14 DAY TRIAL // The Alpenfohn series of central processing unit coolers has today welcomed a new member into its fold, one that works on processors from both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.
Whether heartened by the news about cooler-less Intel CPUs or not, EKL ha released a whole new cooler.
For those that want a reminder, the above mentioned piece of news involves the possibility of Intel selling future high-end Sandy Bridge-E CPUs without cooling solutions.
EKL may not necessarily have had this in mind when it created the Alpenfohn Triglav tower (a product that is reportedly on track for official availability next month, September 2011), since it may be geared more to existing chips.
Nonetheless, it is definitely large and solid enough to fit the description of a high-end product, complete with heatpipes that are thicker than what most solutions boast.
Where mid to high-end coolers usually have a few 6 mm heatpipes (copper, nickel, plated, etc.), this one has three with a thickness of no less than 10 mm.
With those to pull heat from the CPU over to the heatsink, the caloric energy is dispersed by a Hydro Bearing fan whose diameter is of 120 mm.
Said spinner has a rotary speed of 850 to 1,500 RPM (rotations per minute) and, thus, a sound output of 21.4 dB at most.
LGA 775, LGA 1155 and LKGA 1156 Intel processors are supported by the product, as are AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+ and FM1 central processing units from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Prospective buyers of the EKL Alpenfohn Triglav should make sure they have the sum of 39.90 Euro on hand. The price includes a bundled thermal compound.
As for those that want something to compare it with (and have the money to spare), they can check out such things as the Gelid GX-7, which was spotted just days ago.