Thermaltake MaxOrb CPU Cooler

The idea of placing a fan inside of a heatsink has been around for a very long time. The first time an “Orb” style cooler was used on a CPU was around 1998 when a product became available through surplus catalogs that didn’t have any markings other than on the fan. The fan was Panaflo branded and so this product became known as the Panaflo Orb.

Thermaltake has been through a rainbow of colors and super sounding names for their Orb line and today we are going to take a look at the latest Orb. This heatsink uses the decade old Orb philosophy and merges the latest heatpipe technology to make the MaxOrb.