Was looking for a good performance heat pipe style cooler. Microcenter's web site shows the Vanquiser for $9.99, but indicates OOS at the Duluth, GA store. Went to the store, found at least a half dozen of them at various places (on shelves with other fan/cooling products, and in clearance bins). They are marked $24.99, no indication of sale price. Rings up at $9.99.
These are highly rated among air cooled solutions for CPU heat removal. At ten bucks, a deal.
Also, there were a lot of unadvertised motherboards on clearance, typically $20 to $40 off regular price. ASUS, ECS, Giga, etc. Back near the laptop displays, on the bottom shelf.
Follow up: Got this installed. It knocked 2 degrees C. off my Core 2 Duo E8400 idle temps, and 6 degrees C. off the peak temps. It's big, and the install is a little bit of a challenge, but it's a well made product. It's also very quiet. My hard drive is running a couple of degrees cooler, too, probably because of the increased airflow from the front of the case to the back. Hard to beat for 10 bucks.
Phi
Ancient Member
posted: Aug. 27, 2008 @ 8:23p
Got two from Rockville, MD store at 9.99 each. Thanks!
This has been posted on other deal sites for over a week. This was also online and I ordered 3 of these. They went out of stock but I just received an email that they've been shipped.
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