Cooler Master GeminII resurected.

ok but who would want that instead of the AiO liquid cooling? I mean, providing you have room in your rig, liquid cooling is far superior to those motherboard benders.

Kenny F Powers:

ok but who would want that instead of the AiO liquid cooling? I mean, providing you have room in your rig, liquid cooling is far superior to those motherboard benders.

I think the better question is who would want this instead of a tower air cooler. AIOs target a different market. The main benefit of aftermarket top-flow coolers is to cool surrounding components or to fit better in low-profile cases, but this thing has such a wide footprint that it might not fit on a lot of mobos and it's too tall to fit in low profile cases. So basically, it's ideal for CPUs with overclocked DIMMs on both sides in a normal size chassis. I guess there's a market for that but sure is a limited one.

Noctua a prototype like this many many years ago. Noctua Displays Large Downdraft Type CPU Cooler Prototype | TechPowerUp

schmidtbag:

I think the better question is who would want this instead of a tower air cooler. AIOs target a different market. The main benefit of aftermarket top-flow coolers is to cool surrounding components or to fit better in low-profile cases, but this thing has such a wide footprint that it might not fit on a lot of mobos and it's too tall to fit in low profile cases. So basically, it's ideal for CPUs with overclocked DIMMs on both sides in a normal size chassis. I guess there's a market for that but sure is a limited one.

This would be good for flat cases, like rackmounted systems.

JJayzX:

This would be good for flat cases, like rackmounted systems.

Rack mounted systems tend to need air pushed horizontally since they're trying to keep the front of the rack cool and the back hot. Down-firing HSFs tend to "smear" the heat everywhere.