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As you will have already noticed, the Super Mega looks much like the original Megahalems, which it has to be said looks very much like older tower coolers developed by companies such as Thermaltake and Scythe. Clearly Prolimatech have looked at what worked well, taken the design, and tried to make it better. The heatsink itself stands tall, measuring 159mm, while it is also 130mm wide and 74mm thick.
Whereas original Megahalems featured a copper base and six dual copper heatpipes, the Super Mega employs a little more copper. The Super Mega features two main columns of 44 fins which are split in half by the six heatpipes, effectively creating four columns. In that sense there are 176 small fins in total and of that number 32 of them are constructed from copper.
This means just 18% of the fins featured on the Super Mega are copper. Despite this the weight has been boosted by almost 20% from the 790 grams of the Megahalems, to a portly 945 grams. That said, the smaller Thermalright TRUE Copper heatsink weighed in at an insane 1900 grams due to its all copper design.
Given how large and expensive the Megahalems heatsink already is, it would not have been possible or at least feasible for Prolimatech to create a 100% copper version of the Megahalems. Instead Prolimatech has strategically positioned a small amount of copper fins in an effort to better improve heat dissipation of the Super Mega.
Like all Prolimatech products the Super Mega is not a universal cooler and can only be installed on either the Intel LGA775, LGA1156 or LGA1366 platforms out of the box. Those wanting to install the Super Mega on an AMD platform will have to purchase an additional mounting kit at a cost of about $10 US. This is a little unfortunate, as this would be an excellent product for those looking to overclock their Phenom II processor. However once you consider having to buy a fan and then the mounting kit on top of the cost of the heatsink, you are almost half way to the value of a Phenom II X4 965 processor.
Prolimatech has decided to maximize cooling efficiency by using six dual heatpipes that extend through two separate and very large series of aluminum fins. Interestingly the heatpipes do not pass through the fins in an unusual formation, as they do in most high-end coolers. Rather, they form a perfectly straight line though the middle of the fins.
In total there are six copper dual heatpipes measuring 6mm in diameter that run through the copper base and up through the fins on each side of the heatsink. Although the base has been constructed from copper it is nickel plated, and therefore has a smooth finish.
Apart from the Intel mounting bracket kit, the Super Mega also comes with four fan clips, which will allow the user to install a pair of 120mm fans if they choose. For testing purposes we installed a single 1500-RPM fan, as this was the same configuration we used on the Prolimatech Megahalems and Thermalright TRUE Copper heatsinks. |
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Initial D |
Posted on: 08/25/2010 02:53 PM
Meh I prefer my Megahalems over this anyway. Still it looks pretty cool I guess. |
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micky |
Posted on: 08/26/2010 04:12 PM
I have the Megahalems and its the bomb. This looks awesome. I would really like to own one but cannot see me bothering just for the looks, found the same thing when they released the Mega Shadow. Still thanks for the review I loved the pictures. |
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slimjum |
Posted on: 09/08/2010 01:53 PM
this thing looks crazy! I want one  |
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Lee |
Posted on: 09/14/2010 09:33 AM
I just read the Thermaltake Jing review but this thing looks wayyyy cooler! |