OCZ Vendetta CPU Cooler *EOL

"The Vendetta uses technology that is really innovating, with the surface of contact directly made up from 3 constructed heatpipes, and not of an aluminium plate or of copper which is itself in contact with the heatpipes. The process allows to eliminate a layer from the thermal interface and thus proves very powerful. A final word on fixing the system heatsink fan using rubber pins to reduce vibration: well thought out but is a challenge to install. The cooler is suitable for beginners and comes at an attractive price."

“The presentation is visually pleasing. The Vendetta looks really good, quality – you can not say a bad word about it. The black 92x92x25mm fan with ball bearings has a unique support in the form of pins. Performance, very quiet work of 92mm fan, and good quality make Vendetta a good alternative to other coolers.”

“Cooling is done very neatly and firmly, there is no curve or uneven distribution. It’s the cheapest cooling in our comparison. For people who want a simple to install and compact cooling.”

"The first of OCZ Vendetta name reigns supreme. Accompanied by a 92 mm fan, it can easily dissipate the heat generated by any current processor. Both the Vendetta and the Vendetta 2 are recommended by the Canard PC editors!”

"The performance of the Vendetta cooler was more than enough. Overall I am pleased with this product, both cooling performance and noise level were good.”

"The Vendetta comes with plenty of accessories, the design is very nice and the built quality is high. Further more the noise level is very low and the performance is extremely good especially considering the price."

"OCZ's Vendetta heatsink managed a nice 13.5°C over ambient at its default fan speed, and 15.6°C at its reduced fan speed. Clearly, when faced with a 150W heat load the OCZ Vendetta heatsink works wonders at full RPM. It's a great heatsink on both Intel and AMD platforms."

"Crank up the heat by putting the CPU under heavy load and we see the OCZ Vendetta offers clear benefits in terms of temperature reduction over Intel's stock offering, to the tune of around ten degrees."

"Putting the OCZ Vendetta series into perspective, I would say that they are extremely quiet, high performance and relatively affordable. They do offer a good level of performance with a near silent operating volume. The design of the Vendetta series is impressive and most of you will appreciate the simple installation process. This has us in a lot of ways leaning more towards the original Vendetta cooler as it's cheaper, more compact and will not present any compatibility issues."

"A great brand is always a guarantee. Guarantee of quality and results. We have a CPU cooler which system is the standard one nowadays--copper heatpipes. Moreover, it's designed for a 92mm fan to fit in most of the midtower cases. The fan included is powerful enough for an overclocked dual core processor. The price is also really accessible, for less than $30."

"OCZ once again confirms the good behaviour of its performance oriented products, so the Vendetta shows pure performance. The OCZ Vendetta offers one of the best price performance ratio. The heatpipes of the Vendetta are directly in contact with the processor. This technology makes it possible that the CPU cooler doesn't need a complete copper base in order to avoid an additional stage during the transfer of heat between the base and the heatpipes."

"The use of standard Socket 775 fixings makes life easy but some pre-assembly is required. The cooler is also reasonably light, and comparable to other similarly sized units. Performance of the Vendetta was impressive and at all times it remained within a degree or two of the Freezer 7 Pro and in the all important load tests the temperatures were identical. Of course one of the strong points of the OCZ model is its versatility and the options are there to change the fan easily, or use the cooler on pretty much any recent desktop CPU."

"OCZ's Vendetta is a mid-range cooler designed for both AMD and Intel chips. Straightaway then, this cooler is good value, as you'll be able to use it even if you switch CPU platforms. The Vendetta's finish is top notch. Its six copper heatpipes and the acres of aluminium cooling fins have been perfectly machined (shaped) while the mounting mechanism is simple to assemble. We managed to push the bus to 339MHz, which meant our CPU ran completely stable at 3.39GHz; fantastic. A flexible, cost-effective-cooler that's well suited for silent or overclocking usage."

"The Vendetta is a very interesting product, it comes with a 92mm fan, the built quality is excellent, it is extremely quiet under load and the PWM is a great feature. The results were outstanding, it was plenty for our quad core setup. It is practical if you use in a small computer case, or if you want to build a quiet and powerful system, this is the best choice."

