Friday, June 7th 2024
Ocypus at Computex 2024: Air and Liquid CPU Coolers, Cases
Ocypus is a new PC casing and cooling brand we've met at Computex 2024. The brand has a formidable lineup of contemporary gaming PC cases, fans, and CPU coolers (both air and liquid). The Iota L36 line of AIO liquid CPU coolers come with high static pressure FDB fans, and a glossy rounded-square pump-block with a segmented display that puts out coolant temperature as measured in the pump (rather than pulled from ACPI over USB/software). The cooler comes in white and black trims, and there's just one radiator size on display—360 mm x 120 mm. The Delta L36 is a "lite" variant of the Iota L36, with a silicon RGB LED diffuser crowning the pump-block instead of the temperature display. Both coolers support the upcoming LGA1851, LGA1700, AM5, and AM4 sockets.
The CPU air cooler lineup is topped by the Iota A62, a large dual fin-stack cooler, which comes in silver and black color variants. It uses a pair of 120 mm FDB fans in push-pull configuration, with the second fan located between the two fin-stacks. The top-plates of the fin stacks have perforations, and the LED segment display peeks out from these in what is a neatly executed design. The Delta A62 is identical to this, but without the display. What's interesting is that the Iota A62 lacks fan illumination, but the Delta A62 has plenty of it.
The Iota A40 and Delta A40 are nearly identical-looking single fin-stack tower-type CPU coolers. The Iota has a temperature display on its top-plate, while the Delta lacks it, and instead has illuminated fans. Ocypus isn't selling fans individually yet, but showcased the various fans it's using in its cooler lineup.
The Iota C70 is a cube-shaped ATX case with a vertically partitioned layout. The case sits on a pedestal made by two bottom rails. The motherboard tray has plenty of space behind it, and hence it friendly with ASUS BTF and MSI Project Zero motherboards (backside connectivity). The side-facing vents are slightly recessed from the rest of the motherboard tray, which ensures they don't get in the way of graphics cards. The case features a pillarless front-left corner. Fan mounts include two side-facing mounts, three bottom-facing and a rear exhaust. The case features an internal ambient temperature display on the front-panel.
The company also released a couple of conventional tower cases, the Gamma C70 is an ATX mid-tower, while the Gamma C50 is a Micro-ATX
The CPU air cooler lineup is topped by the Iota A62, a large dual fin-stack cooler, which comes in silver and black color variants. It uses a pair of 120 mm FDB fans in push-pull configuration, with the second fan located between the two fin-stacks. The top-plates of the fin stacks have perforations, and the LED segment display peeks out from these in what is a neatly executed design. The Delta A62 is identical to this, but without the display. What's interesting is that the Iota A62 lacks fan illumination, but the Delta A62 has plenty of it.
The Iota C70 is a cube-shaped ATX case with a vertically partitioned layout. The case sits on a pedestal made by two bottom rails. The motherboard tray has plenty of space behind it, and hence it friendly with ASUS BTF and MSI Project Zero motherboards (backside connectivity). The side-facing vents are slightly recessed from the rest of the motherboard tray, which ensures they don't get in the way of graphics cards. The case features a pillarless front-left corner. Fan mounts include two side-facing mounts, three bottom-facing and a rear exhaust. The case features an internal ambient temperature display on the front-panel.
1 Comment on Ocypus at Computex 2024: Air and Liquid CPU Coolers, Cases
Call me cynical but when $60 AOIs from Thermaltake and ID-Cooling are populating the upper ends of the performance charts, everything at double, triple, quadruple the cost is just the perfect combination of manfuacturer greed and gullible customers.