Cougar introduced the Forza 50 Essential and Forza 85 Essential tower-type CPU coolers. The Forza 50 is the lighter and slimmer of the two, with a fin-stack thickness of 50 mm, while the Forza 85 Essential has an 85 mm-thick fin-stack, hence the names. The Forza 50 Essential uses a heatpipe direct-touch (HDT) base, and relies on four 6 mm-thick copper heatpipes to pull heat from the CPU, and convey it through the fin-stack, while the Forza 85 Essential has six of these for the job, but through a nickel-plated copper base-plate.

Both models include a Cougar NHP120 fan. This 120 mm spinner takes in 4-pin PWM input, spins at speeds of up to 2,000 RPM, pushing up to 84.48 CFM of airflow at 4.24 mm H₂O static-pressure, and up to 34.5 dBA noise output. The fans feature hydraulic bearings. With the fan in place, the Forza 50 Essential measures 135 mm x 75 mm x 155 mm (WxDxH) weighing 772 g, while the Forza 85 Essential measures 135 mm x 110 mm x 155 mm, weighing 1.13 kg. Among the CPU socket types supported by both are LGA1700, AM5, AM4, and LGA1200. The company didn't reveal pricing.

Intel as part of its development process with industry partners and OEMs, allegedly released technical documents in a bare URL that's worded to confirm that its next desktop processor socket will in fact be the LGA1851. We've had some idea since June 2021 that LGA1851 will succeed LGA1700, but this can be taken as a confirmation. Although with a higher pin-count, the LGA1851 package will be physically of an identical size to LGA1700, with mostly identical socket mechanism, so the new socket could maintain cooler compatibility with its predecessor. The additional 151 pins come from shrinking the "courtyard" (the region of the land grid in the center that lacks pins and instead has some electrical ancillaries).

The new Socket LGA1851 platform is expected to power Intel's "Meteor Lake-S" and "Arrow Lake-S" microarchitectures. Whether "Meteor Lake-S" gets the 14th Gen Core branding is a whole different question. Leaked benchmarks suggest that 2023 will be a rather slow year from Intel in the area of desktop processors, and that toward Q3-2023, the company will release the so-called "Raptor Lake Refresh" processors. These chips are likely built on the same LGA1700 package, and as we've seen from "Coffee Lake Refresh," could warrant a new generational branding to 14th Gen Core (as CFL Refresh formed the 9th Gen Core). Intel could increase clock-speeds, E-core counts, and other process/packaging-level innovations to segment these chips apart from existing 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake." LGA1851 processors like "Meteor Lake" could debut chiplets for Intel, as these have their CPU cores, iGPU, memory-controllers, and uncore components, spread apart on chiplets built on various foundry nodes.

Thermalright today introduced the Assassin X 90 SE, a compact tower-type CPU cooler designed to replace the stock CPU cooling solution with something that's quieter at stock frequencies. The aluminium fin tower-type cooler features a typical design for its kind—four 6 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heat pipes make direct contact with the CPU at an aluminium base; with their ends passing through an aluminium fin-stack that's capped off by a die-case top-plate. This is then ventilated by an included Thermalright TL-G9B 92 mm PWM fan.

The defining feature is the cooler's height of just 118 mm. With its fan in place, the cooler measures 94 mm x 77 mm x 118 mm, weighing 445 g. The included 92 mm fan features fluid dynamic bearing, takes in 4-pin PWM input, turns at speeds of up to 2,400 RPM, pushing up to 43 CFM of airflow at 1.51 mm H₂O pressure, and has a noise output of 27.3 dBA. Among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1700, AM5, AM4, and LGA1200. The company didn't reveal pricing.

MONTECH, an innovative PC components and peripherals brand, announces the Metal DT24 BASE and DT24 PREMIUM, dual tower CPU coolers equipped with 2x METAL 120 PWM fans. Featuring a 104-fin stack paired with 6 heat pipes of 6 mm diameter each, the METAL DT24 is compatible with the newest INTEL LGA 1700 and AMD AM5 socket with a rated TDP of 270 W. The DT24 PREMIUM includes an additional aluminium ARGB top cover. The included METAL 120PWM fans offer speeds of up to 1950 RPM and deliver up to 69CFM of airflow and 2.82 mm H2O of static pressure at a 26 dBA noise level. The METAL DT24 BASE is available at MSRP US$57.00, the METAL DT24 PREMIUM is available at MSRP USD $69, and the METAL 120 PWM is available at MSRP $9.90.

