Cryorig launches its largest dual-tower CPU air cooler yet — Monster XX features 300W TDP capacity, ten heat pipes, and dual 120mm fans

Cryorig Monster XX
(Image credit: Cryorig)

Cryorig launched the Monster XX air CPU cooler on its website to rival the best CPU coolers. The Monster XXX is the brand's largest-ever air cooler, featuring a dual tower with ten heat pipes and two 120-mm RGB fans. Its massive size gives it a 300-watt TDP cooling capacity, allowing it to accommodate the ever-increasing power demands of the latest Intel and AMD.

The company came back to the U.S. market with the launch of the massive TE10 last July. However, with the launch of the Ryzen 9000 last August and the anticipated arrival of Ryzen 9000X3D chips in November, Cryorig wants to create an air cooler that could handle these processors' cooling requirements.

The Monster XX is 120 x 133mm, similar to the TE10's length and width. However, it’s a little bit taller at 159mm compared to the older heat sink’s 152mm height. Both air coolers also feature two 120-mm fans, but the additional height gives the new cooler a slight edge over the previous model. What’s curious is that even though the Monster XX is taller, it features two fewer heat sink units than the TE10 (86 units vs. 88 units).

You should note that the Monster XX’s larger design means it’s a bit noisier. The TE10 is rated 19 to 26 dBA, but the XX has a 31.5 dBA fan noise level. But you shouldn't notice it's even present if you’re not attaching it to a power-hungry CPU like the Core i9-14900K.

The new air cooler still has wide compatibility, supporting multiple socket generations from Intel and AMD. It works with LGA115X, LGA1200, LGA1700, and the just-launched LGA1851. You could also use it with AM4 and AM5 processors, ensuring that you can get the maximum performance from multiple chip generations.

We don’t have pricing for the Monster XX at the moment, but it could fall within the range of other dual-tower air coolers like the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO or Peerless Assassin 120 SE. Still, we hope to get our hands on a copy of the Monster XX soon so we can put it through its paces and find out how much cooling it can deliver.

Jowi Morales
Contributing Writer

Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He’s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he’s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics.

  • Notton
    10 heatpipes is impressive but I doubt they all get full use on smaller dies without a vapor chamber to distribute the heat.
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  • 80251
    @Notton
    No one manufactures dual tower heatpipe coolers w/integral vapor chambers yet do they? I've noticed the 4090 uses both heatpipes and a vapor chamber, so is this the immediate future of high end air cooling?
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  • thestryker
    There have been a few vapor chamber designs over the years. The most recent two being from Deepcool and Cooler Master. Deepcool (the company) got removed from the US market and there hasn't been any news since. The V8 3DVC was shown at CES in January, but no product has come to market.

    With the shrinking die size and offset CPU cores vapor chamber coolers make more sense now than previously. They have a bigger impact if they're directly mounted to the die which is likely why we haven't seen much adoption outside of video cards though.
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  • halfcharlie
    My Silverstone 360 AIO started failing in more ways than one (multiple fans dying, water pump, air pockets, who knows what else if I opened it up) and causing overheating issues, I needed something to keep me going until upgrade build so I got a Peerless Assassin, it's so crazy cheap and straight away dropped 20C from my temps. Boy is it loud though, I can hear every change in RPM, I won't be staying with air personally but I understand the reliability and simplicity. Lesson is not to cheap out on an AIO and pay attention to warranty, there's a reason Silverstone only has a 2 year warranty, I'll be getting the Liquid Freezer III 360 for next build.
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  • Notton
    80251 said:
    @NottonNo one manufactures dual tower heatpipe coolers w/integral vapor chambers yet do they? I've noticed the 4090 uses both heatpipes and a vapor chamber, so is this the immediate future of high end air cooling?
    Yup, no one makes VC desktop CPU coolers yet, but they exist for laptops. For desktop, only some prototypes shown this year.
    Yup, it's the future of air cooling.
    The only alternative I see is the active-noise-cancelling gizmo prototype Noctua made from over a decade ago. and no one else followed through with this idea.
    -atLQYr14zI
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  • TheHerald
    Notton said:
    10 heatpipes is impressive but I doubt they all get full use on smaller dies without a vapor chamber to distribute the heat.
    10 heatpipes are useless, they actually hurt performance. Despite the obvious contact issues, if your CPU doesn't produce a lot of heat to actually put these heatpipes to work the phase change will be a lot slower and therefore temps will be worse compared to a 6 heatpipe cooler. Air cooling isn't as simple as "slap as many heatpipes as possible and call it a day"
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  • tamalero
    halfcharlie said:
    My Silverstone 360 AIO started failing in more ways than one (multiple fans dying, water pump, air pockets, who knows what else if I opened it up) and causing overheating issues, I needed something to keep me going until upgrade build so I got a Peerless Assassin, it's so crazy cheap and straight away dropped 20C from my temps. Boy is it loud though, I can hear every change in RPM, I won't be staying with air personally but I understand the reliability and simplicity. Lesson is not to cheap out on an AIO and pay attention to warranty, there's a reason Silverstone only has a 2 year warranty, I'll be getting the Liquid Freezer III 360 for next build.
    Cant replace the fans for noctuas?
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