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The Cooler
Prolimatech seem to be on a role as of late. Each product produced has been of high quality, but also more importantly effective. For the market they are in, to start up a company in 2008 and become a well known brand for producing top of the line coolers in a very competitive market is impressive and is only what most other cooling companies can dream of. It usually takes several releases before they start to find a winning formula, but Prolimatech came out like a bang with one of the best coolers on the scene; the Megahalems.
The technical guys at Prolimatech have done things a little differently this time around creating a cooler that not only will have great cooling properties, but not at the cost of losing silence as the Megahalems with its dense fins was built for high speed (noisy) fans. The Armageddon offers a wider radiator and fins at a lesser depth whist still retaining the Megahalems properties.
Looking through the fins, you can see the cooler utilizing 12 heatpipe rods to be in direct contact with any passing airflow while still not taking up too much space; hence a design for a longer than normal radiator and offering serious cooling potential.
The look and feel of the cooler has to be the best we have come across. The whole unit is very sturdy, well built and feels like what an enthusiast piece of equipment should feel like. If one was to grasp various heatsinks and drop them on the floor from a fair height, I can guarantee this cooler will come out on top, it’s that well made.
At £55 the cooler is quite expensive, even more so if you consider the fact it comes with zero fans. It seems to me the branding of Prolimatech has become more of a status symbol. While Thermalright products are generally high price items, the introduction of their sister company Cogage has brought lower cost coolers to the market including the best cooler. The Arrow comes in at only £45 and does include a PWM 120x25mm fan rated at 800-1700RPM. Consider also that the original Megahalems costs £45 now, looks and build quality aside, the Armageddon may have a tough time getting off the ground.
Regarding the fans, Prolimatech does supply 4 clips out of the box to support two fans in push-pull, both 120mm and 140mm. Moreover, aside from the industry leading mounting kit we love at OCT, you are also given a tube of PK-1 thermal paste which is some of the best TIM on the market.
The base isn’t a mirror finish, but is machined very well and is smooth. Prolimatech state that this precision machining will offer the end user the best cooling possible. The base is ever so slightly convex also.
Additionally if you look closely, each fin has been rounded off perfectly. This not only looks great along with the gun metal finish, but saves any nasty cuts during installation or handling the product.
The top of the cooler has been fitted with an aluminum shield. Were not exactly sure what this is for – air resistance or for looks, it’s not clear. However it is nice to see that the childish writing of the name Armageddon has been removed from earlier test samples. However the annoying thing about the top is that it’s susceptible to a lot of dirty fingerprints.
