XIGMATEK Cooling Products at Computex: FROZR-O II, Starlink Series Chain-Fans

[btarunr]

XIGMATEK is one of the pioneers of high-end air cooling solutions. The company is putting up a strong presence at Computex 2023, with the introduction of several new coolers and fans. Although a specialist with large heatsinks and air-based CPU coolers, the company showcased its flagship AIO liquid CPU cooler, the FROZR-O II. Designed squarely as a high-end AIO solution, the FROZR-O II is characterized by a smart pump-block that features a round, true-color display that interfaces with software over USB, and displays real-time CPU temperature (as measured by the cooler's software), pump and fan RPM, and pretty much anything you can program it to (such as pretty backgrounds, clan logos, etc).

The models shown at Computex were the FROZR-O II 360 (360 mm x 120 mm radiator), and its white alter-ego, the FROZR-O II 360 Arctic. Each of the three included PWM fans feature fluid-dynamic bearings, turn at speeds of up to 1,800 RPM, pushing up to 82.2 CFM of airflow, and 2.55 mm H₂O static pressure. The radiator is 27 mm-thick and is made of aluminium channels. Besides software-based control, the cooler includes a Galaxy II 8-channel ARGB controller with an RF remote, so you can cycle between the various lighting presets. The cooler supports Intel LGA1700 and AMD AM5 sockets.



The Starlink Ultra is a new line of premium fans by XIGMATEK designed for cable-free daisy chaining. You can build chains of up to four fans, with a sturdy slider-type interface connecting the fans in a row, and sharing a PWM signal for their main function, as well as an addressable RGB signal. Each of these has plenty of ARGB bling, including LEDs located at the fan impeller hub, the frame (near the mounts), and along the sides that don't make up the contact points. The elements along the sides and the impeller hub, feature infinity-reflection. Each of these fans turns at speeds ranging between 800 to 2,000 RPM, pushing up to 68.5 CFM of airflow, at up to 29.2 dBA of noise output, and 2.05 mm H₂O static pressure. The 3-unit sets of these fans includes a Galaxy II fan+lighting controller with an RF remote that lets you cycle lighting and fan-speed.



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[zlobby]

Isn't 'Starlink' a registered trademark already?

 

[qlum]

It's been quite some time since I last heard about xigmatek, seems they are still alive.

 

[claes]

Wow that daisy-chain feature

 

[TechLurker]

It's both humorous and sad that it's taken this long to see more daisy-chained fans in general, with Lian Li really being the first to seriously do frame-linked daisy-chaining even as cases already had regular spots for at least dual 120s or dual 140s (yes, I know InWin had wire-based daisy-chaining, and Antec did a novelty dual-120 in one frame design).

 

[bonehead123]

I know InWin had wire-based daisy-chaining, and Antec did a novelty dual-120 in one frame design).

Yea but both of those solutions sucked wallah and screamed of cheap-assed, bottom-of-the-barrel, desperation-dick moves...

 

[TechLurker]

Yea but both of those solutions sucked wallah and screamed of cheap-assed, bottom-of-the-barrel, desperation-dick moves...

The InWins were pretty horrible for anything more than looks, while the Antec attempt was wasted because they didn't also do at least a triple option when half the popular AIOs at that point were 360s instead of 240s. Not to mention, both had horrible air leakage due to their frame designs.

 

[Fergutor]

What's notorious to me is the blade shape of the AIO's fans which I don't know if they are good, efficient, or just a generic design (from a maker or the design itself), because I'm seeing it more and more in different brands (ID-Cooling, Thermalright, Gamemax, Aerocool, Xigmatec, etc...). And it's to note as well that the less known brands had them first and more recently the big brands.
I had Aerocool and had and have various ID-Cooling with this shape they are extremely silent at below around 900RPM while after 1100RPM they get very noisy. At 1500 they are too noisy. Good in front of a heatsink (ID-Cooling SE 214XT ARGB, comes with one of these) making the air flow throughout the fins, but not so good in pulling from a filter, mediocre in the back of the case, an XPG Invader, but better than the Vento 120 that came with it (an incredibly quiet fan at high RPMs..but no very good at throwing air in any configuration).

 

[sLowEnd]

Wow that daisy-chain feature

I don't recall which company said it, but I remember one saying that they tried that kind of daisy chain connector, and decided against it after finding that it had poor durability.