Prolimatech Genesis All-in-one high end CPU cooler tested

[zalbard]

Firs test. WOW
They had to introduce new rewards to describe its performance!!!

NH-D14 doesn't perform 5C worse than Prolimatech Armageddon, more like the other way around. Dismiss this one...

[PaganII]

Several years ago someone took 2 XP-120s apart and soldered them together in a similar fashion to this Prolimatech Genesis. Custom made so the upright section blew out through the case exhaust.

Edit: Hilarious! When I googled dual XP-120 it led back here!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&page=1&pp=25

[prava]

NH-D14 doesn't perform 5C worse than Prolimatech Armageddon, more like the other way around. Dismiss this one...

I wonder if many reviewers do know how to do a proper job , because cooling reviews (cpu blocks and heatsinks) are the most tiring reviews to make, as they require tons of job in order to check for consistency. They shouldn't even bother doing nothing I they won't do it properly.

Several years ago someone took 2 XP-120s apart and soldered them together in a similar fashion to this Prolimatech Genesis. Custom made so the upright section blew out through the case exhaust.

Edit: Hilarious! When I googled dual XP-120 it led back here!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&page=1&pp=25

This forum is not Xtremestystems because of nothing

[Sam_oslo]

When I look at the base of these coolers:


You get only a few Heat pipes directly on SB's HS, the rest will be hanging in the air. becouse SB is really small.
The problem is not specific to this cooler tho, most of them are designed for bigger i7-45nm or 6-core CPUs. I was hoping new coolers would address the issue, but they didn't pay attention to the small size of SB, I guess.

[Fr3ak]

A bunch of more reviews:

Germany:
ComputerBase:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/g...s-cpu-kuehler/

PC Games Hardware:
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,81...kuehlung/Test/

Tom's Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.de/genesis-k...ws-245346.html

Planet3DNow:
http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/...#content_start

HardwareLuxx:
http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php...h-genesis.html

Austria:
Hardwaremax.net:
http://www.hardwaremax.net/reviews/kuehler/153.html

Italy:
Coolingtechnique.com:
http://www.coolingtechnique.com/rece...h-genesis.html

Belgium:
Minatica.be :
http://www.minatica.be/content/2096-...matech-Genesis

France:
Centrale3D:
http://www.centrale3d.com/?Test-du-v...olimatech,6774

Cowcotland:
http://www.cowcotland.com/news/24549...h-genesis.html
http://www.cowcotland.com/news/24548...h-genesis.html

Syndrome OC:
http://www.syndrome-oc.net/index.php...h-genesis.html

Netherlands:
Hardware.info:
http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/2009...genesis-review

International:
Fudzilla:
http://www.fudzilla.com/reviews/item...tested?start=4

There will be a lot more reviews out soon, the shipment of the coolers arrived last week, so there are a lot more samples at review sites now =)

Prolimatech did a great job with Genesis, the higher the TDP, the bigger the performance gap to other HSFs becomes.

[Massive]

The Genesis is really not for RAM overclocker....it is really a major drawback since it must be deattached first if we want to change a Dominator RAM.

But for a steady system, which won't be modified again, it is a good option, since you don't have to change anything especially the ram again.

So...it won't be my cooler, as I change ram often to check their overclockability