Recent Updates:
  • In the Lab Update vol.1
    We have been rather quiet over the past two weeks working like crazy on several different things. I had expected to get another blog post up earlier than this, but a large shipment of Air Coolers landed at our door thanks to FrozenCPU. As y...
  • Skinnee Labs 2010
    As many of you can see, 2010 brought about a few changes at Skinnee Labs. The first big change and most noticeable was the site upgrade from static HTML to a Content Management System and site redesign. We moved all of the content over from...
  • EK CoolStream 360
    EK, the water block powerhouse releases a radiator. The EK CoolStream RAD XT 360 is here. We all know EK Waterblocks; we have been looking at those gorgeous full cover GPU blocks for years now. The EK Supreme has been a top contending CPU b...
  • Koolance CU1020H
    We recently looped up our first Koolance radiator on our bench and now it is time to look at the copper radiator from Koolance. For the next few pages we’re going to take a look at the HX-CU1020H. If you have already read the review on th...
  • Koolance CU1020V
    We are all familiar with Koolance around Skinnee Labs, but we have never looped up a Koolance radiator on the bench. The primary reason we never even looked at the radiators from Koolance was due to aluminum but now they have copper radiato...
  • ThermoChill PA140.3
    It was bound to happen sooner or later, 120mm fans would be trumped by something larger and 140mm is here... kind of. I am always eager to add more cooling capability to my loops, as more radiator is always better. ThermoChill did not sit a...
  • ThermoChill PA120.3 15mm
    If you're unfamiliar with the Thermochill PA120.3, you're either new to watercooling or oblivious to the world around you. The PA series from ThermoChill has been the standard and what all other radiators are judged by. It has been roughly ...
  • Cryo-Z Bench Log
    I didn't believe it until I opened the box... the OCZ Cryo-Z is real and doesn't just exist on a web site. I had heard a variety of different things. But the last I knew was they were available from a retailer in California and the units we...
  • Quick Disconnects
    In the end, I can certainly say I was wrong on Quick Disconnects. They do not bring the restriction I thought they did to our loops, not sure what I was thinking or if I was just over concerned about it. Even looking at the most restrictive...
  • Triple Radiator Comparison V2
    Welcome to the second round or V2 of the Triple Radiator Performance Comparison. Version 2 is going to be a bit different, we're going to focus on the compiled data for all radiators instead of how the first Triple Comparison was just a reh...
  • Core i7 CPU Block Roundup #2
    This write-up is more of a collection of results. A central location used for comparing the blocks I test. There will be very few words but a lot of graphs....
  • Koolance CPU-345 and CPU-350
    Both of these blocks are great. The CPU-350 has flagship performance, being imperceptibly close to the HK3.0LT in thermals while the CPU-345 is a really competitive (and unknown) mid-tier block....

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Welcome to Skinnee Labs, where our goal is to give everyone interested in PC cooling the unbiased truth of all the cooling products we can get our hands on. Initially, we started with just extreme liquid cooling and testing in the most scientific manner our budgets would allow. The only thing that has changed since the first review is our expansion of coverage to include entry-level liquid cooling, air cooling and beyond. Even though our coverage and focus has grown, our mission to bring the enthusiast community the most unbiased and thorough tests possible has not and never will change.

Skinnee Labs is a two-man operation, with me Cameron (skinnee) Shears and Eric (Vapor) Hassett pouring every spare minute we have into the site and reviews. We have both learned a great deal from members of the community and the best way we know to thank you all is to give back. This is our method of giving back, making sure you all have the proper information when you are looking to update the cooling on your rig from stock.

If you have any questions, comments or looking to schedule a test, please contact us via info@skinneelabs. You can also send both Vapor and I a PM on one of the many forums we frequent including: XtremeSystems, WCUK, OCForums, i4Memory, techReaction, TechPowerUp, HardwareDeLuxx, OC Australia, Bit-Tech). If you have a question regarding your specific project, we recommend starting a thread at one of these community forums. Each of the forums listed is filled with many members all looking to help each other out on the path to understanding PC cooling. Once again, remember our goal is to take the guesswork out of PC Cooling.

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