"OCZ did a good job with the Vendetta. It used the proven heat pipe tower design, and is compatible with all modern CPU sockets. It exhibited no clearance issues in our rather tight test platform motherboard, and it is light in weight. Performance was good for a 92mm cooler, easily outperforming Intel's stock cooler and coming in close to one of the best 120mm coolers on the market. To round it off, it can be found for less than $30, which makes it easily affordable for the masses. I'd say that OCZ waged a good fight against CPU heat. Thumbs up for OCZ's Vendetta CPU Cooler, and we'd like to give it a 8/10 and the Bang for the Buck award!"

"The OCZ Vendetta is a dissipator that's made to function in automatic mode on compatible PWM motherboards. The Vendetta is quiet at middle speed and the cooling is really efficient. The Vendetta will be able to be shown at the same time effective in activity and silence. An advisable model!"

"With the Vendetta, OCZ's offers a high performance cooler at a decent price level. Thanks to the push-pin system, installation is easy and was done in less than five minutes. We didn't even have to push the Vendetta to the max in order to run our Intel Quad Core at the limit, this is due to the direct touch heatpipe design. This cooler is something for overclockers, people with small cases and in general anybody that is looking for the best price / performance cooler out there. Potent All round Cooler at a very interesting price level!"

"The OCZ Vendetta is a very good, inexpensive CPU cooler. The Vendetta is extremely easy to install, should have no problem fitting in any system, and performs exceptionally for a cooler in its class. The design is both unique, and intriuging. The included fan is very quiet at lower RPM and is ideal for boards that allow you to control the fan speed via the BIOS. Overall, the OCZ Vendetta is a very good, inexpensive option to pair with an OEM processor, or for those looking for a good cooler with a small footprint."

"The installation of the Vendetta almost couldn't be any easier, the design is very nice and should make modders happy as well. However it's not only the looks but with the Direct heatpipe technology the Vendetta is quite unique as well. The performance also looks very good. The Vendetta was the only cooler with a 92mm fan in our roundup and looking at the scores you can see how well the design works, it comes very close to much more expensive coolers."

"The manufacturing is very nice, installation is easy with push and pin. With the Vanquisher, OCZ has managed a good entrance to the entry level cooling market and receives our Silver Award."

The OCZ Vendetta proves that a CPU cooler does not have to be a huge, hulking heavy beast to keep your CPU cool, it's nice to see that such a small cooler can do the job of those much bigger than itself. The installation of both the cooler itself and the fan can't be much simpler, and I really like the new fan mount system that OCZ has come up with for the Vendetta. The Vendetta can provide you with a quiet and cool system while the fan is running at low speeds.

"The OCZ Vendetta is a small and unique cooler that really gets some great performance. It's well built and easy to install which is a great thing to have in a cooler. Performance is almost on par with the best air cooler we've had at Overclock3D, which is a credit to OCZ for sure. The strange base seems to do the trick and the cooler looks great, as most heatpipe coolers do. The OCZ Vendetta is a little gem of a cooler for the price."

"The OCZ Vendetta has a perfect quality with impressive cooling performances. The Vendetta is very quiet in the 7V use, and it is compatible with lots of motherboards. This is the cooler of our choice, due to the impressive performance and a low price."

"The OCZ Vendetta heatsink is designed for moderate to lower noise operation. The 92mm PWM fan is installed on four vibration absorbing rubber posts so errant vibrations that might otherwise be transmitted to the body of the cooler are diminished. Under power at full speed the Vendetta is moderately audible. At the lower fan speed noise levels fall to just under 40dBA. Clearly, when faced with a 150W heat load the OCZ Vendetta heatsink works wonders at full RPM. It's a great heatsink on both Intel and AMD platforms."

"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. The Vendetta performance at full flow is the best, inexpensive heatsink we've had to date. For the size, the OCZ Vendetta is exceptionally capable, providing you run the fan at full speed. It's a great replacement for the stock Intel."

This OCZ product brings a lot on the table for not a lot of money. Performance is actually really good for this rather affordable product. So this is a perfectly fine heatpipe based cooler which is affordable, performs well and easy to install. A big positive is the fact that you just clip on the cooler, you do not need to remove your mainboard from the chassis. When you combine all factors it makes Vendetta a really interesting purchase. I can recommend the product whole-heartedly. It will offer you good cooling versus a silent noise level. That, and the fact that the cooler just looks aesthetically pleasing, makes it a majestic product. A good cooler for sure, as it does what is advertised to the fullest; highly recommended."

"The Vendetta has the most extreme cooling qualities of the bunch. In our chart, the temperatures measured are constantly at low level and this product does better than our previous champion. Furthermore, Vendetta cools efficiently with a decent level of noise. As a conclusion, this CPU cooler is the prefect cooling solution with excellent performance."

