High-end cooling solutions come in a variety of styles with some designed for best in class performance while others give you the silent treatment. The important thing to note is that cooler designs have inherent benefits and problems that work hand in hand.

In this review we will be looking at the DeepCool Gamer Storm Assassin heatsink. The Assassin is a dual tower cooler that utilizes eight massive heatpipes to cool just about any processor you can imagine. As you can imagine the heatpipes are "U" shaped and connect each of the towers along the baseplate.