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

**zalbard** · 02-16-2011, 05:07 AM

Source: http://www.fudzilla.com/

Nice and fresh design, great performance. I like it already!

Please post more reviews with extra numbers if you find them. This is mostly for pictures and preliminary results.

**K404** · 02-16-2011, 05:31 AM

Performance seems to be nothing new but that looks AWESOME!

**Serra** · 02-16-2011, 06:27 AM

I really like that. I don't especially need my memory cooled (though others here surely do), but on a lot of boards it may save you from requiring a fan pointed at another chip on the motherboard and I can appreciate that.

Now if they can just partner with someone to create a motherboard without a 24-pin power slot right under one of those wings...

**~~Tetrafluorometh~~** · 02-16-2011, 06:38 AM

Ram changes are going to mean HSF removale and refit = involvment!

**Mats** · 02-16-2011, 06:45 AM

They should have made the front HS high enough for dual fans, which also would make RAM change easier.
You'd only need to remove the lower fan instead of the whole HS.

**PatRaceTin** · 02-16-2011, 06:53 AM

super Huge

**generics_user** · 02-16-2011, 06:59 AM

next revision: bigger fins; dual fan support on both heatsinks; temps reduced by 0.5°C...

seriously my good old TRUE from 2007 is still in the same league as these new coolers; air cooling and watercooling have hit a wall and upgrading isn't worth it anymore....

**Sam_oslo** · 02-16-2011, 07:59 AM

That looks good, and those 2 x 140mm, and 6 heat pipes would probably keep the CPU very cool too, but (big butt

) you are going to get hot air all over the place.

EDIT:
I like the concept tho, you get a tween-tower without feeding the hot air directly into the other fan.
If you have a top exhaust-fan too, then turning the horizontal fan (to pull), can be a solution. But that would feed the hot air into other fan, and the whole concept would fall apart. They should have a tiny separation-wall in the middle, between tow fans, or something similar. Anyways. you don't want that air all over the place.

**NEOAethyr** · 02-16-2011, 08:14 AM

Has some looks to it.
But I believe it will only serve to increase the ram temps

.
That and having to remove the heatsink to take out your mem would be quite the hassle.

**Hondacity** · 02-16-2011, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by NEOAethyr

Has some looks to it.
But I believe it will only serve to increase the ram temps

.
That and having to remove the heatsink to take out your mem would be quite the hassle.

if your pc case have a side intake.....it will work great

**Sam_oslo** · 02-16-2011, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by Hondacity

if your pc case have a side intake.....it will work great

If you have a side intake, then turning it to exhaust, and turning the horizontal fan too pull too, could be a good option. You still need to put a little separation-wall between those 2 fans for best result tho.

This can be a good option, in a good ventilated case:
Intake: top (to feed vertical fan) + front (to feed horizontal fan), this should stay high.
Exhaust : side (to exhaust the horizontal pull-fan) + back (to exhaust the vertical push-fan)
With a little separation-wall between tow fans.

**Gilgamesh** · 02-16-2011, 08:25 AM

An other review here:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/g...s-cpu-kuehler/

**zalbard** · 02-16-2011, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Gilgamesh

An other review here:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/g...s-cpu-kuehler/

Beats NH-D14 while being much easier to fit, nice!

Too bad they haven't tested it apples-to-apples using the same fans...

**KGB7** · 02-16-2011, 09:05 AM

Mounting system is nice and solid.

But its a Cooler Master V10 look a like.

**Mad Pistol** · 02-16-2011, 11:57 AM

I like it, but it will make removing RAM a chore on sticks with oversized sinks.

**nijel** · 02-16-2011, 12:37 PM

Make a hole on the back of the case and turn it 180. Cool and RAM access free.

**koc** · 02-16-2011, 02:15 PM

looks like Silver Arrow with one side laid-down

**LagunaX** · 02-16-2011, 02:36 PM

You could swap out overclocked DDR3 1600 CL7 G.Skill eco's but that's about it for "performance ram".

**Zloyd** · 02-17-2011, 12:42 AM

Nice with 2 fans it should cool ram as well. I like it, changing ram is gonna be a pain sadly but I think I can live with that.

**KGB7** · 02-17-2011, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by nijel

Make a hole on the back of the case and turn it 180. Cool and RAM access free.

Good idea dude.

Can i borrow a chain saw to make a hole?

**jmke** · 02-17-2011, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by KGB7

Mounting system is nice and solid.

But its a Cooler Master V10 look a like.

V10 was a bit too ambitious of a project, if they'd left out the TEC and used more fins the performance would have been better at a lower price;

**HelixPC** · 02-17-2011, 10:31 AM

MEH, performance is not worth the extra design. If you are going to have something that looks like that, it better outperform the competition, which it does not.

**Dcepter1** · 02-17-2011, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Serra

Now if they can just partner with someone to create a motherboard without a 24-pin power slot right under one of those wings...

**Manicdan** · 02-17-2011, 11:16 AM

does no one make a heatsink thats like the gemini 2 but facing upward so that you can still see and access the RAM, but all air goes up to the top of the case where big fans generally are

**KGB7** · 02-17-2011, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Manicdan

does no one make a heatsink thats like the gemini 2 but facing upward so that you can still see and access the RAM, but all air goes up to the top of the case where big fans generally are

Noctua.

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