A Closer Look
From a first glance, the V8 isn’t exactly the smallest cooler in the world and will take up quite a lot of room around your CPU socket but luckily is more high than wide which shouldn’t effect clearance for memory modules.
The top of the cooler has a plastic cover with the Cooler Master and V8 logos which adds to the “engine” type styling that Cooler Master have tried to achieve.
The CPU cooler includes a single 120mm fan sandwiched between the two chunks of metal and works in such a way that it intakes through one side of the cooler and exhausts through the other.
The cooler is made from aluminium and features 8 single heatpipes which connect into the base. All of the heatpipes are at different angles as they pass through various aspects of the cooler.
The cooler has an unusual heatpipe design due to the shape of the cooler with the bulk of the cooler featuring vertical heatpipes whilst the sides have horizontal heatpipes. This type of design is very different to the norm but Cooler Master believe it gives the greatest benefit and the most efficient cooling.
The heatpipes are exposed in the usual way at the top and ends of the cooler (depending on orientation) to give the best heat dissipation possible.
The base is also made from aluminum and whilst the heatpipes join into the base, they don’t belong to any direct-touch technology and don’t make contact with the CPU, but do aid by giving the most efficient cooling to your processor.
The cooler features a single 120mm fan with rifle bearing technology that pushes through a maximum of 69.69CFM of airflow and has a life expectancy of 40,000 hours.
There are nine curved blades to give maximum airflow to the cooler and runs from 17dBA to 21dBA depending on fan speed.
The fan also includes a holographic style Cooler Master logo in the middle to clear up any authenticity issues.
The fan is plugged into the motherboard with the usual 4-pin PWM connector.
The V8 also includes a fan speed controller which can be mounted into the included PCI bracket for easy installation into your expansion slots of your case. The fan speed controller when turned to its lowest position will enable the fan to spin at 800RPM whilst its highest position will ramp the fan speed up to 1800RPM.
Not a fan of these large coolers, much prefair the low profile coolers such as the Vortex Plus, I have a Scythe low cooler at the moment, pretty quite, so if I was changing it then the Vortex woud suit. And that is a good price from Scan.
The v8 has always been considered overpriced lately, but price drops lately may actually make it decent value.
Damn, that is one nice looking engine…I mean cooler. Nice pics. Like to list of Pros versus Cons.
if u like the look of that, then u will love the look of this!coolermaster V6GT<img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4YCqjvwC4yxxTD6EWblVqfW5um5IGlWBpRdoR_jFUGI0pi7TM6w&t=1" alt="" />
It looks like a transformer in disguise. 🙂
The V8 has been here for years… This review wants to tell everyone that it's still one of the greatest coolers out there.