OCZ Vendetta

Results Table

Conclusions and Value

At just over £18, the Vendetta is great value but for the same money you can also get a Thermaltake Ruby Orb, a G'Orb II or even a Zalman CNPS7000B-CU. All of them are around the same size but are different in design, so it's hard to directly compare. However, considering how well previous Zalman and Thermaltake coolers have previously performed for us, we'd suggest that the OCZ Vendetta has some serious competition on its hands.

It’s fair to say that as long as you apply the thermal paste properly the huge pits aren't a problem – the loss of base surface area is in some way proportional to the heatpipes now directly in contact with the CPU cap.

Final Thoughts

For the size, the OCZ Vendetta is exceptionally capable, providing you run the fan at full speed. If you're anything like us, that'll just drive you nuts, however it seems that some in our community have a greater tolerance to these things so it could suit them well. Using the included 4-pin connector on the fan works well, providing your motherboard has the facility to use it – although you can still swap it for any 92mm of choice and take the performance hit. However, does the cost of an extra 92mm fan on top of this heatsink simply equate to a bigger heatsink altogether?

The attention to detail, like the rubber fan mounts and pitted fins, is excellent. In addition to its great build quality and because it's smaller than most heatsinks we’ve seen recently, it should easily fit more restrictive boards as well. It's a great replacement for the stock Intel heatsink but some might not be sure if it's worth £5 more than the Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro which, at the same noise level, should perform fairly similarly to the Vendetta.

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• 8/10

• Features
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• 8/10

• Value
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• 9/10

• Overall
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• 8/10

What do these scores mean?