Where did all the air-coolers go?

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Where did all the air-coolers go?

Post by zoob » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:55 pm

What happened to these heatsinks? I can't seem to find them on sale

- Prolimatech Megahalems
- Thermalright HR-02 (Macho edition included)
- Thermalright AXP140

It's like the Megahalems dropped off the face of the planet after they were on sale for $45 every week, and the HR-02 and most Thermalright products are no longer available.

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Re: Where did all the air-coolers go?

Post by Arbutus » Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:48 pm

zoob wrote:What happened...
I'm guessing that possibly retailers like the better profit margin of other brands.

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Re: Where did all the air-coolers go?

Post by ces » Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:10 pm

zoob wrote:What happened to these heatsinks? I can't seem to find them on sale

- Prolimatech Megahalems
- Thermalright HR-02 (Macho edition included)
- Thermalright AXP140

It's like the Megahalems dropped off the face of the planet after they were on sale for $45 every week, and the HR-02 and most Thermalright products are no longer available.
http://www.amazon.com/Prolimatech-Megah ... B002EJ3TNK
http://compare.ebay.com/like/4002416758 ... si=y&cbt=y
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/prolimat ... ooler.html

http://www.aerocooler.com/shop.cart?act ... =FANTRHR02
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/thhrcpucofor.html
http://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-HR-0 ... B006ARTZ6M


http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... CD0Q8wIwAA
http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... CEMQ8wIwAQ

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Re: Where did all the air-coolers go?

Post by zoob » Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:34 pm

Thanks but those either ship to U.S. only, or cost half the price of the heatsink (which is already much more expensive than they used to cost) to ship to Canada. :(

Sites like Newegg have no Thermalright products in stock, and the Megahalems is no longer listed at NCIX. The Noctua NH-D14 which used to regularly go on sale for $60 is now regularly $80.

Suppose I'll just hang in a bit longer and maybe by the time IVB comes out I'll be able to collect all of the parts I want.

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Re: Where did all the air-coolers go?

Post by PartEleven » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:27 pm

I've noticed this trend as well. Considering how expensive these huge air coolers were, I'm pretty sure they didn't sell as well as the alternatives. These days it seems like the popular items that sell well are cheap but highly effective coolers like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 models or the closed-loop liquid cooling products like the Corsair Hydro line.

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Re: Where did all the air-coolers go?

Post by mkk » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:53 pm

There's probably the reason for the(btw excellent) HR-02 Macho edition; the original HR-02 barely sold at all which means loss. The Megahalems is getting a bit old, and even coolers age faster marketwise nowadays. While still good there's little reason for retailers to carry it.

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