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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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The Thermaltake MaxOrb heatsink is a novel design based around a half-dozen heatpipes and six individual arcs of cooling fins. I have to wonder if its design was born out of a desire not to infringe on existing patents, rather than sheer innovation... but in any event, the approach here guarantees an even fin pitch across the complete cooling surface area. In that respect the MaxOrb breaks new ground, allowing it to stand out from heatsinks of similar shape.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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The idea of placing a fan inside of a heatsink has been around for a very long time. The first time an "Orb" style cooler was used on a CPU was around 1998 when a product became available through surplus catalogs that didn't have any markings other than on the fan. The fan was Panaflo branded and so this product became known as the Panaflo Orb. Thermaltake has been through a rainbow of colors and super sounding names for their Orb line and today we are going to take a look at the latest Orb. This heatsink uses the decade old Orb philosophy and merges the latest heatpipe technology to make the MaxOrb.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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The Max Orb is Thermaltake's new "flagship" cooler, which consists of six heatpipes, a nickel-plated copper base and lightweight aluminum fins. This new cooler is compatible with many current CPU socket types, including Intel's Socket T (LGA775) and AMD's Sockets AM2, 939 and 754. The Max Orb definitely has a lot of good looks, but what about the performance?
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Friday, June 15, 2007
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Just from the name you can tell that the Max Orb falls back on the orb design that we are accustomed to seeing from Thermaltake. The Orb is what brought Thermaltake to the level at which it is now. The newer Max Orb takes the design to another level with looks and size, but the question remains: Have the changes made any real difference in performance? Read my words and find out.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
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The MaxOrb is one of the two latest CPU coolers released by Thermalake, the other being the uniquely shaped V1. Hoping that their latest releases will keep them in the front pack of this never-ending CPU cooler race, is the MaxOrb another contender or does it fall to the rear of the pack?
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Friday, May 18, 2007
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Thermaltake's flagship air cooler is definitely worth checking out if you're in the market for a heatsink. The Orbs have a solid history of being good performers and the Max Orb continues that tradition. The new design with six heat pipes and three rows of aluminum fins improve the overall performance by dissipating heat more effectively.
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Thursday, April 5, 2007
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Today I have the ThermalTake Max Orb in my hand. The ThermalTake Orb series comes in Ruby, Gold and Blue, and now with have the Max version which is huge. Of course there are a whole bunch of heatpipes thrown in too?
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