Alpenfohn Prototype Three-Tower Cooler - Everest

i may be wrong here
looking at Setters' K2, his heatsinks look to be around 50mm wide, so with 2 of these that is 100mm of a cooling surface,
Now the 3 tower ones looks about 30mm going by the pics, so 3 x 30 is 90mm and is actually less than the K2, but i may be wrong.
 
I was going to say the same thing j.col. The towers on the Everest appear to be quite a bit thinner than the K2, and so it perhaps is a little deceptive in how much it extends from the socket.

There are still quite a few overclocked LGA1366 and Bulldozer builds kicking round which may benefit from a better cooler, but as I said it's almost certain targeting the SB-E crowd.
 
the radiators look an inch wide, so maybe its 7'' wide overall, so it's still massive, it'll be twice as wide as Thors Hammer :eek::eek:

why are they popular?...... are they ! it would be interesting to know their sales, because they definitely look naff, it's because there's way too many fans and thus they look pig ugly, this tells you the design is flawed and overstretched !

i personally dont like any of them, i much prefer Megahalems or Aegir.

they're obsessed with cooling, but it doesn't even have a bare copper heat base...it's probably Nickel plated and it'll definitely not be flat !!!!!

all the cooler bases i've had have been well off from true flat, you need to get this right first
 
just read the reviews, the Shamrock version is similar to the Zero Infinity, looks great but performs only average !
 
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Mal X said:
the radiators look an inch wide, so maybe its 7'' wide overall, so it's still massive, it'll be twice as wide as Thors Hammer :eek::eek:

why are they popular?...... are they ! it would be interesting to know their sales, because they definitely look naff, it's because there's way too many fans and thus they look pig ugly, this tells you the design is flawed and overstretched !

i personally dont like any of them, i much prefer Megahalems or Aegir.

they're obsessed with cooling, but it doesn't even have a bare copper heat base...it's probably Nickel plated and it'll definitely not be flat !!!!!

all the cooler bases i've had have been well off from true flat, you need to get this right first
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Having had a prolimatech super mega, which tbh cooled worse than my ancient thermalright ultra extreme 120. My current k2 is much better, ram clearance can be a problem with the big dual tower coolers, but lets be honest, ram heatsinks are a gimmick. And with the prolimatech, if you fill all ram slots, clearance will still be a problem, due to the prolimatech fan clip design. Cooler bases arent flat either, because cpu ihs surfaces arent flat. Unless you lap both, but warranty go's out the window then. To get the best out of the super mega, i needed high speed high noise viper fans, £14.00 a pop, the k2 came with two excellent fans. £59.99, whereas the mega alone cost £70.00 + £28.00 for two fans.
 
setter said:
Having had a prolimatech super mega, which tbh cooled worse than my ancient thermalright ultra extreme 120. My current k2 is much better, ram clearance can be a problem with the big dual tower coolers, but lets be honest, ram heatsinks are a gimmick. And with the prolimatech, if you fill all ram slots, clearance will still be a problem, due to the prolimatech fan clip design. Cooler bases arent flat either, because cpu ihs surfaces arent flat. Unless you lap both, but warranty go's out the window then. To get the best out of the super mega, i needed high speed high noise viper fans, £14.00 a pop, the k2 came with two excellent fans. £59.99, whereas the mega alone cost £70.00 + £28.00 for two fans.
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both surfaces of mine are lapped, and yes if the CPU doesn't work then i'm screwed, this is a risk you take

but if you're this fussy about cooling, you should lap because this reduces temps quite a lot, plus if it turns out ok, it's free.

megahalems isn't as good as it once was!..... yes and this is because Intel bases are now stiff and rigid, but 4 years ago they used to flex....Megahalems is designed with a domed base, this is because when you used to tighten it down, it would curve the cpu to its profile, but it cant do this any more, so nowadays the megahalems has to be lapped flat, as such i bet yours is easily running 5 degrees too hot, this is because the dome on megahalems is quite large, mine rocked on a sheet of 8mm glass !!!!!!!!!! :eek:

it could be even more that 5 degrees, because Megahalems is nowhere near as flat as Thor's Hammer and that is running 4 degrees too hot as well.
 
Yes it is too big, yes it looks silly, but before I dismiss it, Id want to see the temps.
My Noctua D14 looks silly, but when it comes to keeping my CPU cool, then I don't care what anyone says, it is the mutts nuts...
 
choosing a new cooler is very hard, i keep wanting Zero infinity or something blingy like that, or Mega etc, COMMON SENSE sais goes for the Xigmatek but it looks too plain, this is miles harder than choosing a graphics card.

i also like that BE QUIET one :confused::D
 
maybe the next step is something like the sapphire vaporx cpu cooler instead of adding more towers it uses vapor chamber or something like that
 
there's this, but you cant get it here in the U.K :-

Glacialtech Igloo H58 Heatsink.

it's fun to Google Heatsink reviews, but it just leaves you confused and spoilt for choice :eek: plus the reviews vary so much !
Xigmatek Aegir is fine, but i was hoping for something that looked more flashy, oh well..... i cant keep on googling because it's driving me nuts, my eyes will pop out !
 
kmax86 said:
maybe the next step is something like the sapphire vaporx cpu cooler instead of adding more towers it uses vapor chamber or something like that
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liquid nitrogen is the one !!!!! or maybe have the pc ``oil cooled``, because the days of air cooling look numbered.

i wonder how cool it would be if you put the pc outside in -10 :D i bet it wouldn't overheat then.... not even begin to get hot!

the problem is you cant get the pc that cool because the ambient temperature is too high indoors...... and maybe this is the only problem.... maybe the pc should be run inside a fridge ! beside the Milk or a 6 pack!
 
kmax86 said:
maybe the next step is something like the sapphire vaporx cpu cooler instead of adding more towers it uses vapor chamber or something like that
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Funny you should say that:

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/cebit_2012_cooler_master_upcoming_products_preview,2.html

Cooler Master are releasing the 812SX, which is a standard tower type but with a 'vertical vapour chamber' as well as 6 heatpipes. Problem is it's quite a bit more difficult to adapt to a dual-tower configuration like the NHD14.
 
Cyanide said:
When chips are running cooler with every generation I can't help but wonder why coolers just seem to be getting bigger?
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You can still be thermally limited with present day chips. I'd like to see an XP-120 or Arctic freezer etc.. keep a 2600K @ 4.8Ghz 1.395v under its tjmax with for example, prime or ibt or anything that really pushes the cpu.
 
King Damager said:
That's gigantic... Nevermind RAM, it'll probably start interfering with your rear fan and 24pin cable...

kd
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I doubt it. Like others have mentioned, the heatsinks are much narrower than on the standard K2 so the overall dimensions won't be overly greater than standard dual tower coolers.
 
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