14 DAY TRIAL // While most companies are building up their collections of new products in anticipation of the 2011 CES expo, some companies still plan on releasing something before 2010 ends, Alpenfohn being one of them.
While the new series of central processing units from Intel will have a new socket to stay in, they will in no way end the existence of all other Intel chips.
As such, like AMD's own processors, Intel's LGA 1156 and LGA775 CPUs will go on selling, meaning that companies that develop coolers for them won't go out of business any time soon.
Knowing this, and how even the less financially-equipped end-users often seek better coolers for their chips, Alpenfohn is working on the Sella.
The Sella will be the newest Alpenfohn-branded cooling device and utilizes three copper heatpipes, a 92mm HD-bearing fan and the HDC (heatpipe direct contact) technology.
That said, in order to ensure that heat is drawn out of the CPU as effectively as possible, the outift offers the cooler in a bundle with a syringe filled with thermal grease.
All in all, it measures 105 x 78 x 129 mm and weighs 422 g, while the fan alone has a size of 92 x 92 x 25 mm.
The operating voltage of the Sella is 12 VDC, whereas the fan can produce between 14 dB(A) and 29.8 dD(A) of noise, its rotary speed being of 850 to 2,200 RPM (rotations per minute).
Finally, the maximum airflow achievable is of 62,80m3/h and the product can assist not just the aforementioned Intel socket LGA 775 and LGA 1156 CPUs, but also the AM2, AM2+ and AM3 processors from Advanced Micro Devices.
Shipments of the Alpenfohn Sella should start to be carried out by the end of December, at which point the price will be of 19.90 Euro, according to the press release.