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Noctua Eyes Forced Physics “Third Cooling Path” That Handles 2000W Without The Complex Liquid Loops Desktops Rely On

The Hot Take: Interesting, we'll see if Air can catch up with some high wattage CPU's coming from Intel & AMD.

Noctua is teaming up with Forced Physics to explore next-gen air cooling that could bring superior cooling capabilities to conventional PC coolers. Noctua Announces Partnership With Forced Physics to Explore 2000W Air Cooling Technology Noctua's partnership with Forced Physics could be big for the future of desktop CPU coolers. The company has recently announced that it has entered into a long-term research partnership with Forced Physics DCT to investigate its JouleForce micro-channel array cooling for desktop PCs and workstations.…

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Noctua Confirms NL-LC1 Chromax.Black AIO Series; Should Arrive By The End Of This Year

The Hot Take: Yes! No new case possibly.

The company confirmed it in an unusual way, but it seems legit, and as per the announcement, the coolers should arrive soon. Noctua Announces NL-LC1 Chromax.Black AIO Series Despite Exclusion From the Roadmap; The New Variant is Expected to Arrive This Year The Noctua's latest and first-ever AIO cooler series was dropped two weeks ago. The NL-LC1 is what Noctua aims for, superior cooling, which is available in various form factors. Whether you want to cool a mid-range or a high-end CPU, it offers the AIO in various sizes, including 240mm,…

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Noctua to launch its flagship AIO cooler in Q2

The Hot Take: With how hot these chips are was only time before they worked with Asetek. Still waiting on the thermo-siphon cooler they've been showing at trade shows. I want that 0 pump sound.

Noctua has confirmed that its long-awaited all-in-one liquid cooler, developed in partnership with Asetek, is almost ready for launch and should be coming in Q2 2026. The cooler has passed Production Validation Testing, meaning it has met both performance and manufacturing targets and is heading into full production. According to Asetek’s announcement, caught by Overclock3d.net, the Austrian-based cooling company is not just going to use its own fans onto an off-the-shelf design, and while the unit is based on Asetek’s G8 V2 platform, Noctua…

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