The dual-tower, dual-fan METAL DT24 CPU coolers are built from the ground up for high-performance cooling. The heatsink includes a total of 6x 6 mm thick heat pipes for quick and efficient heat transfer from the CPU. The dual-tower cooler has a massive 104-fin stack, which gives the METAL DT24 a surface area of 8553.23 cm² allowing the cooler to handle up to 270 W TDP. The METAL DT24 supports the latest Intel LGA1700 and AMD AM5 processors.

Axiomtek—a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted to the research, development, and manufacturing of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency - is pleased to introduce the MANO561, a high-performance thin Mini-ITX motherboard built with LGA1700 socket for the 12th generation Intel Core processors (codename: Alder Lake-S). Aside from superior compute performance, this low-profile embedded motherboard delivers high-speed connectivity with flexible I/O, impressive graphics in support of triple displays, and high reliability by 12 V-24 V wide-range DC power to bridge the next-gen AIoT applications.

Axiomtek's MANO561 is powered by the 12th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3, Intel Pentium Gold or Intel Celeron processors (up to 65 W) with the Intel H610 chipset. This embedded board has dual 260-pin DDR4-3200/2666/2400 SO-DIMM sockets with a total capacity of 64 GB. When it comes to display-related features, this motherboard along with Intel UHD graphics offers triple displays with two HDMI ports, one LVDS port, and one VGA port. Plus, it provides various wireless connectivity options which include 5G/4G/LTE connectivity with an M.2 Key B 2242/3042/3052 slot and seamless Wi-Fi connection with an M.2 Key E 2230 slot and a mini-PCIe slot. This motherboard also has a PCIe x16 slot for GPU, AI acceleration, and frame grabber card configurations.

Thermalright today introduced the Phantom Spirit 120 SE premium air-type CPU cooler. The cooler features a dual fin-stack (type-D) design. Seven 6 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heatpipes make indirect contact with the CPU through a nickel-plated C1100 mirror-finish copper base, passing through two aluminium fin-stacks. Two 120 mm fans are included, which can be installed that one of them pushes fresh air through the first fin-stack, while the second one acts as a conveyor, and is located between the two fin-stacks (typical type-D cooler arrangement).

Each of the two included TL-C12B V2 fans takes in 4-pin PWM input, turn at speeds of up to 1,500 RPM, pushing up to 66.17 CFM of airflow, at 1.53 mm H₂O static pressure, and a maximum noise output of 25.6 dBA. The fans feature fluid dynamic bearings. With the fans installed, the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE measures 130 mm x 125 mm x 154 mm (LxWxH), weighing 1.03 kg. Among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1700, AM5, AM4, and LGA1200. The company didn't reveal pricing.

Thermalright today rolled out the SI-100 White ARGB, a low-profile aluminium fin-stack CPU cooler. The cooler features a "C-type" design. An aluminium fin-stack is arranged along the plane of the motherboard, skewered by six 6 mm-thick copper heatpipes, which pull heat from a C1100 pure-copper base. The base and heatpipes are nickel-plated (the heatpipes additionally have the matte-white paintjob); while the aluminium fins are anodized.

The included 120 mm TL-E12W-S fan features addressable RGB lighting, takes in 4-pin PWM for its main function and 3-pin ARGB for the lighting. It turns at speeds of up to 2,000 RPM, pushing up to 72.37 CFM of airflow, at up to 2.87 mm H₂O pressure, and 27.7 dBA maximum noise output. It features a durable fluid-dynamic bearing. With the fan in place, the Thermalright SI-100 White ARGB measures 120 mm x 120 mm x 99.8 mm (WxDxH), weighing 640 g. Among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1700, AM5, AM4, LGA1200, and LGA115x. The company didn't reveal pricing.

Today, ARCTIC, a leading manufacturer of low-noise PC coolers and components, introduces the Alpine 17 LP, a new low-profile case cooler. The Alpine 17 LP relies on a slim and flat radial heat sink and a powerful fan. The installation height of the Alpine 17 LP is only 42.9 mm, making it ideal for small cases such as Mini-ITX cases and HTCPs.

The fan has a wide speed range of 300 to 3000 rpm and remains very quiet, even at higher speeds. The Alpine 17 LP also has the typical ARCTIC 4-pin PWM fan connector and can be easily connected and conveniently regulated via pulse width modulation. The cooler is mounted via push pins and therefore requires no additional tools. Thanks to the pre-applied MX-4 Thermal Paste, the entire assembly is quick and uncomplicated. ARCTIC gives the Alpine 17 LP the 6-year warranty typical for the manufacturer.

Leading global motherboard manufacturer, ASRock, proudly announces its new ASRock Z790 PG SONIC, an officially licensed motherboard featuring SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog. A 16-bit spinning ring emblazons the rear IO cover, while on the rear side you'll even catch a glimpse of Sonic mid-run. The ASRock motherboard is co-launched to celebrate the release of SEGA's new Sonic Frontiers game.

"Designed to bring back epic memories of catching rings in Green Hill Zone, the motherboard echoes Sonic's lightning speed with its fast blue and silver shards and Sonic silhouette, besides the motherboard outlook is designed around the Sonic the Hedgehog theme, the ASRock Z790 PG SONIC also features a SONIC-inspired UEFI BIOS interface", Said Chris Lee, Vice President of ASRock motherboard & gaming monitor business unit.

BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, today announces the brand new Z790 VALKYRIE motherboard, built to run the all-powerful Intel 13th gen raptor-lake processors. Designed on the base of Intel Z790 single-chip architecture, the Z790 VALKYRIE is the latest addition to BIOSTAR's top-of-the-line flagship motherboard range.

Carrying the latest technology in a sleek, highly refined platform, the stylish design of VALKYRIE exhuberates the pinnacle of BIOSTAR product design and technical prowess. Enter any battle with confidence backed by the unwavering performance and reliability of BIOSTAR's latest Z790 VALKYRIE motherboard. Built to support the latest DDR5 memory, Z790 VALKYRIE holds 4 DIMMs of high-speed DDR 5 memory up to 128Gb with boosted clock speeds exceeding 7200+(OC) MHz.

EK, the premium liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is happy to announce that the EK-Quantum Velocity² D-RGB—1700 water blocks are fully compatible with the newly released Raptor Lake Intel 13th Gen Core CPUs and the Z790 platform. Exactly one year ago, the EK-Quantum Velocity² water block launched and was the first EK product to feature EK-Matrix7 compatibility. Since then, it has won several design and performance awards.

These water blocks use a socket-specific cooling engine to ensure the best performance and optimal flow with low restrictions on every platform. Since the Z790 platform is based on the LGA1700 socket, the EK-Quantum Velocity² 1700 water blocks are fully compatible with the CPU socket and IHS geometry of Intel 13th Gen Core CPUs.

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the global leading motherboard, mini PC, notebook, mobile device, and smart solution provider, will exhibit at Infocomm SEA 2022, the Professional Audio Visual event in Southeast Asia at Bangkok, Thailand, Booth no. Z12 from Nov. 2 to 4 to showcase the latest LEET gaming series, the comprehensive LIVA Mini PC family and the All-in-One PC to apply for wide range of applications.

ECS will first launch the new LEET Gaming series, LEET Gaming Motherboard Z790H7-A and LEET Gaming Barebone PC B660 during Infocomm SEA 2022. To offer users exceptional PC performance, LEET Z790H7-A designs with the next-generation technology to support the latest Intel 12th & 13th Gen Processors for LGA 1700 socket, dual channel DDR5 RAM up to 128 GB, PCIe 5.0 slot, 2.5 Gb LAN and the latest wireless networking. Besides, LEET Gaming series also provides a gaming PC system, LEET B660, for user to build their own PC more easily. LEET B660 includes a B660H7-M20 Motherboard supported by the Intel 12th Gen Processor for LGA1700 socket, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series Graphic Card or AMD Radeon RX 6000 series Graphic Card and a power supply up to 650-watt into a 26-liter system case.

