename Nehalem) haven’t yet hit the market, but components design for these CPUs are already beginning to surface. The mobo integrators were first to present Core i7 compatible products, and now we take a look at a brand new Nexus air-based cooler specifically built to efficiently dissipate heat from those extremely overclocked Core i7 CPUs.

The Nexus FLC-3000 cooler features a unique design, combining a series of advanced technologies to provide optimal idle and load temperatures for the Nehalem chips. Nexus included 4 heat pipes at a 30° angle, the SkiveTek thechnology and 3 types of ultra-thin fins combined with a real silent PWM controlled fan in order to deliver ultimate performance and quiet operation.

As with the other models from the FLC lineup, the cooling components are crafted out of the purest aluminum and copper materials. The heat sink covering the heat pipes and the copper base is made using SkiveTek technology which slightly tilts one end of the heatsink and the heat pipes to a 30° angle for improved performance.

According to Guru3D, the 92mm fan mounted on the heatsink may spin with speeds between 900 and 2500 RPM, creating a noise-output of an inaudible 15 dB(A) up to 24 dB(A) at full speed. The 30° angle also adds to an increased airflow over the nearby motherboard components.

Yes, 4870X2 is out and I want one. Not now necessarily. I can wait a bit longer, ‘till ATI’s partners release good overclocked versions, or I could get a water cooler and overclock a standard version.
Asetek was first to release a water cooler for the new 3D king, but CoolIT now comes with a cheaper, still effective, water block which allows users to overclock their GPUs as much as 13.5%. Moreover, the CoolIT solution is marketed to consumers not just OEMs.

Recent tests have proven that the 4870X2 gets really hot, at around 90 degrees Celsius, but CoolIT worked with AMD to develop a liquid cooling system that would make overclocking the X2 both straightforward and stable. This allowed for frequency increases for both GPU and memories of around 13.5%

“We recently benchmarked this card using 3D Mark Vantage and increased the Graphics score from X7125 at stock settings to X8148 which represents a performance increase of well over 10%” Geoff Lyon, CEO of CoolIT Systems.

Preliminary test have shown that a liquid cooled card can be overclocked up to 880MHz (13.5% increase) core clock speed and the GDDR5 memory slightly over to 1GHz (11% increase). The cooler occupies one bay so the entire setup takes up two in total.

According to Slashgear, the CoolIT solution is expected to hit the shelves in mid September. No price for now.

If you can’t get enough cooling out of those air-based fans and water-blocks, but you don’t really want to waste money on nitrogen and carbonic snow, there’s some new kind of cooler out there that runs on liquid metal.

Well, if you aren’t really into extreme overclocking or case-modding, you don’t have to make the jump for this one. However, the Danamics CPU cooler is bound to lure you with nifty tech oozing around it. According to Gizmodo, the Danamics LM-10 is the world's first commercial CPU cooler based on liquid metal. This reminds me of the T1000 Terminator model that was made of mercury or something. The guys of at Danamics figured out that liquid metal has thermodynamic properties that apparently improve temperature uniformity on the cooling surface, and allow for lower temperatures when compared to other cooling solutions available on the market. The good thing is that the cooler doesn’t need a separate pump like water-blocks have since the cooling is done by metal that can be pumped electromagnetically. Thus, the cooler has no moving-parts and comes with an integrated silent pump that draws just 1W of power.

Danamics haven’t yet released any info on pricing and availability.

The scorching temperatures outside are ready to give you and your PC a bit of a headache. You’ll probably be relying on huge fans and air conditioners for yourself, but don’t forget to upgrade the PC cooling systems in case Everest reports some nasty temperatures inside your shiny case. If water cooling isn’t what you need for the moment and you’d like to stick to old school air stuff, maybe you should check what Cooler Master prepares for you this July.

That would be Cooler Master’s new V8 CPU cooler. It’s sort of big, measuring 120 x 128 x 161.1mm so you might want to check if you have enough room around the CPU in order to fit this behemoth. Moreover, it weighs 865g because it has four aluminum heatsinks which are connected to the copper base via eight 6mm heat-pipes. The heatsinks are cooled by a big 120mm fan placed in the middle of the cooler.

According to Fudzilla, the imposing fan integrates a nice rifle bearing system and it can spin up between 800 and 1800 RPMs. The good thing is that you also get a speed controller bundled with this one. V8 supports all the actual platforms out there including Intel's LGA775 and AMD's older 940 plus AM2/AM2+ socket processors.

There’s no price info for the moment, but at least we know it’ll hit the US market in a couple of weeks, while Europe will have to wait for it until August.