The Evercool Buffalo is not a high performance cooler. It is also not a silent cooler and the fact it always works at maximum speed makes it a bad option for someone who needs a silent computer, unless you connect it to a fan controller. So, if we look at the product itself, we concluded it is only an average cooler.

But the picture changes when we analyse the best feature on Buffalo: its price. Compared to other under USD 20 coolers, it has an excellent performance, beating even some more expensive coolers.

So, it deserves the Hardware Secrets Silver Award because, besides not offering a sensational performance, nor an extraordinary look, nor a low noise level, it is one of the best cost/benefit ratio coolers we have seen so far.