Axiomtek, a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted to the research, development, and manufacturing of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency—is glad to introduce the IMB540, a superior industrial ATX motherboard featuring the LGA1700 socket for the 12th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3 processors (code name: Alder Lake-S). In addition to providing high computing performance, the IMB540 ATX motherboard features quad displays and dual GPU expansion, delivering intelligent workload optimization and highly scalable graphics for next-gen edge AIoT applications.

he Axiomtek's IMB540 is built with Intel R680E chipset and features ranging CPU options with the 12th generation Intel Core, Intel Pentium and Intel Celeron processors. In addition to this, it is equipped with four DDR4-3200 ECC/non-ECC un-buffered Long-DIMM slots with a total capacity of 128 GB. This motherboard has a total of five PCIe slots—two PCIe 4.0 x16 slots and three PCIe x4 slots—for GPU, AI acceleration, frame grabber, NIC, and motion control card configurations. The networking interfaces consist of a 2.5 GbE LAN port with time sensitive networking (TSN), a GbE LAN port, as well as a PCIe Mini Card slot with SIM slot for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/LTE connectivity. Featuring Intel Iris Xe Graphics, the IMB540 supports up to four independent displays via HDMI, DVI-D, VGA, and DisplayPort.

AMD reportedly scaled down production of its Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors in response to bleak demand across the PC hardware industry. Wccftech claims to have read an internal company document calling for reduced supply to the channel as market response to the Ryzen 7000-series is weak. This comes hot on the heels of AMD revising its Q3-2022 forecast, trimming its guidance by a $1 billion drop in revenue, citing weak demand in the PC market. However, we are seeing no deviation from the launch pricing for Ryzen 7000-series SKUs or compatible Socket AM5 motherboards. The platform went on sale from late September, on the same day that Intel announced its competing 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" processors. The new Intel chips are expected to start selling from a little later this month.

Unlike 13th Gen Core processors, Ryzen 7000 series processors appear to be a victim of the platform—notwithstanding the high pricing of the processors, which start at $299 for the 6-core 7600X, buyers lack access to affordable motherboards, and have to contend with expensive DDR5 memory. Pricing of cheaper LGA1700 motherboards based on entry-level H610 and B660 chipsets with cost-effective DDR4 memory support have added depth to consumer choice, besides Intel's 12th Gen range starting from under $150.

DeepCool, a global brand in designing and manufacturing high-performance computer components for enthusiasts worldwide, announces an all-in-one (AIO), liquid CPU coolers to enthusiasts, gamers and visual content creators who are looking for extreme cooling performance and low noise level for their builds, with a uniquely looking multidimensional infinity mirror pump cap.

The DeepCool LT series all-in-one liquid CPU coolers continue to deliver outstanding cooling performance built upon our 4th generation water pump design. Featuring new flow channels with an optimized skived copper block paired with a powerful 3100rpm three-phase drive motor for solid thermal capacity. High-performance FK120 Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fans are finely tuned for static pressure performance. Topping it off introduces a uniquely looking pump cover with new multidimensional infinity mirror design sparks a mesmerizing visual effect.

Axiomtek—a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted to the research, development, and manufacturing of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency - is glad to introduce the IMB540, a superior industrial ATX motherboard featuring the LGA1700 socket for the 12th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3 processors (code name: Alder Lake-S). In addition to providing high computing performance, the IMB540 ATX motherboard features quad displays and dual GPU expansion, delivering intelligent workload optimization and highly scalable graphics for next-gen edge AIoT applications.

The Axiomtek's IMB540 is built with Intel R680E chipset and features ranging CPU options with the 12th generation Intel Core, Intel Pentium and Intel Celeron processors. In addition to this, it is equipped with four DDR4-3200 ECC/non-ECC unbuffered Long-DIMM slots with a total capacity of 128 GB. This motherboard has a total of five PCIe slots - two PCIe 4.0 x16 slots and three PCIe x4 slots - for GPU, AI acceleration, frame grabber, NIC, and motion control card configurations. The networking interfaces consist of a 2.5 GbE LAN port with time-sensitive networking (TSN), a GbE LAN port, as well as a PCIe Mini Card slot with SIM slot for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/LTE connectivity. Featuring Intel Iris Xe Graphics, the IMB540 supports up to four independent displays via HDMI, DVI-D, VGA, and DisplayPort++.

Leading global motherboard manufacturer, ASRock, proudly announces its new series of Intel Z790 motherboards supporting the latest 13th Generation Intel Core Processors. ASRock's Z790 series includes premium Z790 Taichi, including a new Special Edition Z790 Taichi Carrara, in addition to Z790 Steel Legend WiFi targeting high-end users, Z790 PRO RS, Z790 PG Lightning and Z790 PG Riptide designed for mainstream users, and also the Z790 PG-ITX/TB4, a powerful mini ITX motherboard with Thunderbolt 4 for small form factor lovers.

With the 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" desktop processors, Intel on Tuesday launched its companion motherboard chipset, the Z790. Since "Raptor Lake" desktop is based on the same LGA1700 package as 12th Gen "Alder Lake" desktop; the two are intercompatible—you can use 12th Gen processors with Z790 chipset motherboards out of the box; and you can use 13th Gen processors with Z690 or other 600-series chipset motherboards with the latest BIOS. Z790 chipset essentially sees a re-balancing of the downstream PCIe connectivity, resulting in more PCIe Gen 4 downstream lanes. Besides more downstream connectivity, you get one additional 20 Gbps USB 3.2x2 port.

While the Z690 put out up to 12 downstream PCIe Gen 4 lanes and up to 16 downstream PCIe Gen 3; the new Z790 puts out up to 20 downstream PCIe Gen 4 lanes, and up to 8 downstream PCIe Gen 3. Both chipsets use DMI 4.0 x8 as the chipset bus (connection between the processor and chipset), with bandwidth comparable to PCI-Express 4.0 x8 (128 Gbps per direction). Z790 allows motherboard designers to wire out up to five M.2 NVMe Gen 4 slots attached to the chipset, or deploy more numbers of high-bandwidth onboard devices than those possible with Z690; devices such as discrete USB4 host controllers, Thunderbolt 4 80 Gbps controllers, etc, besides a handful PCIe Gen 4 slots. The 8 PCIe Gen 3 lanes should be enough for lower-bandwidth onboard devices, such as WLAN cards, onboard 2.5 GbE NICs, or even a 10 GbE NIC.

Intel today launched its 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" desktop processors, and companion 700-series motherboard chipset. These processors are built in the same LGA1700 package as the previous generation "Alder Lake," and are backwards-compatible with 600-series chipset motherboards through a BIOS update. Likewise, 700-series chipset motherboards support older "Alder Lake" processors. With the new 13th Gen Core, Intel is broadly promising an up to 15% uplift in single-threaded performance, which has a bigger bearing on gaming performance; and an up to 41% multi-threaded performance uplift; over the previous-generation, when comparing the top Core i9-13900K with its predecessor, the i9-12900K. Intel also claims to have outclassed the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X in multi-threaded performance, and the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in gaming performance.

Intel's performance claims are backed by some impressive hardware changes despite the company sticking with the same Intel 7 (10 nm Enhanced SuperFin) foundry node as "Alder Lake." To begin with, the single-thread performance uplift comes from the new "Raptor Cove" performance-core, which promises an IPC uplift over the previous-generation "Golden Cove," comes with more dedicated L2 cache of 2 MB per core (compared to 1.25 MB per core in the previous-generation); and significantly higher clock-speeds, going all the way up to 5.80 GHz. "Raptor Lake" has up to 8 P-cores, but the company has put in a lot of work in improving the contribution of E-cores to the processor's overall multi-threaded performance uplift. This is achieved by doubling the E-core count to 16. These are the same "Gracemont" E-cores as previous-generation, but Intel has doubled the L2 cache that's shared in a 4-core Gracemont cluster, from 2 MB per cluster to 4 MB. There are upgrades to even the hardware prefetchers of these cores.

EK, the premium liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is releasing a unique pump-reservoir-water block combo for Intel 12th Gen Core CPUs and LGA 1700 socket-based motherboards. It features the latest socket-specific EK-Quantum Velocity² cooling engine, while the CPU water block has an integrated DDC 4.2 PWM pump that is cooled by the metal part of the water block acting as a heatsink. The combo is the perfect companion for ITX (SFF) builds where space for a dedicated pump and reservoir is an issue. This product effectively combined four different products into a single small enclosure for ultimate space-saving.

