When doubtful, make all the things greater? Case maker Hyte (the life-style model of PC maker iBuypower), identified for its Hyte Y40 and Y60 chassis that we have now reviewed, introduced its inventive A-game to Computex 2023 with the THICC Q60, an XXL-size all-in-one liquid cooler that brings two massive improvements in a single. The primary is a big, smartphone-size display that hovers over your pump unit. The second is a nifty connection scheme that allows you to connect different gear, together with followers and RGB strips, in sequence.
The THICC Q60 is the corporate’s first liquid cooler. As you may see, it has an IPS display suspended on an arm above the CPU socket and cooling block…
It is a 5-inch panel with a 720-by-1,280 decision, and you’ll tilt it for very best viewability. (The display correct is definitely sourced from an Android smartphone display maker, based on the corporate’s reps.) The physique of the display has some RGB “underglow” backlighting to set off the display from the remainder of the case.
You management the THICC’s display, and its underglow, from software program on the PC facet, which Hyte dubs Nexus. On the panel, you may change backgrounds, present totally different feeds of data resembling reminders, monitor system vitals, and even simply show the time.
As for the cheeky title of the product, it is embracing the girth of its radiator and followers. A Hyte rep famous that this 240mm-class cooler ought to ship cooling efficiency similar to that of some 360mm AIO fashions. Clearly, the funky display could also be cool, however not that form of cool; wanting on the radiator and followers, you may see the additional thickness of each…
Meaning extra airflow pushed via (from the fan perspective), and extra floor space to be cooled (from the radiator perspective). The radiator is 52mm thick, and the followers 32mm.
Hyte did design the THICC to work particularly in its Y40 chassis, which permits for very best mounting on the motherboard tray subsequent to the motherboard. It ought to work properly in different instances, too, with the radiator mounted within the entrance. You may need to verify clearance specs, although, in case you’re pondering of mounting the radiator up prime, given the additional thickness. The chunky followers themselves are new choices from Hyte, dubbed the FT12, they usually join to 1 one other through magnetic coupling, eliminating the necessity for cabling to every one. Every 500rpm-to-2,000rpm fan additionally accommodates its personal thermal sensor.
The opposite noteworthy side of this cooler is the wiring scheme, Nexus Hyperlink, that it introduces for hooking up different Hyte followers and light-weight strips in your case. Gentle strips and FT12 followers from Hyte can plug in, in a serial trend, utilizing a proprietary USB-C-type connector that Hyte has developed. (The connectors have a irregular-shaped encompass to maintain you from plugging them into different incompatible USB issues.) This is the way it seems…
Given the constraints of energy supply and what number of gadgets you may join in sequence, Hyte can even provide a separate module that allows you to chain extra gadgets off of it, the Nexus Portal, in case you actually need to go all-in on Nexus gear.
Anticipate the Hyte THICC Q60 to hit the streets in September for round $299.99, with the FT12 followers at $79.99 for a three-pack.
