Question MonsterLabo 'The Heart' 6.6 pound CPU/GPU cooler

[UsandThem]

Consumer: "But the Noctua NH-D15 is too big and heavy, and I just don't trust that my motherboard can support the 2.91 pounds".

MonsterLabo: "Hold my beer". 😛

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/m...-monstrous-7-pound-passive-cpu-and-gpu-cooler

To be precise, it weighs in at 6.6 lbs and has a footprint of 200 by 185 mm. The cooler towers 265 mm tall, making it the world’s largest CPU cooler to fit in a consumer PC. However, not only is it a CPU cooler, it is also a GPU cooler. The unit crawls around the entire graphics card with heatpipes to cool the GPU.

 

[JEDIYoda]

As somebody who back in the day collected heatsinks especially the copper ones, I found that bigger does not necessarily make for better cooling and lower temps!
There is a whole lot more than just having the latest and heaviest heatsink....

 

[chrisjames61]

As somebody who back in the day collected heatsinks especially the copper ones, I found that bigger does not necessarily make for better cooling and lower temps!
There is a whole lot more than just having the latest and heaviest heatsink....

Yes but a larger, heavier heatsink with more surface area will always result in better cooling all else being equal.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

That’s just ridiculous. So many problems, so many unsolvable problems like Will it fit in my case.
Not to forget this is obviously aimed at a high end build, why is it safe to assume someone who is building a high end machine 2 years from now would use a graphics card that would fit this.
Obviously size is better more area to cool but I suspect the usefulness of size scales off at a certain point.
I couldn’t imagine a 7 ton copper heatsink with thousands of fans on it performing that much better than any current large cooler.

 

[aigomorla]

to be fair its a cpu + gpu cooling solution, so its not a true monster heat sink like a Thermaright IFX.
Its also a passive solution, and i belive you need a custom case for it.

I think it would be a ideal OEM solution for that corsair cube, or the silverstone FT-03

 

[DrMrLordX]

Would be a nice cooler if it were set up for fans. As it is, they don't recommend it for more than 120W or so from the CPU. Not impressed. It's good that someone is thinking outside the box . . . it's just that it shouldn't try to cool GPU + CPU at once. And of course it needs fans!