Articles by Garrett Carver, CPU Cooling Reviewer | Tom's Hardware

A life-long Kansas native, Garrett is equally comfortable outdoors as well as online, and when not working long hours in healthcare IT, he often is busy working the land on his brother’s small farm or getting his hands dirty under the hood of a car. Early interest in tech began in elementary school as part of a select class with a focus to learn operational and logic programming for Apple IIe and Macintosh PCs of the mid-late 80s. Naturally, this transitioned into interest and understanding PC hardware following the early 90s boon of IBM-compatible machines and the early adoption of internet access at home and schools. Later, the love of tech morphed into a love of performance cars, PC building, custom watercooling, the chemistry (and technology) of home brewing craft beer, and the thrill of a spirited drive in his Subaru STi. Family vacations with his wife and two sons often include remote destinations to unplug where nature is focal and tech is often absent.

Articles by: Garrett Carver

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Enermax Liqtech 360 OC TR4 Review: Taming Threadripper

By Garrett Carver published 22 April 18

Here's one of the few closed-loop coolers designed specifically for AMD's Ryzen Threadripper CPUs...let's test it!

Cooler Master MasterAir G100M CPU Cooler Review: From Roswell With Love

By Garrett Carver published 15 April 18

The UFO-themed G100M is a spiffy-looking RGB CPU cooler designed for low-profile chassis. Is it as cool as it looks?

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be quiet! Dark Rock 4: Ready To Rock On Air?

By Garrett Carver published 12 April 18

A step down from the Dark Rock Pro 4 flagship, this CPU air cooler offers an imposing look and competitive cooling performance for the money.

Tom's Explains: What Do RGB+W And RGB+WW Mean?

By Garrett Carver published 11 April 18

PC RGB lighting acronyms: What they mean...and what to look for when shopping.

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be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4: Return to the Dark Side

By Garrett Carver published 10 April 18

Does the latest flagship CPU cooler from be quiet, the Dark Rock Pro 4, live up to some of the company's earlier efforts on air?

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Enermax NEOChanger RGB Pump & Reservoir Combo Review: Colorful Performance

By Garrett Carver published 6 April 18

Enermax enters the open-loop cooling component market with an RGB-lit pump and reservoir combo. We took it for a spin.

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FSP Windale 4 CPU Cooler Review: One Cool Bargain

By Garrett Carver published 29 March 18

The Windale 4 is a bargain heatpipe cooler that performs well and operates at low noise. It's a strong value for running at stock speeds to a moderate overclock.

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LEPA NEOIllusion Cooler Review: LED-Rich, But One Key Trade-Off

By Garrett Carver published 25 March 18

This LED-rich, tower-style CPU air cooler has the looks of a winner, but a key issue with the mounting hardware makes us wary.

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FSP Windale 6 CPU Cooler Review: Value-Minded & LED-Lit

By Garrett Carver published 23 March 18

An LED-bedecked CPU air cooler, the Windale 6 is a strong value choice from a recent entry into the field.

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Cooler Master MasterAir MA410P CPU Cooler Review: An RGB Value Pick

By Garrett Carver published 18 March 18

The MA410P offers good customization and performance in a medium-size tower cooler, especially for modest-size PCs or budgets lacking funds for an AIO liquid cooler.

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Arctic Freezer 33 TR CPU Cooler Review: Breezy & Quiet...for Threadripper?

By Garrett Carver published 15 March 18

Arctic's striking $39 aircooler has fine build quality and surprisingly quiet performance, and it can even cover the bulk of the TR4-socket AMD Threadripper.

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Enermax ETS-T50 Axe Cooler Review: Solid-Value Air Cooling

By Garrett Carver published 11 March 18

With straightforward good looks and no-frills lighting, the ETS-T50 Axe provides solid cooling performance for most modern CPU platforms at a reasonable price.

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Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P Review: Big, Bold CPU Cooling, Plus RGB Bling

By Garrett Carver published 7 March 18

How does this six-heatpipe, dual-fan, RGB-capable CPU cooler compare with others in its price class? We put it to the test.

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Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition CPU Cooler Review

By Garrett Carver published 12 February 18

How does the Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition electric color and catchy moniker match up against big air?

Reeven NAIA 240 Closed-Loop CPU Cooler Review

By Garrett Carver published 11 February 18

NAIA 240’s unconventional features launch Reeven into the closed-loop cooler market. We test it.

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Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L RGB CPU Cooler Review

By Garrett Carver published 31 January 18

We review Cooler Master's ML120L RGB compact liquid cooler.

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Scythe Grand Kama Cross 3 CPU Cooler Review

By Garrett Carver published 26 January 18

Downdraft cooling is back in the Scythe Grand Kama Cross 3. Will it reign supreme in cooling, noise, or value?

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EVGA CLC 240 Closed Loop CPU Cooler Review

By Garrett Carver published 14 January 18

EVGA, known for graphics cards and power supplies, has also entered the closed-loop liquid cooling market (for GPUs and CPUs). Its 240mm system finds its way to our test bench.

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Corsair H150i Pro CPU Cooler Review

By Garrett Carver published 8 January 18

Corsair enters the large AIO cooler arena with the H150i Pro, a triple 120mm radiator product, with all the typical Corsair features familiar. We put it through its paces in the lab.

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Cooler Master Master Liquid ML240L RGB Review

By Garrett Carver published 15 December 17

We test Cooler Master's ML240L RGB closed-loop CPU cooler.

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