NewsDanamics Dishes Up World's First Liquid Metal-Based CPU Cooler
Posted 07/19/08 at 09:12:56 PM by Paul Lilly
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 any expectations for this new cooler? Post them below.
ReviewsCoolIT Pure
Posted 05/22/08 at 02:43:57 PM by David Murphy
Whenever we see an all-in-one water-cooling setup that combines a pump, radiator, fan, and miniature reservoir in a small enclosure, we get nervous. They remind us of those wacky commercials from the black-and-white era of television, when a slick-haired man in a fuzzy gray suit would try to sell you some mystery tonic that could cure your coughs, polish your car, and kill your cat. Just as those elixirs are little more than junk science, we’ve found that budget water “coolers” attempting to put too many operations under one roof tend to perform marginally better, and often worse than, your processor’s cheapo stock cooler.
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NewsWaytronx Demos Biggest Coolers Ever*
Posted 02/15/08 at 01:51:02 PM by David Murphy
*Ok, they may not be the biggest ever, but they're still pretty awe-inspiring. We got a little hands-on time with one of these huge, CPU-cooling hybrids and watched the little processor tremble with fear.
FROM THE ARCHIVENEC and Hitachi Team Up... for Madness!
Posted 08/03/07 at 07:59:06 PM by David Murphy
The two companies are planning to release a new hard drive water cooler, but Associate Editor David Murphy is skeptical about the potential benefits.
FROM THE ARCHIVE'Cause Breaking Stuff is Hard to Do
Posted 07/11/07 at 02:39:34 PM by David Murphy
Yet another accident with yet another motherboard forces Maximum PC's resident cooling expert to rethink his benchmarking process.
ReviewsKingwin Big Air BA-12 for AMD
Posted 06/28/06 at 01:15:23 PM by Josh Norem
Kingwin’s BA-12 shares a similar design with the popular Thermalright XP-120. A copper base plate connects to an aluminum heatsink, which is aligned parallel to the motherboard. A 12cm fan blows air over the heatsink, cooling the fins and also all the components around the CPU socket.
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