Cooler Master Shows Off Heatsink Computer
We see a lot of cool concepts at CES and today is no different, thanks to Cooler Master's latest effort.
Cooler Master is at CES this week showing off quite the unique heatsink. Spotted at the Cooler Master booth by the folks over at PC Perspective, this processor heatsink has an actual computer inside. That's right, while it might look like an ordinary Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU heastink and fan, there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Or should we say, behind the heatsink?
PC Perspective's Tim Verry writes that around the back of this piece of kit you'll find a nano-ITX motherboard and AMD's E-350 APU based on the Brazos platform, complete with support for Wi-Fi, HDMI, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and what looks to be VGA and e-SATA connections.
Cooler Master hasn't yet commented publicly on the device, so there's no way of knowing if this thing is going to be available commercially or if it's just an experiment to show the masses at CES (like last year's Nvidia beer keg). Sure, it may be a little impractical to have a computer inside of your computer, and gaining access to this thing while it's inside your computer might prove difficult, but on the other hand, why not?
Head on over to PC Perspective for the full range of photos of this thing.
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hmm, I thought it was going to be a heat sink integrated/attached to the chassis to dissipate heat or something.
Aww I want to see the actual mobo and stuff too :[
'your computer is so cool that i put a computer, inside your computer!'
Can we put that on another computer?
So have that computer in the hsf just incase your big computer crashes as a back up? lol
Aww I want to see the actual mobo and stuff too :[
Click the link lol
PCception?
wouldnt that be another source of heat -.-
This is just a whole new level of interesting hahahaha. I wonder what it can really handle and the temps of the components inside.
Yo Dawg, So I heard you like computers
when i 1st read the topic, i though it was a casing designed to look like a giant heatsink!
false alarm...
"...but on the other hand, why not?"
No, the better question is "Why?" Ok, it looks cool, but when the day is done, and you're looking at your budget, was this thing worth its price?
That is actualy the Coolermaster V6 not the Hyper 212+
The V6 is covered top in plastic where the Hyper 212+ is open, also the Hyper 212+ has copper pipes coming out the top.
Another difference the V6 has copper base, Hyper 212+ has silver aliminium
Can we use a second one of these to cool the first one's APU ???
so , what does it do?
Yo Dawg, So I heard you like computers
Aw, beat me to it
Hmmmm......the thing does have an I/O panel......add power.......
Practical or not, I'd love to see them produce these! Not mass, but maybe make them as demanded. This would be a really cool way to have a file/media server without having to leave your actual PC on all the time!
Yo Dawg, So I heard you like computers
So I put a computer in your computer so you can compute while you compute!
Now build a heatsink that can accommodate 8-10 slot motherboards and lots of people will be happy.
Someone should use this to play a prank on Fata1ty. Other than that, I see no value.
Will Motherboards support the weight of this beast?
Looks awesome, but kinda useless. Unless you want like a two degree delta temp, this really is overkill for an 18W output...
This will look great if you keep it in a clean room...
when I read this I thought that they were attaching the heatsink to the computer case for heat dissapation.
I doubt this computer is meant to be attached to a motherboard. It's probably just sold as a standalone, and the "heat sink" is just an interesting case.
In the next phase of our evolutionary march, the mini itx mobo would be removed and its component distributed across the cooling fins of the heat sink itself; thereby further enabling us to achieve our goal to blur the line between a heatsink and a computer. The final phase, will see the fan removed altogether and the heat-sink's fins themselves rotated; thus giving you the ultimate - the rotating, whizzzing ball of a computer!
Looks awesome but I fail to any practicality, still a nice promo tool for CM.
Looks nice, but I am little disappointed, unless it is meant as a stand-alone PC. The mini-ITX board blocks the airflow going through the heatsink.
Aww I want to see the actual mobo and stuff too :[
Read the linked article. There are more pictures there.
'your computer is so cool that i put a computer, inside your computer!'
From the comments of the linked article: http://cheezburger.com/View/5684493312
I want to see this thing taken apart
That would be a great conversation piece.
That's so awesome. Why put a heatsink into a computer when you can put a computer in the heatsink!