CPU cooling from hell....

[fstroupe]

That's about all I can find to say about it:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16247

[silenze]

Hmm.. that looks like a Thermaltake Tower 112 with a controlled windtunnel.. hehe

[XPTB]

that's what it is alright

[Caj Darkmoon]

Heh, looks like it's either overkill or 'rice' to use a car term. That's a large hunk of plastic, when you really don't need anything that big. Even a huge heatsink with heatpipe and fan, which will give you the lowest possible air temps, isnt that big. 'Rice'? It's large, plastic, and probably lights up. Seems rather useless...

[undergroundtech]

I expect similar coolers like that to start showing up, when the dual core's become available.

[silenze]

mmmm dual cores...

</home simpson>

[KryoNexus]

Heh, looks like it's either overkill or 'rice' to use a car term. That's a large hunk of plastic, when you really don't need anything that big. Even a huge heatsink with heatpipe and fan, which will give you the lowest possible air temps, isnt that big. 'Rice'? It's large, plastic, and probably lights up. Seems rather useless...

lol, yeh, but jet engines provide thousands of CFM. all that thrust might rip the socket off though ;-)

[Roadracer_4ever]

They're going to have to start re-inforcing the motherboards with metal plates and make the plastic thicker if they intend to run that set-up in your average pc. Having it lay flat is one thing...can only imagine what all that added weight would do if it was standing upright.....

[ViperX883]

I've seen that cooler before, but I had no idea it was that large. Actually seeing it mounted make it look enormous. I'd say that has to be overkill for the time being.

[undergroundtech]

Here is one by Asus

http://www.tomshardware.com/firstlook/20050104/index.html

[silenze]

Haha that thing doesn't perform and it's insanely loud..

[undergroundtech]

It doesn't matter, I don't think it would even fit in my case :roll:

[bbmf]

Here is one by Asus

http://www.tomshardware.com/firstlook/20050104/index.html


Jack was saner than that in Cuckoo's Nest :!:

[privatedonut21]

That literally made me nearly fall out of my seat laughing. That heatsink is ridiculous and yet another reason why Intel is insane.

[robaita]

wow, so if i put that turbine looking thing on top of my case, think it'll take off?

[werty316]

I think Asus made that cooler; big mistake; big and ugly.

[Zenphic]

loL! That's one huge cooler, probably bigger than my fist! 8)

[tomato]

Wow, that is a HUGE cooler! Definitely going to be a hard fit for the (un?)lucky person installing it... Not very asthetically pleasing either... looks just a big chuck o' plastic with a heatsink & fan. :oops:

[Zenphic]

Here is a review of the big blue jet lookin cooler
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1927

It's a "ASUS Star Ice Heatsink" and here's a quote from the review:
"If the Asus Star Ice were yellow, it would well and truly be a "lemon" in all senses of the word." :P

[Enigmachine]

Here is a review of the big blue jet lookin cooler
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1927

It's a "ASUS Star Ice Heatsink" and here's a quote from the review:
"If the Asus Star Ice were yellow, it would well and truly be a "lemon" in all senses of the word." :P

Here's another quote: "...the test was stopped for concern the plastic might begin to melt."

Stop? Why? That would have been awesome! :) Someone should get one of those and film it melting, who knows, that might improve its performance. :)

[XyBeRz]

wow, so if i put that turbine looking thing on top of my case, think it'll take off?

ROFL!!! That's what I was thinking! Does this thing need it's own runway?
God, maybe if I strap it to my back, I can fly?!?!
:lol: