The Cooler Master Seidon 120M -
As we mentioned the Seidon is a new design from Cooler Master, but that really only applies to the cooling head and the integrated pump. Other than that the rest of the product is very similar to what you would get with any other all-in-one cooling system. The radiator, tubing, etc are items that you can tinker with a bit (thicker, or larger radiator etc), but are going to be common around the market.

Still the cooling head is one of the most important pieces to the cooling puzzle. Here is where most companies rely on Asetek to give them a working solution. Instead of following the market Cooler Master started working on a solution for this a few years ago. As we mentioned earlier we saw one of the first prototypes back at CES 2011, but the back then the cooling head was square and you could tell it was far from complete. When we asked when it would be out, we were told: “when it is ready”.

Most of this work went into the cooling head which is one of the thinnest that you can get (CoolIT has one that is almost as thin, but even that is still thicker) at 27mm high. The water block is milled out of a single piece of copper and utilizes “micro-channel” technology to ensure consistent and even cooling across the entire head (this is also a common feature). This is connected to the radiator via what appears to be pretty standard Teflon hoses. The radiator is also 27mm thick and 150mm tall and 118mm wide. This is more than enough room for a 120mm fan to push air through the cooling fins.

Speaking of pushing air, Cooler Master has included a 120mm PWM fan that is capable of running between 600 and 2400RPM to make sure that you can keep things cool when you need it as well as quiet.

The overall impression is that the Seidon is fragile, but it is anything but. Now we just need to see how well it does its job and if the thin cooling head combined with the thinner radiator will be able to keep up with our 3960X, I guess we will see shortly.