Massive, 3-lbs Silentmaxx TwinBlock Cools PC Up to 100W

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A dual-heatsink design offered by Silentmaxx promises to cool CPUs with a power consumption of up to 100 watts - without the need of fans.

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  • outlw6669
    Yeah, enjoy splitting your motherboard in half...
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  • $120?.hmmmmm...
    I take it for $12
    do I need special design motherboard or case to fit that in?
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  • Belardo
    So does it need a fan or not?
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  • aznguy0028
    belardoSo does it need a fan or not?how did you miss the first sentence?

    "A dual-heatsink design offered by Silentmaxx promises to cool CPUs with a power consumption of up to 100 watts - without the need of fans."
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  • nikorr
    Beast :D
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  • gigantor21
    Seems more useful for smashing PCs than cooling them. :p
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  • boiler1990
    $120? You're better off buying a Cooler Master Hyper 212+/EVO and putting some quieter $20 fans on it like the Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-15s, or investing in an XSPC RX240 kit. Both will be very quiet for the same price or less.
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  • nebun
    wow...really?....if anyone is willing to put this on their mobo they are really dumb....that's a lot of weight to be hanging from only 4 bolts...coun't me out...i will stick with my liquid block from Koolance (360)
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  • sporkimus
    Crane support sold seperately...
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  • f-14
    that's nothing, i have a 2 ton heat sink sitting outside my window that will cool ANY PC, even the last one which was on fire, installation requires heavy equipment or a really good HVAC guy.
    it runs at about 41 dbs, but that's nothing a $198 blower fan can't fix
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