Glacialtech UFO V51

GlacialTech UFO V51 CPU Heatsink

Proper cooling is the cornerstone of any PC build. Without it, your machine can be wasted into a heap of smoldering silicon and metal. Luckily there is nothing that says your CPU cooler has to be a boring hunk of metal with a fan on top. GlacialTech puts a new spin on the CPU cooler with its UFOV51. Designed to look like a flying saucer, it adds a new style element to the PC cooling market. So is this cooler all show and no performance, or maybe something out of this world? The V51 has a window on the front of its box showing off the cooler. The graphic below, a picture of the Earth. Nice touch for a product labeled as a UFO. The side and back of the box contain the features and specifications. Inside the box we find the cooler wrapped in a plastic container along with the mounting brackets for fitting it to various CPU architectures. The V51 also comes with a nice container filled with arctic silver thermal paste, so you can get started right away. We received the “silent” variant of the V51. All this means is that the fans are more quiet than the PWM model. This also means that the fans don’t spin as fast, and therefore don’t move as much air.