Wednesday, May 31st 2023
GELID at Computex 2023: New Stella and Silent Series Fans, TIMs, Company's First AIO Lineup
GELID at the 2023 Computex showcased its most recent product announcements. The lineup begins with the Stella Infinity, Stella Frost, and Zodiac case fans in the 120 mm form-factor. The Stella Infinity gets its name from an infinity mirror on its impeller hub. The fan features as many as 24 ARGB LEDs, lined not just along the bore of the frame, but also the hub of the impeller. It turns at speeds ranging between 500 to 1,600 RPM, pushing up to 70 CFM of airflow, at up to 35 dBA noise output. It uses hydro-dynamic bearings. The Stella Frost is essentially the same fan, but with a white frame, translucent impeller, and the outer ARGB diffuser being made of acrylic that mimics the appearance of ice. The Zodiac is a more cost-effective case fan that covers the essentials, including the hydro-dynamic bearing, one set of ARGB LEDs (at the impeller hub), high static pressure, 700 to 1600 RPM, pushing up to 65.5 CFM of airflow, 1.47 mm H₂O static pressure, and 35 dBA maximum noise.
We now move on to the Silent 12 PWM Black and Silent 14 PWM Black. These fans feature vibration-absorbing fan mounts, an impeller profile optimized for low noise, with fairly high performance. The Silent 14 PWM Black (140 mm) does 750 to 1,500 RPM, pushing up to 78.5 CFM of airflow, at a maximum noise output of just 20 dBA. The Silent 12 PWM Black (120 mm) does 750 to 1,600 RPM, pushing up to 64.5 CFM of airflow, at a maximum noise output of 25.5 dBA. There's a cheaper variant of these fans, the Silent 12 Black and Silent 14 Black, which use 3-pin DC power inputs. GELID showed off an assortment of products, including the GC-4 thermal compound, and its more powerful GC-Extreme TIM that offers 8.5 W/mK conductivity; the LGA1700 CPU Protection Brace, IceCap and IceCap Pro M.2 NVMe SSD coolers, Nexus Premium headset stand, and IceRock DDR memory heatspreaders. The star attraction was GELID's first foray into liquid cooling, with the Liquid 360, Liquid 240, and Liquid 120 all-in-one closed, loop CPU coolers. These feature Zodiac fans, a pump-block with an infinity mirror, and a 7-segment display that reads out coolant temperature.
We now move on to the Silent 12 PWM Black and Silent 14 PWM Black. These fans feature vibration-absorbing fan mounts, an impeller profile optimized for low noise, with fairly high performance. The Silent 14 PWM Black (140 mm) does 750 to 1,500 RPM, pushing up to 78.5 CFM of airflow, at a maximum noise output of just 20 dBA. The Silent 12 PWM Black (120 mm) does 750 to 1,600 RPM, pushing up to 64.5 CFM of airflow, at a maximum noise output of 25.5 dBA. There's a cheaper variant of these fans, the Silent 12 Black and Silent 14 Black, which use 3-pin DC power inputs. GELID showed off an assortment of products, including the GC-4 thermal compound, and its more powerful GC-Extreme TIM that offers 8.5 W/mK conductivity; the LGA1700 CPU Protection Brace, IceCap and IceCap Pro M.2 NVMe SSD coolers, Nexus Premium headset stand, and IceRock DDR memory heatspreaders. The star attraction was GELID's first foray into liquid cooling, with the Liquid 360, Liquid 240, and Liquid 120 all-in-one closed, loop CPU coolers. These feature Zodiac fans, a pump-block with an infinity mirror, and a 7-segment display that reads out coolant temperature.