Hardware - Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (Overclocked @ 3.70GHz) - x3 2GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 9-9-9-24) - Seagate 750GB 7200RPM (Serial ATAII) - ASUS GeForce GTX 295 (1792MB) - ASUS P6T Deluxe (Intel X58) - OCZ GameXStream (700 watt) Software - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) - Intel System Driver 8.4.0.1016 - - Nvidia Forceware 181.22 WHQL

The Cogage TRUE Spirit does well, reducing the overclocked Core i7 idle temperature by 13% to 39 degrees when compared to the ASUS Triton 81. More over, the TRUE Spirit was just a single degree warmer than the Megahalems and TRUE Copper coolers.

Under full load the Cogage TRUE Spirit is not quite as impressive, though it was still 4% cooler than the ASUS Triton 81, which I might add was generating considerably more noise. The TRUE Spirit was on the other hand 16% hotter than the TRUE Copper, as it reached 75 degrees. Still, when you consider that the Megahalems and TRUE Copper are the very best air-cooled products available, the TRUE Spirit did do rather well.