SilverStone Launches Massive Nitrogon NT01-Pro CPU HSF
Subject: General Tech | November 11, 2012 - 06:00 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Silverstone, nt01-pro, nitrogon, hsf, heatsink
SilverStone recently launched a new air cooler called the Nitrogon NT01-Pro. At 140mm (W) x 97mm (H) x 120mm (D), it looks to offer up some impressive cooling potential. The cooler is aluminum with a copper base-plate and a total of six heatpipes.
Interestingly, the cooler can be used passively without fans or be paired with two 80mm fans to allow for faster processor overclocks. While 120mm fan support would have been ideal, with a bit of modding, you could have four 80mm fans in a push-pull configuration. It would sound like a jet engine, but would give you a great deal of cooling power.
Other specifications of the air cooler include six 6mm heatpipes and a net weight of 470g without fans, which translates to just over 1 pound. One issue with the cooler is that it will likely cover up the top PCI-E slot when it is mounted vertically due to its 140mm width.
The Nitrogon NT01-Pro supports both AMD and Intel processors. Specifically, it can be used on motherboards with the LGA775, 1155, 1156, 1366, and 2011 sockets on the Intel side and the AM2, AM3, FM1, and FM2 AMD sockets. It will cost €50.90 (or approximately $65 USD). More information can be found on the SilverStone website.
What do you think of the Nitrogon NT01-Pro?
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An uninspired "half a D14" cooler with two 80mm "screamer" fans. My guess is loud as a server rack, cools worse than a Hyper 212.
The design also looks like it will put pressure on the socket in a peculiar way.
I don't know who's worse at their job: the engineer that designed this, or the product manager that approved it.
i would be correct to say your top 1 or 2 pci-e slots would have to empty to be able to have this thing in the machine.
Depends on the mobo but likely the first slot for sure, and depending on how they are spaced possibly the second (for example, my board has the two x16 slots spaced out with a x4 in betweeen them).
Looks to be absolutely ridiculous. Why would they ever design such an oddly shaped cooler? I certainly wouldn't buy one.
These are designed for HTPC cases where the optical drive is mounted above the RAM. This Heatsink will not interfere with the optical drive.
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