| ProlimaTech Super Mega Heatsink CPU Cooler |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Cooling | |
| Written by Olin Coles | |
| Wednesday, 21 July 2010 | |
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ProlimaTech Super Mega Heatsink Cooler ReviewProlimaTech, the company behind the award-winning and record-setting Megahalems heatsink, has released a successor to the overclocking throne: the ProlimaTech Super-Mega heatsink cooler for Intel CPUs. The Megahalems was ProlimaTech's first run at CPU-cooler's, and a very successful one at that. Having already earned the Benchmark Reviews Editor's Choice Award and countless accolades from other websites, ProlimaTech has built high expectations with their follow-up products. The Super Mega is ProlimaTech's plan to remain seated comfortably at the top. In this article, Benchmark Reviews examines the ProlimaTech Super Mega heatsink and compares performance results directly against the original Megahalems design. When it comes down to it, those consumers shopping for aftermarket cooling products only want one thing out of them: the very best cooling performance their money can buy. It makes perfect sense, too. Since so many products flood the market, it all comes down to price and performance. Based on this principle, Benchmark Reviews searches out the latest CPU coolers and tests them under real-world overclocked conditions. Want to know which cooling products stand-out? Watch for the ProlimaTech Super-Mega to be included in the upcoming quarterly update to our Best CPU Cooler Performance series. The ProlimaTech Super-Mega uses a very dense array of aluminum and copper fins which are split down the middle to form two separate heatsink halves. The Super-Mega heatsink is comprised of six heat-pipe rods, which span to each side and offer twelve total cooling ends. The nickel-plated copper base secures firmly to the CPU with a new and improved proprietary mounting clip system. This mounting system, which I am pleased to report is the most effective clip mechanism I've ever used, and improves the already impressive design offered on the Megahalems and Armageddon, offers up to 70 pounds of contact pressure while completely removing the chance of processor movement or sliding.
Matching the original Megahalems where it counts most, ProlimaTech has made several extremely subtle changes to the design along with a few obvious additions. For most, the new copper fins will be the most direct difference, but there's more that meets the eye.
Manufacturer: ProlimaTech, Inc. Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by ProlimaTech. ProlimaTech Super-Mega Specifications
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Comments
If there's a condition where cooper usually shines better than aluminum, that must be at high CFM, but not even with the Scythe's Ultra Kaze fan this new cooler was able to beat the "single" tower king.
I'm glad that I still have the Prolimatech Megashadow, even if I prefer to use the Noctua NH-D14 normally whenever it fits.
I can't really talk about a bad sample or whatever since you tried a 2nd one and you actually re-tested with another writer... Thank you for the review.
Did the temps get better or worse after sanding down the copper fins?
What thermal paste was used in both test?
Have you tried testing the 2 heatsinks on an open test system?
Thanks
If you could find it in your schedule to do *just one more* test using some 140mm fans I would love to see the results, whether they back up the current ones, or whether it might actually change something. I am just very curious about it!
Excellent review, either way.
I agree with Mr. Worthington and BruceBruce. Those lateral copper fins may make their difference with 140mm fans. I look forward to the extension of your review with 140mm fans.
The only logical explanation I can come up with is that your Megahalems has a base that works great with your un-lapped cpu while the Supermegas are worse.
The V6GT, V10, Megahalems Rev.B, Super Mega or something that I didn't metion?
That is the only thing I can think of. But 1.55V on air, seriously...