14 DAY TRIAL // When saying the word Armageddon, the first thing that comes to most people's minds, besides the feeling of inevitability and ultimate and total annihilation, of course, is the idea of heat. Prolimatech exploited this thinking pattern when it created its latest product, but did so in a reversed fashion, giving the name of Armageddon to a product whose intended purpose is rather opposite to what the term Armageddon itself alludes to. Basically, the company created a rather unique CPU cooling mechanism.
The most likely element to hit users when looking at Prolimatech's new cooler is not its massive size or solid construction, nor is it the set of six 6mm heatpipes that suck heat away from the CPU through the copper base. What will surprise end-users will be the lack of a fan.
The maker chose to do away with the absolute necessity for heat dispersers and, instead, focused on heat conductivity. As such, the heatsink has the aforementioned copper base and the 6mm heatpipes lead the heat away from the chip and into the large, towering nickel-plated fin array. Of course, in case the CPU is particularly feisty, a pair of 120mm or 140mm fans can be equipped on the sides.
The Armageddon is designed to be compatible with Intel LGA 1156 and LGA 1366 socket central processing units but, through use of an optional mounting kit, can also be applied to Advanced Micro Devices processors designed for the AM2, AM2+ and AM3 sockets. As for the actual size and weight, the heatsink measures 144 (W) x 160.3 (H) x 50 (D) mm and weighs 750 grams.
The product package does not include any fans but does bring a tube of Prolimatech PK-1 thermal paste, ensuring that the maximum heat conductivity can be achieved between the CPU and the base of the heatsink itself. The entire package should become available as of April 2 and will carry a price tag of 59.90 Euro.