Massive, 3-lbs Silentmaxx TwinBlock Cools PC Up to 100W

[uglynerdman]

if ur gonna shell out over 100 for cooling might as well go liquid.. save urself some space also.

 

[t_wilson]

Wait... This cooler has been available since at least November, 2010! Check out the link below.

http://bit.ly/Oqm8fE

 

[A Bad Day]

[citation][nom]outlw6669[/nom]Yeah, enjoy splitting your motherboard in half...[/citation]

Or tearing the CPU socket out at least.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]I can't imagine running a completely fanless chassis, I'd want at least one low speed 120mm rear fan just to move the stagnant air out.[/citation]

i would prefer silence, considering that if i did use this, and it was a sub 100 watt cpu, i would mostly be useing it as an internet machine or possibly as a small media hub...

[citation][nom]devBunny[/nom]The sound of a fan blowing or the sound of a motherboard cracking? ....[/citation]
[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]Or tearing the CPU socket out at least.[/citation]
[citation][nom]olaf[/nom]how come under no circumstance can i see putting that in my PC as a good idea ? I foresee severe problems with the MB's resistance around the CPU socket, and would not be surprised by micro cracks/fissures in those multilayerd pathways running under the CPU socket and around it ....[/citation]

and whats preventing you from turning the pc in its side?

 

[lievyon]

This is why I switched to watercooling. Heatsink size is out of control for anyone who wants decent overclocks.

 

[photonboy]

POINTLESS!

You still have to MOVE the hot air from the CPU outside the case. For that you need case fans. Also, you really need a fan ON THE HEATSINK to push that hot air towards the case fans.

You'd NEVER get a heatsink like this unless you were overclocking your CPU a lot, so you'd already need at least:
1) a front case fan
2) a rear case fan
3) the Power Supply fan
4) probably a graphics card fan

Now obviously this is for EXTREMISTS, but at this point wouldn't it make far more sense to go with a WATER COOLING solution like the Corsair H100?

 

[K2N hater]

Heatsink "cases" are much better from an engineering standpoint for it comes to a point it doesn't matter how effective the passive CPU heatsink is when the heat in canned inside the case cooking everything over time.

A few examples:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article302-page1.html
http://www.quietpc.com/products/htpccases/hfx-classic-caseonly
http://atechfabrication.com/index.htm

 

[s3anister]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]the fanless psu, the fanless cpu, and ssd... you can actually build a computer with no moving parts now, granted it wont be a gaming computer, but fanless none the less.[/citation]
You could (and actually have been able to do this for a while now) but certain conditions would have to be met to build such a computer. Most likely one would still want a single 120mm or larger fan to move the stagnant air out of the case. Especially so as a fanless PSU generally requires adequate case air-flow as they will otherwise usually be the first to overheat if the air is trapped within the case.

 

[seanhallam]

Just dont overclock!

 

[youssef 2010]

HUGE

 

[audiophillia]

You would need the mobo rotated 90degrees to consider this. like bitfenix prodigy or something.

 

[lockhrt999]

I have a car radiator laying around. Can I build a closed loop water cooling system for my 125W CPU? Anyone has gone that far?
PS I'll be keeping radiator outside the room.

 

[vestibule]

I'd consider this cooler someday, I have a SilverStone PS07B case which supports coolers up to 165mm high, and it has an adjustable CPU cooler support on the bottom(upside down MOBO).

EDIT: Nevermind, it would hang too far below the MOBO.