The product combines a Velocity² CPU water block, a genuine DDC 4.2 PWM pump with a reservoir, and a DDC heatsink. All this is contained in an assembly significantly smaller than the sum of its parts. A total of four products in a footprint of a hefty CPU water block that fits perfectly. EK-Quantum Velocity² series CPU water blocks embed the next-generation cooling engine. They use a specific combination of mounting pressure and coldplate geometry tailored for the IHS and die layout of Intel LGA 1700 socket processors. Low hydraulic flow restriction enables these products to be used in setups with weaker water pumps or lower pump speeds for added silent operation while still being able to easily achieve top performance. The lathe-turned coldplate is made with precision to cover the IHS effectively and put pressure on the die area.

Alphacool today presents the brass variants of the Eisblock Aurora XPX Pro and XPX Edge CPU coolers. Due to the high popularity of these very powerful CPU coolers, Alphacool has decided to offer these additional variants in black and chrome.

The new XPX Aurora Pro and XPX Aurora Edge models are made entirely of brass and are specially designed for processors with particularly large processor cores. In combination with the nickel-plated copper base, the waste heat of the CPU is distributed even better and transferred more efficiently to the cooling liquid. This is further supported by Alphacool's Subzero Thermal Grease, which is included with the coolers. With 16 W/mK, Subzero is currently one of the most powerful thermal pastes on the market.

Thermalright today introduced the SI-100, a C-type aluminium fin-stack CPU cooler. This appears to have a thicker fin-stack than the company's AXP-100-series coolers. Its design involves a nickel-plated C1100 copper base, from which six 6 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heat pipes emerge, conveying heat through a fin-stack that propagates along the plane of the motherboard. This fin-stack is ventilated by an included 120 mm TL-E12 fan. The fan features fluid-dynamic bearing, and has a top speed of 2,000 RPM, pushing up to 72.37 CFM of airflow, with 2.87 mm H₂O static pressure, and noise output of 27.7 dBA. With its fan in place, the cooler measures 120 mm x 120 mm x 99.8 mm (WxDxH), weighing 640 g. Among the CPU socket types supported are AM5/AM4, LGA1700, and LGA1200/LGA115x. The company didn't reveal pricing.

MSI tweeted a teaser of a few unnamed motherboards with a launch date of September 27. One of the shots in the teaser picture reveals "Z790," confirming that the next wave of Socket LGA1700 motherboards based on the Intel Z790 chipset will debut alongside 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" desktop processors. This could be the day on which motherboard vendors formally launch their Z790 motherboards, although availability should be in-sync with that of the 13th Gen processors. Although we know from earlier leaks that September 27 could be the launch date of "Raptor Lake," there have been no leaks about market-availability. Intel's 700-series chipset motherboards support not just 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" processors, but also current 12th Gen "Alder Lake;" and you can use "Raptor Lake" processors with current 600-series chipset motherboards by simply updating their BIOS.

Here's the first picture of a Lenovo Legion prebuilt gaming desktop with what is allegedly an OEM NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 "Ada" graphics card designed by Lenovo. The card features a mammoth 4-slot air-based triple-fan cooling solution, and draws power from a single 12+4 pin ATX 12VHPWR connector that's capable of delivering up to 600 W of power with +100% excursions (spikes). The card is installed on a custom motherboard by Lenovo which is Socket LGA1700, and likely features a 12th- or 13th Gen Intel Core processor, cooled by a liquid AIO CLC. Take this leak with a grain of salt, though. The "90" in the masked out "GeForce RTX 4090" logo has a different typeface from the one we're seeing on leaked RTX 4090 retail boxes from the likes of ZOTAC and GIGABYTE.

With a height of 21.8 mm, the new AK-CC6609EP01 low-profile CPU cooler from Akasa is shorter than an Ice-Hockey puck (which is 25 mm-tall). The cooler supports Socket LGA1700, and Akasa reckons it will go well with 12th Gen Core processors with 35 W processor base power at stock settings. Its design isn't all that different from Intel's stock HSF: an aluminium monoblock heatsink with radially-projecting fins, pulls heat through a nickel-plated copper base. The 75 mm proprietary fan is nestled into the heatsink, and some of its lateral airflow goes through the edges of the heatsink. The fan turns at speeds ranging between 600 to 3,000 RPM, pushing up to 23.45 CFM of airflow, at up to 30.75 dBA noise output. Its hydro-dynamic bearing gives it 40,000 hours life. It measures 87.2 mm x 85.2 mm x 21.8 mm. The company didn't reveal pricing.