Weirdest looking cpu heatsinks and other fans

[Mr.stubbs]

i did'nt know where to stick this but anway

i found some really weird looking cpu heatsinks on ebay when i was surfing here's a couple.. tell me if you've seen any weirder ones..

http://i4.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/88/1d/2a_1_b.JPG
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-ZALMAN-CPU-COOLER-FLOWER-CNPS6000-AlCu-20dB_W0QQitemZ6791500831QQcategoryZ42001QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem



http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/9a/a5/8a_1_b.JPG
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Thermaltake-CL-P0086-Beetle-Heatpipe-Heat-sink-New-UK_W0QQitemZ6792375634QQcategoryZ42001QQtcZphotoQQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/19/a4/c5_1_b.JPG

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aerocool-Deep-Impact-102-CPU-Cooler_W0QQitemZ6774182943QQcategoryZ42001QQssPage NameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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[fillip]

Sorry, but you're saying you've never seen any of the above before? http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/huh.gif

Good god man what rock have you been living under? http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/grin.gif

The Zalman flower has to be one of the most famous heatsinks available, mainly due to it's rather distinctive shape. Infact, I have one sitting in the PC next to me.

The other two are newer but have still been around for a while.

[Mr.stubbs]

yeah im an idiot

[Mr.stubbs]

just consider that everytime you read one of my threads, maybe a possibility for a signature

[CandyKid]

http://www.thermaltake.com/images/coolers/ComboCool/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.jpg
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm

How about that one from Thermaltake, eh? This is one of the reasons I don't argue too much when people talk bad about them... they make some stupid-fly stuff.

Or how about the ASUS Star Ice?

http://www.asus.com/products/pccomponents/cooler/gaming/starice/star-ice_l.jpg
http://www.asus.com/products/pccomponents/cooler/gaming/starice/overview.htm

Each of these is big enough to make you wonder what the hell they were thinking...

PLUR
CK

[Mr.stubbs]

jebus, asus looks a bit like the beetle one

[BigBen2k]

I don't have a link right now, but I saw one that's an improved heatpipe; it's ~2 inches in diameter, all brass, and is roughly 6 inches tall. It came in two different sizes.

[GigantoR]

I have the Aerocool dp102, the 3rd one posted in the first post, layin around somewhere, not a bad little 'sink.

[Fibbles]

I've always thought most of those sorts of HSF's were neat looking, but have never used anything other than Swiftech, Thermalright or a stock HSF :mellow:

[Vis]

I'm gonna pick up an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 - I hear its super quiet. That is one funky lookin heatsink.

[Mr.stubbs]

yup ive got one amazingly quite and effective

[CertainlySteve]

http://store1.yimg.com/I/xoxide_1859_17882107
Now this one looks like some kind of turret from the canyons on the death star... minus the 2 lazer tubes.... lol I have to say, that I cannot tell what .... *ahem* Creative genius < / sarcasm > came up with this one... *gag*

[Da_Rude_Baboon]

yeah but if it cools well then its doing its job. Form follows function.

[Starbuck3733T]

It looks like it might do well, w\ the shroud on it to keep all the air flowing through the fins. Cept it looks like it's configured to blow air in, and we all know what happens when you do that on a radiator (which is less restrictive than those fins of the HS)... the air bounces off and you get a severe airflow drop compared to pulling. Or it could have just been the stupid PR department putting it on backwards for the photoshoot. :rolleyes:

[CertainlySteve]

I'm going to give the mfr the benefit of a doubt and guess that they didn't want the fan mfr's logo on their product images.

[Pug]

I'm going to give the mfr the benefit of a doubt and guess that they didn't want the fan mfr's logo on their product images.
Any other pics? Mebbe there's a second fan... :unsure:
I've seen different shroud designs on heatsinks perform differently on fan orientation.
The best-known users of shrouded h/sinks were always Alpha. Their shrouds were nearly always optimised to have the fan scavenge off the h/sink but it's not a hard & fast rule for all shroud designs, imho (and they certainly didn't look like this one).

[Vis]

Way back in the day I did some tests with an Alpha. Having the fan flipped to run the other way didn't make much difference at all. Less than two degrees if I remember right.