ExtremeTech har haft følgende 8 luftkølere til test:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
asetek Vapochill Micro
ASUS Star Ice
Cooler Master Hyper6+
Scythe MINE
Silverstone Nitrogon NT05
Thermaltake Sonic Tower
Ultra Fire
"The VapoChill Micro, Cooler Master Hyper6+, and Scythe MINE also put up a fight in the overclocked test, but it's hard to justify the expense for a one or two degree Celsius reduction in load temps. For less demanding processors, you might see more of a disparity. The most tangible benefit from these horizontal coolers may be noise reduction. For those equipped with external controllers and removable fans, the option of silent or nearly silent operation at slower clocks on lower wattage processors would be a more noticeable. You'd also get better chipset cooling without resorting to the small, buzzy southbridge fan solution."