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Danamics introduces the LMX Superleggera; an affordable liquid-metal CPU cooler

by Parm Mann on 17 February 2010, 10:10

Tags: LMX Superleggera, Danamics

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Danish manufacturer Danamics has today taken the wraps off its latest liquid-metal CPU cooler, the LMX Superleggera.

The familiar-looking cooler, pictured above, claims to offer the same "award-winning performance as the Danamics LMX" at a much lower price point.

At £99.99, it still isn't cheap, but it's a far better proposition than its predecessors - namely the £170 Danamics LMX and the original £235 Danamics LM10.

All credit to Danamics, though, it clearly sees potential in the liquid-metal cooling market, and it continues to work to find the right medium between price and performance. At a penny under £100, it's now able to challenge extreme, high-end water cooling setups.

So what's changed? Well, not a lot by the looks of it. Danamics tells us the LMX Superleggera CPU cooler is essentially the same - offering a nickel-plated aluminium heatsink and nickel-plated copper tubes that circulate liquid metal (Sodium Potassium) throughout the cooler with the aid of an electromagnetic pump.

The LMX Superleggera still measures 158.2mm x 170.5mm x 90mm, and it still weighs 1,180g. What has changed is CPU support, as the LMX Superleggera ships in two unique variants - one supporting Intel sockets LGA775/1156/1366 and another supporting AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3.

The biggest changes lie within the bundle. Danamics will ship the LMX Superleggera without any bundled fans - though the cooler will accept any of the 120mm variety with 25mm or 38mm thickness. Other cost savings may revolve around the bundled external Powerbooster - used to regulate power from a system's PSU to the cooler's electromagnetic pump. Now dubbed Powerbooster 2, it's smaller and lighter than the original and slots into a single 3.5in drive bay.

A high-end liquid-cooling solution such as Corsair's Hydro H50 Series is still comfortably cheaper, but Danamics' liquid metal alternatives are beginning to come into the equation. All we need now are some real-world LMX Superleggera performance numbers.



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Nice idea, but way waaaay too expensive imo to be viable. Even if it turns out to be more effective than water cooling, I just can't see it taking off in it's current form.

However, I would like to see it make it into Tarinder's lab for testing to gauge just how well it shapes up. :)
It's going to be closer to £80 than £100 upon release.

Performance is a few c better than Venemous X and Noctua 14, on AM3 atleast.
This'll sell - lots of people want the *best* air cooler there is because they don't want the hassle of watercooling rather than because they can't afford it, and this fits the bill.
Does look pretty impressive sadly the price is too high for me to take a real intrest even if it comes out at £80. If it came down to about £60 then maybe but I will not hold my breath as I would doubt that would leave any profit margin for the company.