Danamics Dishes Up World's First Liquid Metal-Based CPU Cooler

Paul Lilly — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:12:56 -0500

Relative newcomer Danamic looks to jump into the increasingly crowded CPU cooler market with a heatsink of its own, but this isn't like any other cooler you've seen before. Rather than rely on air, water, or phase-change cooling, Dynamic's new LM10 heatsink uses liquid metal, and according to the company, it's the world's first commercially available CPU cooler to do so.

That might be true, but liquid metal isn't an entirely new concept when it comes to cooling processors. Coollaboratory used to market the metalic goo as a thermal paste (Liquid Pro) and now sells a thermal pad it calls Liquid MetalPad aimed at both PC and console owners. Danamic's solution differs in that it's not a paste, but a fully-fledged heatsink solution. A multi-string electromagnetic pump sits atop the LM10 and pushes the liquid metal through a series of heatpipes without using any moving parts. Judging by the available pictures, the LM10 doesn't come with a fan, which would explain why the company can claim a power draw of less than 1W.

No word yet on pricing or availability, which means there aren't any hands-on reviews in the wild either. Have expectations for this new cooler? Post them below.

Image Credit: Danamics

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Danamics Dishes Up World's First Liquid Metal-Based CPU Cooler