Noctua explores 2,000W micro-channel air cooling

What happened

Noctua is teaming up with Forced Physics DCT to explore whether the company’s JouleForce micro-channel array-based cooling can be adapted for desktop PCs and workstations. Rubin in-depth The Stout Owl: The ultimate Noctua G2 PC Claimed to be a new third path to cooling , JouleForce goes beyond traditional air and liquid cooling methods.

While it is still based on air-cooling, its capabilities far exceed today’s modern CPU coolers, with the ability to cool over 2000W of thermal energy. The technology operates with densely packed micro-channels designed to improve heat transfer.

This essentially enables large amounts of heat to be removed using air alone, without requiring a liquid-cooling loop. While that sounds impressive, bringing the technology to desktop PCs comes with a major challenge.

Key facts

• The technology — uses: densely packed micro-channels designed to improve heat transfer