Breaking into the PC hardware industry is not easy. In our opinion, ID-Cooling has done a great job and is going to be around for a long time. By the looks and performance of their product; They have two winners in the SE-204K and the SE-214X. ID-Cooling certainly is not breaking any cooling records with these products but they put a lot of thought into them and engineered two real slick looking air coolers for your PC.

ID-Cooling really should be considered for any of your SFF needs, they have bought out some great products. And these coolers really took me by surprise, for the price? You certainly get huge amounts of performance, but not only that. Id-cooling have bought out these coolers built for function. By this I mean they perform incredibly well in the scenarios that they will be used. Sometimes products can be over engineered and veer away from what I’d consider crucial design points. Both of these coolers keep temperatures within reasonable levels however the IS-60 provides near silence, and the IS-40 provides great cooling in situations that require the finesse of a smaller cooler. There isn’t much more I can say, other than it was enjoyable to see such great products for such a low cost. I wanted to review these together as they are really opposite ends of the SFF cooler spectrum, one is designed to be small. And the other is a large cooler designed for quiet operating. It’s a nice comparison to show you the difference, and if it was my money. I’d consider either of them depending on the case.

Il modello SE 214X di ID-COOLING è un modello entry level, che però potrebbe essere preso in considerazione come acquisto per sistemi aventi anche un moderato overclock. Rapportato alla concorrenza certamente dobbiamo ammettere che potrebbe soffrire un pochino, ma dato il suo MSRP possiamo ritenerci soddisfatti, dato che non presenta problemi di progettazione o montaggio. La disponibilità in commercio è immediata.

Performance was on par with similar sized (and price) coolers. The SE-204K is a nice jump beyond OEM cooling, but still a sizable notch below the larger dual tower coolers with 140mm fans, and that is no surprise. For daily use in a mild gaming rig, this cooler will be right at home. If you really overclock and frequently load your system, you may want to look at a larger capacity cooler.