Everyone knows that high-end processors for desktop PCs can temporarily reach a TDP of more than 200 W, which is why it is important to equip them with a good heatsink. Let’s not forget that the ones that come standard often have a limited ability to remove heat. Well, a Chinese company called Ninesharks has created a CPU heatsink that they have named JF13K Diamond and although it may appear so, it is not liquid cooling.
Every chip releases heat due to the fact that it cannot take advantage of all the electrical power that reaches it and if we are talking about a Core i9 or a Ryzen 9 in Boost or Turbo mode, which is the same, even worse. The problem comes when we are forced to use AIO liquid cooling, with the maintenance problems and loss of performance they have, so that the heat released by the CPU does not increase the average temperature of the box.
The JF13K Diamond is a graphics card cooler, but for CPUs
Well then, the JF13K Diamond achieves liquid-cooled AIO-like performance with a 240mm radiator, but with the difference that it is based on air cooling. If we look closely, we will see that instead of betting on a taller heatsink, what they have done is join two of them, one next to the other, so that the thickness does not exceed 56 mm.
The objective? Having a heatsink that can also cool the surrounding components, which is achieved with a temperature cut between 10 and 20º C. Of course, we must look at the height at which our RAM memory modules are and the distribution of certain components of the motherboard, for example the PCI Express port for the graphics card.
As can be seen in the images, the heatsink in its central part is placed on top of the CPU and It is very reminiscent of a graphics card heatsink.. Well, if we think about it, this is precisely that, but with the difference that instead of cooling a GPU and its VRAM, it is cooling a CPU. Its dimensions? 241 x 121 x 92 and is compatible with both Intel and AMD CPUs.
What is its performance and availability?
What interests us about a component of this type is how well it does its job. Well, in the words of its manufacturer, the JF13K Diamond can dissipate the heat of a processor with a TDP of 265 W. Lor have tested with an Intel Core i9-11900K with the chip running under a TDP of 217 W and managed to keep it below 85 °C. Figures very similar to liquid cooling with the same processor.
Unfortunately, and at this moment, we cannot buy this CPU cooler, since it isolo is available in China at a price of 269 Yuan. So if we take into account taxes to go out in Europe, which we expect it to do, it should cost around 40 euros. Although with high-end computer components you never know.
