Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink (LGA 775 / 1156 / 1366) (AM2** / AM2+** / AM3**)

by Prolimatech

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002EJ3TNK
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 24, 2009

Product Description

The revised Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink now comes LGA 1156 ready and contains 2 sets of wire fan clips for optimal performance out of the box. Due to the originals very high praise from multiple review sites as well as winning the Editor's Choice Gold Award from [H]ard|OCP Enthusiast this cooler is sure to please. When it comes to air cooling this cooler cannot be beat! This heatsink has been carefully engineered for low to medium speed 120 mm fans producing around 57 CFM - fans in this range are quiet at under 26 dBA - but this heatsink still cools better than the competition! Six heatpipes pull heat up to the fins and away from the CPU. The heatsink ships ready to mount to either Socket LGA 775 or the latest Socket LGA 1366 and LGA 1156! **Sockets AM2, AM2+ and AM3 require optional retention hardware The tower type coolers have been the mainstream in the CPU cooling market for quite some time now, but upon closer inspection you start to notice that designs and engineering can only go so far as they slowly come to a bottleneck. After a while they all start to look the same with performance not worth popping the champaign. This is where Prolimatech comes in. We are here to challenge all possible odds and stray away from the norm. With that focus in mind comes the new Megahalems, tower CPU cooler. Never before seen are the new lows in temperature produced by an intelligent design of low air flow resistance with unmatched performance to boost; perfect for the true overclockers in all of us **PLEASE MEASURE YOUR CASE TO INSURE THIS HEATSINK WILL FIT BEFORE PURCHASING!! WILL NOT ACCEPT RETURNS UNLESS ITEM IS DEFECTIVE!**

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beware AMD users, January 15, 2011

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This review is from: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink (LGA 775 / 1156 / 1366) (AM2** / AM2+** / AM3**) (Personal Computers)

The description of this cooler is:
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink (LGA 775 / 1156 / 1366) (AM2** / AM2+** / AM3**)

What the vendor shipped was:
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink (LGA 775 / 1156 / 1366)
And this was even missing one of the brackets shown in the picture.

I did not look for the ** thinking it was just some funny terminology for the socket. Turns out, buried in something called a description way at the bottom of the page was a statement that more hardware was needed to mount to an AM3 motherboard but it did not say what was needed. The seller does not appear to have this hardware. There was no "People who bought this also bought AM2 adapter kit".

I did eventually find the hardware at another vendor by Googling "Prolimatech AM2 Retention Mount Adapter Kit"

This is not to say the cooler is bad, just misleading copy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, February 18, 2010

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M. Clemens "Astronomy Buff" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink (LGA 775 / 1156 / 1366) (AM2** / AM2+** / AM3**) (Personal Computers)

It's big. Almost big enough I gave it a 4 star review, but it works so well I couldn't subtract any points from this. I have an i7-920 on an Intel DX58SO motherboard, and I've got tall Corsair Dominator memory sticks. Because of the tall heatsinks on the Corsair RAM, I had to orient the heatsink in the non-classic direction. (It's blowing air from my video card down towards my power supply, as opposed to blowing from front of case towards back of case.) It didn't seem to affect performance. My idle temps dropped from 50C to 36C (122F to 97F). My fully loaded temps dropped from 77C to 60C (171F to 140F). Highly recommended unless you have a little case or its too packed in there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This thing is seriously BIG, February 13, 2010

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Charlie (Motor City, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink (LGA 775 / 1156 / 1366) (AM2** / AM2+** / AM3**) (Personal Computers)

I did extensive research on CPU coolers January 2010 for my new i7 rig I was building. [...] showed that the Megahalems outperformed all other air coolers on the market at that time. I was fully unprepared for the size of this cooler. MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU MEASURE THE HEIGHT AVAILABLE IN YOUR CASE! Clearance is an issue but it worked fine in my full ATX case. Also make sure you buy accompanying fans of the correct size. The reason i'm writing this is because the otherwise flawless workmanship had one catch. No other reviews brought this to my attention, so it must not be common. There is a cross-member that physically holds the cooling tower to the motherboard backing plate, that two spring loaded screws go through. The holes in the plate were not drilled all the way through. I highly recommend this cooler, but if you buy it, do a dry fit test first. if your thumb screws do not move freely just use a hand drill and take the step out of the holes so the springs engage the cross-member.


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