Cougar Intros Forza 50 and Forza 85 Essential-series Tower-type CPU Coolers

[btarunr]

Cougar introduced the Forza 50 Essential and Forza 85 Essential tower-type CPU coolers. The Forza 50 is the lighter and slimmer of the two, with a fin-stack thickness of 50 mm, while the Forza 85 Essential has an 85 mm-thick fin-stack, hence the names. The Forza 50 Essential uses a heatpipe direct-touch (HDT) base, and relies on four 6 mm-thick copper heatpipes to pull heat from the CPU, and convey it through the fin-stack, while the Forza 85 Essential has six of these for the job, but through a nickel-plated copper base-plate.

Both models include a Cougar NHP120 fan. This 120 mm spinner takes in 4-pin PWM input, spins at speeds of up to 2,000 RPM, pushing up to 84.48 CFM of airflow at 4.24 mm H₂O static-pressure, and up to 34.5 dBA noise output. The fans feature hydraulic bearings. With the fan in place, the Forza 50 Essential measures 135 mm x 75 mm x 155 mm (WxDxH) weighing 772 g, while the Forza 85 Essential measures 135 mm x 110 mm x 155 mm, weighing 1.13 kg. Among the CPU socket types supported by both are LGA1700, AM5, AM4, and LGA1200. The company didn't reveal pricing.



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[ixi]

It all comes down to the price .

 

[Chrispy_]

That press release has all the care and quality I expect from Cougar (none at all).

I hate renders that don't show the real material finish quality or manufacturing precision, rather than actual product photo, and whoever "checked" the quality of this render needs to start looking for a new job....

Of those six heatpipes, only two are correctly aligned with the gaps in the baseplate - which itself isn't even machined for the heatpipes on the bottom half.

Terrible, rushed, low-quality product announcement. First impressions matter, and Cougar have fumbled those on multiple occasions ever since they first started selling in the European market.

I mean, the actual photos (obtained from third-party source) actually show a decent-looking product that seems to have good manufacturing quality.

Why would you use some shitty, broken renders that clearly don't represent anything you're trying to showcase?

 

[mechtech]

That press release has all the care and quality I expect from Cougar (none at all).

I hate renders that don't show the real material finish quality or manufacturing precision, rather than actual product photo, and whoever "checked" the quality of this render needs to start looking for a new job....

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Of those six heatpipes, only two are correctly aligned with the gaps in the baseplate - which itself isn't even machined for the heatpipes on the bottom half.

Terrible, rushed, low-quality product announcement. First impressions matter, and Cougar have fumbled those on multiple occasions ever since they first started selling in the European market.

I mean, the actual photos (obtained from third-party source) actually show a decent-looking product that seems to have good manufacturing quality.

Why would you use some shitty, broken renders that clearly don't represent anything you're trying to showcase?

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Ya. Never understood the point of why dumping in a render of the product over a photo . If you have the product use an actual photo of the actual product.

If not and a render is used. Then put a disclaimer. *artist’s interpretation render*

 

[Eykxas]

Despite the broken render, a render is much simpler to obtain, much cleaner and cost less than a photo. So it makes sense to communicate with renders instead of photos.