News New massive liquid cooling radiator weighs over 35lbs, holds nine 200mm fans — MO-RA IV 600 costs close to $600

[yngndrw]

It didn't seem to be mentioned in the article for some reason. (Or I missed it?) What material is the core made out of? Copper or aluminium?

 

[mac_angel]

Except that comparing an AlphaCool 1080 to this would be roughly like comparing a 120 radiator to a 360 radiator.

AlphaCool 1080 surface area: 360mm x 360mm = 12,960mm²

This monster: 600mm x 600mm = 36,000mm²

And the thickest, bad-assest AlphaCool 1080, the Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 1080mm Nova, is only 60mm thick, vs 75mm on this thing, for 25% additional girth. I would be interested in comparing the fin density between the two though.

There is a reason the AlphaCool weighs 3.7KG, and this thing 15.9KG. Fill this monstrosity up to capacity with coolant, add a grip to it, and you could use it for weightlifting.

I'm not saying the AlphaCool isn't ridiculous and badass, it just isn't punching in the same weight class as this monster. Literally.

ah, I missed that. 200mm fans, not 120mm. I kinda wonder if there would be any difference at that point. Maybe for a Threadripper or Xeon, but I think I'd go with an active cooler by then.

 

[purposelycryptic]

It didn't seem to be mentioned in the article for some reason. (Or I missed it?) What material is the core made out of? Copper or aluminium?

Going by the massive weight, it would have to be copper, despite the company generally using aluminum - or at last they did 10 years ago, when I was more actively keeping score on water-cooling.