Manufacturer: Prolimatech Price: $ N/A US Author: Steve Date: 04/13/2011

[ Introduction ]

Prolimatech, who became well known for their high performance Megahalems air-cooler, are attempting to evoke some of that magic with their latest creation, known simply as Genesis. This new CPU cooler is intended to address a key weakness of heatsinks that use the tower design, by providing down draft over the motherboard for cooling critical system components... Already it has been over 2 years since we were first impressed by the Prolimatech Megahalems as it brushed aside the competition. It is amazing to think in that time Prolimatech was born and has already become a household name amongst overclockers. Roughly 6 months after the release of the Megahalems, Prolimatech attempted to excite the market once again with a new product. Known as the Mega Shadow, their second attempt at wooing the enthusiast crowd was a lot less exciting, as this new product cost over 30% more and provided no extra performance. That said, the Mega Shadow did look very cool with the shadow chrome paint job. Late last year they delivered another take on the Megahalems, called the Super Mega, which incorporated copper, adding another 20% in weight. Although the Super Mega was much like the original it did deliver slightly better performance without much of a price premium. Still, Prolimatech has been working hard to avoid being a company that simply rides on the coat tails of their first successful product, which in their case would be the Megahalems, even if half of their CPU cooler line up is based on the original Megahalems design. For example they did take some time out from producing rehashed Megahalems designs when they released the impressive looking Armageddon heatsink, which supported dual 140mm fans. As impressive as the Armageddon is, the design was hardly revolutionary, and it would take something more radical than a taller and skinnier version of the Megahalems to get everyone’s attention. Enter the “Genesis” which takes a much different approach when compared to the Megahalems and its spin off designs. Whereas the Megahalems and Armageddon heatsinks feature a tower design, which is ideal for providing maximum surface area for air-flow to cover without conflicting with other components, it does have one inherent draw back. That being that it does not provide any kind of direct air-flow over the motherboard and its critical components. Many of today’s motherboards are passively cooled and rely on air-flow from case fans and the CPU cooler, and this air-flow is even more vital in the event of overclocking. Therefore Prolimatech’s latest creation attempts to address this problem without sacrificing CPU cooling performance. In short, the Genesis looks to take the best from both worlds by incorporating both the tower and low profile designs into one heatsink.

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lokkie

Posted on: 04/13/2011 02:17 PM Look at the size of that thing! There is no way that it wouldn’t perform.

ProX	Posted on: 04/13/2011 11:36 PM I wonder why thy could not make the down facing heatsink a few centimeters taller? Anyway thanks for the review I enjoyed checking out the photos

CrazyBean

Posted on: 04/28/2011 10:44 AM meh dont like it at all! The Armageddon and Megahalems are much better products.

Ray	Posted on: 10/13/2011 01:13 AM Will this fit onto a Maximus IV GENE-Z mobo?