The folks down at FanlessTech found a giant heatsink that Antec showed off at Computex. It consists of three large stacks of aluminum, weighing about 3lbs, with potentially four fans moving air slowly across it. The original post doesn't mention whether it could be used in a fanless mode, but come on. It should be able to cool something without a fan directly attached to it.
Image Credit: GDM.or.jp
They don't seem to have price, availability, or even a model number yet, so details are scarce. It will have at least three colors, black, gold, and red, though, so you have a choice about how it will look in your case. Well, at least mostly in your case.
Update (June 5th @ 2:20pm): Turns out that I forgot to add the dimensions and specifications of this cooler. Its total size is 165mm x 142mm x 159mm. Its intended fans spin at 800-1800 RPM. At 800 RPM, they push 12.36 cubic feet per minute of air at 17.5 dBA. At 1800 RPM, they push 65.23 cubic feet per minute of air 25.9 dBA.
So many bent pins would
So many bent pins would await…..
Should have gigantic sticker
Should have gigantic sticker on top – Only for test-benches. Probably in terms of weight with fans it will be more than heaviest heatsink of all time – Thermalright True Cooper which was slightly under 2kg without fans.
Bet Morry is drooling already. 😀
Would this survive a trip to
Would this survive a trip to a LAN Party sitting in the back seat of a car? One bump on the road and that mobo will get thrashed.
Holy crap! lol
Holy crap! lol
Where is BTX when we need it?
Where is BTX when we need it?
I bet 90% of coolers found on
I bet 90% of coolers found on fanlestech.com is bigger 😉