Tuesday, February 1st 2022

Thermalright Intros Macho MAXX, a Meaty Tower-type CPU Cooler

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Thermalright today introduced the Macho MAXX, its latest single-tower type CPU coolers. The Macho line of tower-type coolers see Thermalright's designers choose a single large aluminium fin-stack over a "D-type" dual fin-stack approach. With its fan in place, the cooler measures 140 mm x 124 mm x 158 mm (WxDxH), weighing 780 g.

The design of the Macho MAXX involves a nickel-plated C1100-grade copper base, from which six 6 mm-thick copper heat pipes emerge, conveying heat across the large stack of 31 fins, which is ventilated by a 140 mm TL-D14 fan. This fan turns at speeds of up to 1,500 RPM, pushing up to 77.8 CFM of airflow, at up to 2.09 mm H₂O static pressure, and up to 25.6 dBA noise output. It features a fluid-dynamic bearing. Among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1700, LGA1200, and AM4. The company didn't reveal pricing.

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14 Comments on Thermalright Intros Macho MAXX, a Meaty Tower-type CPU Cooler

#1
Dammeron
It's actually slighly smaller than Macho rev.C, but the main difference is a higher RPM fan (1500 vs 1300).
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#2
Deslug
Would be nice to see a tdp rating
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#3
claes
Why though? Chip manufacturers basically just make TDP up.
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#4
bonehead123
Wondering about those slits along the length and the hex shaped tunnel in the center.... an interesting design choice for sure... hopefully they were implemented to increase the cooling efficiency (which they should) and not just for looks :)
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#5
phanbuey
bonehead123Wondering about those slits along the length and the hex shaped tunnel in the center.... an interesting design choice for sure... hopefully they were implemented to increase the cooling efficiency (which they should) and not just for looks :)
The hex hole is so you can get a screwdriver in to the mounting mechanism. It comes with a magnetic screwdriver too -- really nice cooler tbh.
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#6
fiver555
How does their Macho line need more segmentation? It's basically good as-is with the Rev C and Grand Macho. What's the purpose of this thing?
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#7
b4psm4m
Love Thermalright, quality kit. Has a job on its hands matching up to Noctua NH-D15, but I bet it's still a great cooler.
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#8
mechtech
Not enough X's in MAXX thermalright, sorry.....
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#9
maxfly
Looking forward to seeing a review. If it out paces the rev.c(as the name seems to allude to) I may have to check one out.
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#10
Cutechri
Not my type. I prefer the smol but beastly ones like the NH-U12A.
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#11
Dammeron
b4psm4mLove Thermalright, quality kit. Has a job on its hands matching up to Noctua NH-D15, but I bet it's still a great cooler.
Back in the day when speaking about top contenders it was either Thermalright, or Zalman (with the former leading). I still remember their SLK-900 heatsinks - they worked like a beast. Then SP-94/97 came in and were the first ones to put heatpipes in PC cooling.

And fun fact - Tr recommended 92x38mm fans for their coolers - either made by Delta, or Vantec (model Tornado). How does a 5000rpm fan sound? Well, You won't hear anything else in the room. :P
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#12
b4psm4m
DammeronBack in the day when speaking about top contenders it was either Thermalright, or Zalman (with the former leading). I still remember their SLK-900 heatsinks - they worked like a beast. Then SP-94/97 came in and were the first ones to put heatpipes in PC cooling.

And fun fact - Tr recommended 92x38mm fans for their coolers - either made by Delta, or Vantec (model Tornado). How does a 5000rpm fan sound? Well, You won't hear anything else in the room. :p
I remember those days :) I was using dangerden/D-Tek waterblocks and thermochill radiators (I miss those!) at the time though, the Q6600 took some force to cool when OC'd.
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#13
Sir Alex Ice
Oh yeah, the good old times of SP-94 made of copper <3, I am still sad that I parted with it by giving away the desktop that had it inside.
In those days service technicians were complete jerks, not one of them would help me with a P4 socket 478 plastic bracket.

Q6600 was a great CPU, overclocked mine to 3GHz I think and my dad still uses his to this day today :). With a SSD it still is plenty fast.
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#14
Dammeron
b4psm4mI remember those days :) I was using dangerden/D-Tek waterblocks and thermochill radiators (I miss those!) at the time though, the Q6600 took some force to cool when OC'd.
Q6600 and Thermochill were so much later (still have Thermochill PA 120.3 in my old PC, cooling the i7 2600k + HD 7950 combo).

When SLK 900/947/948 were a thing (for Atlhlon XP/Pentium 4 '05), the only LC blocks were either DD RBX, some basic constructions from Innovatek/Switftech/DTek, or custom, self-made ones (here in Poland we also had a company making those). For radiators - either HW Black Ice, or You could've bought a car heater (Opel Cadet, or russian Lada were really popular here). Pumps - well, we just used whatever we found in a pet shop for aquariums. :p

A perfect example here:
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