Cooler Master showed off a desktop coolant distribution unit at CES 2026. This unit is designed to deliver 900 to 2,500 watts of cooling performance, letting users maximize the power of high-performance desktop systems.
ASRock, usually known for producing motherboards, is set to debut its own AIOs at CES 2026, including flagship models featuring LCD screens. It's unclear if ASRock is licensing Asetek's pump designs, and whether it will compete against affordable brands like Thermalright.
AI has run havoc through the entire industry and as we suffer the drying inventories of RAM and storage, we might as well see what it's all going to, right? Well, some of it is being used to generate custom backgrounds for Thermaltake's "AI Forge" feature present on its latest MagFloe AIOs and screens, which uses Dall-E and/or JiMeng.
The Tryx Panorama SE 360 catches the eye with a stunning 6.7-inch display. We’ve tested it against Thermalright’s Wonder Vision UB to see how well it stacks up against the curved-screen cooler competition.
Frore Systems's LiquidJet coldplate uses semiconductor-style metal wafer fabrication and 3D short-loop jet microstructures to double cooling density and cut pressure loss fourfold, setting the stage for multi-kilowatt AI GPUs.
Microsoft has proposed a breakthrough cooling method using microfluidic channels etched directly into the silicon die, which cuts peak chip temperatures by up to 65% and outperforms cold plates by up to 3 times.
Thermaltake has just unveiled a new feature coming to its MagFloe Ultra lineup of AIO liquid coolers, called "AI Forge." This will allow you to whip up custom backgrounds for the screen on these coolers with just a prompt, right from within the TT Plus ARGB 3.0 software, without the need for any third-party apps.
Noctua announced its first-ever mainstream AIO liquid cooler back at Computex earlier this year, where it said it would launch sometime in the first quarter of 2026. Now, thanks to an updated roadmap, we know that it's planned for Q2 2026. Noctua's AIO will be based on Asetek's G8 V2 pump design.
We tested the Proteus 360 AIO, from cooling newcomer Sudokoo, with Intel’s i7-14700K and AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D. This AIO has many desirable features, but it’s not cheap.
Rising power demands from AI GPUs like Nvidia's Blackwell and future Rubin and Feynman processors are pushing data centers beyond air and cold-plate cooling, making immersion cooling appear inevitable within a few years despite high costs and complexity. But is the industry ready?