Saturday, November 8th 2008
Glacialtech UFO Release Grade CPU Cooler Pictured
Glacialtech, one of Intel's stock-cooler suppliers, has taken a step into the branded high-end cooling segment with its UFO CPU cooler. Expreview took a few snaps of the cooler, which shows a large fin array suspended on four heatpipes, on which two 38 CFM, 92 mm fans blow air downward. The two fans sandwich the aluminum fins, and are covered by sporty black and yellow shrouds. The combined noise of the fans is rated at 28 dBA (at max. speed of 2000 rpm). The cooler supports all current CPU sockets, and is expected to release soon.
Source:
Expreview
33 Comments on Glacialtech UFO Release Grade CPU Cooler Pictured
blowing air out of the case is the only way i would take a cooler
i cant believe its not that noisy
I'm not sure I'd like this; too many possible clearance issues. It better be damn good if it's built that big.
Also seeing as how it only has one set of heatpipes on one side, it shouldnt have too many compatibility issues.
As for size ... who cares as long as it is not too heavy and fits around all the other components.
As for performance, I'll wait for the reviews. The downward blowing coolers never seem to be as effective as the cross blowing ones.
It really does, thats what I thought when I first saw it!
The performance, well wont be that good honestly considering theres only four heatpipes (why couldnt they do four U shaped heatpipes instead of four L shaped? like on the Thermaltake Big Typhoon), and to make matters worse those seem to be 6mm heatpipes. The choice of two fans is smart, becuase it just cools better compared to a single fan (duh) espcecially with the packed fins (then again, other competing coolers have packed fins as well...).
Overall, looks like one of those coolers which would fit into the mid-range bracket.
Anyways, I hate coolers that blow onto the board. It makes much more sense to me to have airflow go straight from front to back. Plus this thing just looks ugly :laugh: