Cooler Master's G11M concept blends AIO and air cooling

All-in-one liquid CPU coolers are now common, but Cooler Master's Computex concept takes the familiar AIO and mounts a large fan on the pump/CPU block. The idea is simple, and the pictures make it clear there's more to it than a short description can convey. As Brett Buren, Cooler Master's PR manager, put it: "[It's] kind of a hybrid between an air cooler and an AIO.

So this is currently using our Atmos 2 radiator with the Master Fan A Gold." He added that "there's basically an air cooler on top of the water block itself, so the water is being cooled in two places, one directly on top of the pump and one in the radiator." A fan on the pump block isn't a new idea — Arctic use it with their Freezer III series to boost VRM airflow — but Cooler Master's focus is on chilling the loop and filling the space inside a case much like a traditional air cooler.

Cooler Master is targeting 400 W of thermal capacity for the G11M.

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