At last year’s CES, Noctua showed off a prototype of a huge passive cooler that can handle cooling the Intel Core i9-9900K processor without using fans. According to the resource Fanlesstech, the manufacturer is finally ready to release this cooling system. The source got a photo of the future novelty.
The production of the cooler, which has not yet received an official name, Noctua planned to begin this year, but this was prevented by a pandemic. The novelty will nevertheless be released to the market. And according to the company’s “roadmap” that has been lit up, this will happen in the first half of 2021.
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It should be clarified right away that this cooling system is not designed for use inside compact computer cases. It will require a spacious and wide case of at least ATX form factor.
An early prototype of the Noctua passive cooling system
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Last year, Noctua demonstrated the capabilities of a prototype paired with an eight-core flagship Core i9-9900K and a running Prime95 stress test. Despite the absence of active mechanisms in the composition of CO, it could keep the temperature of the chip within 95 degrees Celsius. On the one hand, this is a serious heating. But on the other hand, Prime95 is a synthetic benchmark aimed at 100% CPU stress. In real everyday conditions (games, launching applications, web surfing), the processor does not experience such loads. In addition, 95 degrees Celsius is below Intel’s stated safe temperature threshold for this processor model, which is 100 degrees Celsius.
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According to Noctua, adding additional fans to the cooler itself or to the computer case will significantly increase the capabilities of the cooling system, increasing its maximum power dissipation (TDP) from 120 watts to 180 watts.
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