When PC hardware companies all jump onto a bandwagon, it eventually becomes almost impossible to stand out from the crowd, because everyone's doing the same thing. Thermaltake must have realised rummy noble this because its latest AIO liquid CPU cooler has taken cooler screens to a new level, but it's also given it a whole bunch of neat extra features.
The cooler in question is the (via ), and the name alone gives you all the clues you need to guess what the AIO cooler looks like, assuming you've not taken a gander at the images yet.
The rest of the Minecube 360 Ultra might seem like standard fare (single large radiator, with three 120 mm fans), but there's actually an awful lot to like about it. For example, the radiator pipes are 460 mm in length, which should make it much easier to get the radiator rotated into the right position when installed vertically (i.e. pipe inlet/outlets at the bottom).
Even better are the fans. They magnetically attach to each other, so you only need one cable to connect them to your motherboard, and you can just pull the fan blades out and swap them with the reverse set that are included in the box. Yes, that's right: a fully reversed setup, without having to purchase a whole new set of fans.
Thermaltake says you can wash the blades in water to easily get rid of built-up dirt and grime, and it even provides bearing lubricant to use once they're dried off.
I can't say I'm a huge fan of the quad-screen affair of the Minecube 360, as I prefer my main rig to be all stealthy and black and cool. But all the other features? Heck, sign me up right now, and if Thermaltake adds them to a 'standard' AIO cooler in its rummy star range, I might well be first in line to buy one.
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