CPU - Intel Core i7 920 - 4.0GHz
RAM - 6GB (3x2GB) OCZ platinum DDR3 1333MHz
Motherboard - Biostar T-Power x58
Graphics card - XFX HD5870 1024MB
Power Supply - Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W
Hard Drive - Samsung F1 320GB
Western Digital Caviar WD3200AAKS 320GB
Drivers - ATI Catalyst 10.4

CPU Coolers:

Corsair H50 including tests using 2 Noctua NF-P12s and 2 SWiF2-120Ps
CoolIT ECO A.L.C including tests using 2 Noctua NF-P12s and 2 SWiF2-120Ps
Thermalright Venomous X using 2 Noctua NF-P12s and 2 SWiF2-120Ps
Coolink Corator DS including tests with dual fan setups
Tuniq Propeller 120(High speed fan)
Noctua NH-C12P SE14
Prolimatech Megahalem
Noctua NH-D14 (U.L.N.A and default speed)
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366
Thermolab Baram (with 2 Noctua NF-P12 fans)
CoolIT Domino A.L.C
Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus including test with 2 Noctua NF-P12 fans
Alpenföhn Nordwand including test with 2 Noctua NF-P12 fans
Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme (Low/med/high speed)

Program Suite:

Core Temp 0.99.5
LinX stress Test
PC Wizard

How I tested:

Testing will be based on temperatures recorded by Coretemp and PC Wizard after 20 passes of LinX stress test. The absolute temperatures recorded in the tables are averages of the 4 cores and the delta value provided for a fair comparison, taking into account ambient temperatures. The test will be run at stock speed and at an overclocked speed of 4GHz.

One specific area of interest amongst the community has been to see the performance difference between using the fans as intakes or as exhausts. Here at Vortez Hardware, we aim to answer all those pending questions other reviews are not addressing so my tests will include results for both fan configurations.