"OCZ has designed a wonderful cooler for CPUs, which, in spite of the performance that offers, it isn't expensive. Its noise level is good, and its set up is very easy and fast at AM2 and Intel sockets, and we are sure that this fact will be attractive for many people."

"OCZ Vendetta performed as good as high priced 120mm rival. Direct heatpipe contact is the main reason of high performance. Noise level is low and retail price is very attractive. We award Vendetta as a recommended product considering acceptable size and innovative design."

"The thermal results speak for themselves and show that the OCZ Technology Vendetta CPU Cooler is worth upgrading to. My initial experience with direct touch heatpipes left me a bit underwhelmed, but the Vendetta shows that a cooler with this design can provide a respectable drop in processor temperatures. I really have a hard time justifying the purchase of some of the $50+ coolers on the market, and $30-$50 seems to be my target price range. If you can offer something with excellent performance for even less than this amount, it would be hard not to recommend it. Given the price, performance, and ability to remain cool in near silence, the OCZ Technology Vendetta CPU Cooler earns the Bigbruin.com awards of 'Recommended' and 'Good Value'."

"They have a perfect contact between the OCZ heatsink and the CPU. Nice fan mounting method regarding the Vendetta, no vibrations come from the fan, easy and fast to fix. Performances are very good, the big heat pipes which are in direct contact with the CPU give a great peformance boost. It overclocked to a maximum of 3900Mhz with 1.525V, about 140W to cool down is a hard job and we had no stability problem at all in the whole testing period."

"Vendetta worked like a charm in this test where Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme 6800 processor ran at default 2.9GHz. Vendetta is one of the newer coolers from OCZ, and it runs great. The fan is silent and that's quite important. The price makes it looks even better, and this is whole lotta cooling for peanuts. Therefore, here's an award and this cooler should be highly considered in your Xmas shopping buy list."

"The OCZ Vendetta was found to be no slouch. One advantage of the Vendetta using the new HDT design is its reduced weight. Without the large hunk of copper for the base, combined with the aluminum fins, OCZ has cut a fair amount of weight from the cooler with out sacrificing performance. The Vendetta by OCZ shows promise for the HDT design. For being under $40 the Vendetta should be on your short list for stock cooler replacement."

"The price-to-performance curve for the Vendetta will leave many a user with a smile on their face. Couple that with the ease of install, and the Vendetta just gets better. The Vendetta is a 92mm cooler that performs like a 120mm. The Vendetta put in a solid performance at a price that won't break the bank. OCZ continues to put out quality products for each market segment, and the Vendetta is squarely aimed at the mid-level budget looking for above average cooling performance."

"Although our water system had all of the components in one loop, it is still impressive to see that Vendetta managed to yield better results. The Value 4 Money award goes to Vendetta, for its impressive performance in the high-end segment of the market for a mainstream price."

"The OCZ Vanquisher proved to be a well-made inexpensive cooler in my tests. It is efficient, universal, simple to install, light, and very affordable. In other words, it's got all the properties you expect to find in a product of its price."

"The OCZ Vendetta performs just brilliantly. OCZ has come up with a high-performance, universal and very compact cooler! The OCZ Vendetta boasts impressively high performance for its dimensions and price. Its performance can satisfy even a demanding overclocker that cannot afford a super-cooler. The cooler's fan supporting PWM regulation, you can always select a comfortable mode while retaining high performance."

"It looks like OCZ has hit another home run with the Vendetta CPU Cooler. The exposed heatpipes do exactly what they are supposed to do and add definite coolness factor. Besides blowing away the stock cooler, the Vendetta's temps are consistent with another exposed heatpipe cooler that I have tested, and a little better than a similarly configured cooler without exposed heatpipes. The Vendetta is significantly lighter than either. I now add the Vendetta to that list of great 'bang-for-the-buck' coolers that I constantly recommend."

"It's a unique design, where the large heat pipes also make up the base, touching the CPU directly. The new entry from OCZ with smaller 92mm makes for a commendable showing, matching the performance of the more expensive at same noise level. With a quieter fan this smaller heatsink offers a better performance/noise ratio."

"The OCZ Vendetta impressed with good cooling performance, the compact design and with an excellent price point. Furthermore, the easy installation is a big plus as we didn't even have to take out the motherboard. The OCZ Vendetta impressed us so we will give it our Silver Wheel Award."

