Monday, January 25th 2016
Arctic Unveils the Alpine M1 Passive CPU Cooler for Intel LGA115x
Arctic unveiled a new fan-less CPU cooler for Intel LGA115x sockets, the Alpine M1 Passive. With a rated cooling capacity of 48W (TDP), the cooler is only recommended for dual-core LGA1150 and LGA1151 Core i3, Pentium, Celeron, or energy-efficient Core i5 processors. Its design couldn't get any simpler - a big chunk of aluminium that's ridged to make up fins of the heatsink, with a bulge near the CPU area, with pre-applied thermal paste. Measuring 95 mm x 95 mm x 69 mm (LxDxH), it weighs in at 508 g. Available now, it's priced at 13€. It could prove to be an interesting option for low-power builds that never game.
Source:
FanlessTech
16 Comments on Arctic Unveils the Alpine M1 Passive CPU Cooler for Intel LGA115x
I just don't get the idea of this, since the stock cooler runs pretty damn quiet with low-power CPUs..
a big lump of metal with lots of surface area should work okay heat pipes or not..
trog
At 69mm tall, I know a few cases where this will work well (utilize PSU or case air-flow). The price is $12 USD so it's like a builders call-out (i.e. the Iron Chef secret ingredient). How few fans will it take you to keep an i3/i5 at it's turbo speed (or overclock, if going that route) :D
they look identical wonder if i can :) pass them off on fleabay as the new cooler :) $5 a pop any :) Takers
artic do make some pretty good "cheap" coolers.. the i11 and i32 spring to mind..
trog