Asetek Unveils Ingrid, New Liquid Cooling Platform

[GFreeman]

Asetek, the pioneer of the all-in-one (AIO) liquid cooler and global leader in mechatronic innovation, today announced the launch of Ingrid - a new platform-based liquid cooling solution engineered to deliver superior thermal performance, reduced acoustic footprint, and platform-level flexibility for both partners and PC builders. The Ingrid product line debuts with Value and Mainstream offerings and will later expand the product family - powering a complete cooling portfolio built for tomorrow's CPU architectures and the demands of AI workloads. Set to debut at Computex 2025, Ingrid represents a new generation of Asetek AIO design, built on decades of thermal leadership and precision engineering.

"With Ingrid, we're introducing a platform-based approach that meets the needs of B2B customers, OEM partners, and PC enthusiasts alike," said André Sloth Eriksen, CEO and Founder of Asetek. "It's our most refined acoustic and installation experience to date - and a foundation we'll continue to expand."



Ingrid highlights

• Asetek's Quietest AIO Yet
• At the core of Ingrid is a newly engineered pump and impeller assembly, molded using a patent pending new technology. The result: significantly improved balance, reduced vibration, and Asetek's best acoustic performance to date. No coil whine. No high-pitched resonance. Just quiet, efficient cooling.
• Smart Thermal Sensing
• Ingrid features an onboard liquid temperature sensor - a unique addition in the AIO market. If coolant temperatures rise above target, the system intelligently increases pump speed to compensate - reducing the need for noisy fan ramp-ups and improving thermal stability. The sensor can also output data to digital monitoring tools, enabling enthusiast-grade telemetry and gadget integrations.
• Configurability for B2B
• For OEM and system integrator partners, Ingrid introduces customizable inlet/outlet orientations, offering greater tube routing flexibility without compromising thermal performance. This level of configurability is unique in the AIO space and is currently available for B2B applications only. It allows for 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock orientation.
• Overclocking-ready
• Designed to handle overclocking loads of at least 400 W, ensuring thermal stability under extreme performance demands.

Engineering & Installation Benefits

• Integrated retention system: Simplified mounting with retention hardware directly attached to the pump head. Expect only 3 installation steps and improved out-of-box usability.
• New cap mounting design: Reduces vibration noise during pump operation for a quieter, more stable system.
• Magnet system design: Using inert, corrosion-resistant magnets, Ingrid eliminates the need for rare earth elements - increasing sustainability and material stability.
• Next-gen CPU ready: Optimized for the latest and upcoming CPU generations from major processor manufacturers.
• Vibration reduction: Engineering decisions around impeller balance and housing interface minimize system-wide resonance - even when installed directly onto the motherboard.

These benefits contribute to an exceptional user experience and improved long-term reliability, especially for builders aiming for low-noise, high-performance systems.

Availability
The Ingrid Mainstream SKUs will be available to partners and integrators from Computex 2025 onward.

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[FinlandApollo]

Aw crap, they have a new patent...

 

[PixelTech]

Hmm, it's like when their patent expired they started innovating again...

 

[kikimaru024]

Asetek left Noctua holding the bag of old pumps lmao

 

[vato3001]

Hmm, it's like when their patent expired they started innovating again...

Thats why Patents are garbage.

 

[Kirederf]

Asetek left Noctua holding the bag of old pumps lmao

I am pretty sure the Noctua AIO will move to this new platform by the time it launches. Noctua currently states a Q1-2026 release date.. Knowing them, we are lucky if we see this AIO on the market before Computex 2026...

 

[Hakker]

Hmm, it's like when their patent expired they started innovating again...

No now it's just PR talk. There is nothing new here.

 

[Snoop05]

> Ingrid features an onboard liquid temperature sensor - a unique addition in the AIO market. If coolant temperatures rise above target, the system intelligently increases pump speed to compensate - reducing the need for noisy fan ramp-ups and improving thermal stability. The sensor can also output data to digital monitoring tools, enabling enthusiast-grade telemetry and gadget integrations.

What a bunch of nonsense, first off all this is nothing "unique", Asetek based AIOs from the likes of Thermaltake, NZXT and so on even back in 2012 already had loop temp sensors, and not only that the control loop happens within the cooler itself so it doesnt need any driver/software on host to actually function, only to set the desired min/max loop temp between which the fan curve will operate, obviously with ability to monitor loop temp, pump and fan speeds on host too.

Second, rising pump speed if "coolant temp rises" instead of fans is also sort of stupid, if the loop got warm it means more heat is being pumped into it than its able to exhaust away, higher coolant flow rate wont make the loop cooler.
Flowrate (asume everything else is equal) dictates the delta between loop temp and the coldplate temp at same heat output. in other words, instantly rising pump speeds would make sense if it was controlled by the power draw of thing its cooling or temperature delta between inlet and outlet of the block meaning there will have to be at least 2 individual temperature sensors and the measurement resolution will also need to be fairly high comparing between 0.01K changes.

Finally "reducing the need for noisy fan ramp-ups and improving thermal stability" main benefit of liquid cooling is way higher thermal inertia combined with fairly linear scaling, meaning it takes quite some time till fans need to spin faster and it can be done gradually in sublte increments meaning its far less annoying. Yet another nothinburger marketing bs. This thing is already resolved by controlling fans by loop temp, not by silicon temps that can raise by 50K within half a second.

 

[Ruru]

> Ingrid features an onboard liquid temperature sensor - a unique addition in the AIO market. If coolant temperatures rise above target, the system intelligently increases pump speed to compensate - reducing the need for noisy fan ramp-ups and improving thermal stability. The sensor can also output data to digital monitoring tools, enabling enthusiast-grade telemetry and gadget integrations.

What a bunch of nonsense, first off all this is nothing "unique", Asetek based AIOs from the likes of Thermaltake, NZXT and so on even back in 2012 already had loop temp sensors, and not only that the control loop happens within the cooler itself so it doesnt need any driver/software on host to actually function, only to set the desired min/max loop temp between which the fan curve will operate, obviously with ability to monitor loop temp, pump and fan speeds on host too.

Second, rising pump speed if "coolant temp rises" instead of fans is also sort of stupid, if the loop got warm it means more heat is being pumped into it than its able to exhaust away, higher coolant flow rate wont make the loop cooler.
Flowrate (asume everything else is equal) dictates the delta between loop temp and the coldplate temp at same heat output. in other words, instantly rising pump speeds would make sense if it was controlled by the power draw of thing its cooling or temperature delta between inlet and outlet of the block meaning there will have to be at least 2 individual temperature sensors and the measurement resolution will also need to be fairly high comparing between 0.01K changes.

Finally "reducing the need for noisy fan ramp-ups and improving thermal stability" main benefit of liquid cooling is way higher thermal inertia combined with fairly linear scaling, meaning it takes quite some time till fans need to spin faster and it can be done gradually in sublte increments meaning its far less annoying. Yet another nothinburger marketing bs. This thing is already resolved by controlling fans by loop temp, not by silicon temps that can raise by 50K within half a second.

Glad that someone else also noticed this. There's nothing new with this feature since their AIOs have had this feature for ages already.