"The outstanding cooling performance is due to the three direct touch heatpipes, and the great design and manufacturing quality. This said and taking the price into consideration the OCZ is the best Ultra-Silent cooler (92mm) at the moment! Looking at the roundup we proved that you don't always have to look at the most expensive coolers, there are decent priced units out there with outstanding performance."

"Not only this cooler a great performer, it is also so easy to install. Let's point out finally that the unit comes with shock absorber pieces in order to make your unit less subject to annoying sounds, which also denotes again the quality of the Vendetta. Last but not least, it isn't expensive. Quality of manufacturing is spotless with fins correctly designed and mounted while the base mounted with copper heatsink in direct contact with the CPU offers advanced cooling performance. If you look for a CPU Cooler with reasonable price, middle sized and high performance, then you should definitely go for the Vendetta."

"The OCZ Vendetta, in my opinion is one of the very few CPU coolers that's really impressed us. Through personal experience, most heatpipe coolers can only offer average cooling performance, even with the help of an active fan. Most other heatpipe coolers are large and sometimes real cumbersome. The OCZ Vendetta is different. It has a small footprint, yet it looks solid and after full installation of the cooler, I found that there was plenty of room around the processor socket. Great for air-flow. All-in-all, I really like this cooler. The OCZ Vendetta CPU cooler is one of the most impressive copper heatpipe based coolers money can buy. With the bundled 92mm fan installed, it produced one of the lowest temperatures we've seen to date."

"The Vanquisher is a great option for silent cooling on a budget. In fact, even under full load on our test rig, the Vanquisher kept our 65-watt CPU at positively chilly temperatures. We'd recommend this cooler for users who value silence, though we have no doubt that the Vanquisher could support a respectable overclock in exchange for a slight increase in noise. Overall, we feel that the OCZ Vanquisher is an excellent value, and definitely deserves your highest consideration where excellent thermal performance with low noise is desired."

"Looking at these results we have a clear winner with the OCZ Vendetta in terms of temperature. This is a result of the new HDC Technology--the heatpipes have direct contact with the CPU. So if you are looking for a high performance cooler the Vendetta is definitely right for you. It won't hurt your wallet that much either which also means the cooler wins the price / performance ratio in this roundup as well."

"The 92mm fan is held on in a rather ingenious way. Using rubber mounts like this will ensure that no fan vibration noise is passed through to the cooler. The Vendetta puts up a good fight to other similarly sized/priced coolers. When it can be found on sale, it will put it on par with what coolers in this performance bracket are priced."

"At this price the Vendetta delivers pretty decent performance for a mid-range cooler. It's a nice cooler in case you're on a limited budget or don't have enough room in your case for a larger cooler. The Vendetta is also a great choice if you're looking for a cooler that's easy to install. One of the things I did like a lot about the installation are the rubber fan connectors - the installation of the fan is very easy and quick. Another advantage of these connectors is that they also dampen vibrational noise. I think all these special features definitely help this relatively small and light-weight heatsink to deliver a pretty decent performance."

"OCZ is a name that comes to mind whenever you discuss solutions for computer enthusiasts. The OCZ Vendetta is a very good value in midrange cooling. For around $30 it matches the performance of entry-level water cooling at a much lower price. This is enough savings to forgive the minor performance reductions you get with this smaller cooler. The good news is the cooling scaling behaves exactly like the very best coolers, and performance is predictable and very competitive."

"OCZ has always known how to deliver flash and flair while remaining focused at presenting the consumer with plenty of useful information in their product packaging. OCZ really researched their options when the designed the Vendetta, because it packs all of the performance with the small 92mm footprint most coolers always seem to exceed. OCZ has taken a good thing and made it better; something they do quite often it seems. The construction found in the Vendetta is what I expect all CPU coolers to have: visually flawless and structurally sound. This truly is the performer of the series, with nothing but supplemental technology added to the already proven HDT design to place it firmly at the top of the list."

It seems that in this day and age a lot of manufacturers are producing such huge coolers. Even though they may not be as heavy as they once were they are still big in size making it impossible to use in some situations. This is not the case with the Vendetta as it is a throwback to the days of old when coolers were just a fraction bigger than stock but performed way better. OCZ did a great job on producing a good size cooler. The Vendetta is not the end all cooler but it is a very good replacement for the lackluster stick cooler. And for $30 the Vendetta will not break the back and give you some pretty good overclocking headroom."