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It's not the size that counts...

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Crazy Larry

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Unless your talking about this new CPU cooler from CoolerMaster

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This is nothing beside the Scythe Orochi ;)

 
#1 dont hotlink images

#2 wtf? that looks like it would bend the motherboard till it failed lol
 
They're actually going to make that silly thing? I remember seeing that sometime last year I believe, along with a model with the V8 moniker (or was it V12?). I'd rather of seen it shifted over to the left a bit, to better cover the PWM area (although the angle of the shot could just be bad), seeing that not all boards have that wrap around heatpipe system like that particular Asus model and all.

This thing still has nothing on the mother of all coolers, it was either Scythe or TR, I think.. It was basically the size of a side panel, fit a 360mm fan if I recall. Although it was stated at the time that it would probably never see production.

Anyone else think that these larger (and increasingly) more expensive air coolers are getting a bit out of hand? The old air cooling $$ differential to water setups is getting smaller and smaller. And if this keeps up, no backplate will help, we'll start needing built in case:CPU cooler support brackets before too long.



 
kush said:
This thing still has nothing on the mother of all coolers, it was either Scythe or TR, I think.. It was basically the size of a side panel, fit a 360mm fan if I recall. Although it was stated at the time that it would probably never see production.
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Any links?

Anyone else think that these larger (and increasingly) more expensive air coolers are getting a bit out of hand?
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Yes, but in a way they're necessary. Without the steady increase in HSF size over the past couple of years, I doubt we would have the excellent performance currently available in popular products from such brands as TR, Scythe, Zalman and Xigmatek to name a few.

The old air cooling $$ differential to water setups is getting smaller and smaller.
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True, but some people will refuse to install WC in their systems, regardless of the cost. The hassle, added complexity and risk being some of the reasons. Except for the extreme enthusiast segment, the industry seems to be moving steadily away from WC because of the very good performance available with modern HSFs. Granted, WC is still more effective and you will be able to OC higher, but is a few hundred MHz worth it? Some people think so, while others are disinclined.

And if this keeps up, no backplate will help, we'll start needing built in case: CPU cooler support brackets before too long.
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Xeon boxes already have special backplate support bosses designed for CPU mounting. The OEM Xeon HSFs are usually solid copper and weigh a lot, so Intel probably deemed it necessary to specify additional support for their server processors. You don't need to install them in special server cases with the mounting brackets and supporting hardware, but they have been that way for a number of years and AFAIK all the server vendors ship their Xeon products installed as Intel specified.

 
OMG like 2 of those can stop global warming!*




*But yeah, please no global warming arguments. I made a joke about something that is in a very heated (no pun intended) debate amongst the public and scientists.
 
Shambler said:
*But yeah, please no global warming arguments. I made a joke about something that is in a very heated (no pun intended) debate amongst the public and scientists.
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who is responsible for global warming? the SUN !!! we have to get rid of it !!
 
WTF is up with the V10, with it that off center it is going to cause a ton of stress on the mainboard.
 
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