Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. C CPU Cooler Review

Prolimatech’s Megahalems Rev. C lives up to expectations and offers excellent cooling performance. Its split single tower design manages to achieve impressive victories over Noctua’s and Alpenföhn’s dual tower brutes at certain CPU frequencies. While the performance may drop off a little as the thermal load is increased, this is likely the low speed 1000 RPM fans creating a bottleneck in terms of air pressure and actual air flow performance. Using a pair of high-powered fans such as NF-P12s or Scythe AP-15s should yield impressive results at all CPU frequencies. For the extreme coolers out there, a pair of extreme performance 38mm fans such as Deltas may unleash cooling potential that was previously locked with standard 25mm thick fans.

Acoustic performance is more related to the specific fans used rather than the heatsink itself. Prolimatech don’t include any sort of noise-reducing adapters or mounting hardware and the metal clips will just transfer vibrations from one place to another. With the correct fans used, the Megahalems can become a quiet CPU cooler, but with slightly louder fans it is likely to become an option which outputs extra noise in the form of non-dampened vibrations.

Installing the Megahalems was very straightforward. Prolimatech supply a clear installation manual which lists each part and shows step-by-step images of both Intel and AMD installation procedures. All-metal mounting hardware creates a good amount of mounting pressure while keeping the cooler securely in position. As I have said multiple times in the past, the fan installation method is poor and needs changing. It limits fan choice, can be awkward to mount a fan, uses flimsy clips and doesn’t result in a particularly secure mount. Hopefully Prolimatech will fix their fan installation method on future coolers because it is letting down an otherwise excellent mounting system.

With retail pricing of £46.99/€51,90 without fans, the Megahalems is priced fairly competitively as a heatsink but not so as a cooler. Add in the costs of a single or pair of decent fans and you have already entered the territory of dual tower coolers such as Be Quiet!’s Dark Rock Pro. As a single tower CPU cooler, the Prolimatech Megahalems is an excellent performer which has plenty of cooling potential that can be converted into performance when coupled with the correct fans. As a general CPU cooler, the Megahalems is a competitive option which manages to trade blows with some of the lesser performing dual tower options but can’t match the high performance air cooling kings.

Prolimatech’s goal with the Megahalems Rev. C was to improve the out-of-the-box compatibility of an already impressive CPU cooler, a goal which they have achieved. If for any reason you can’t or don’t want to use a dual tower cooler, Prolimatech’s Megahalems Rev. C is a great option. If you have plenty of spare fans laying about which could be coupled with the Megahalems, it can become a cheap and effective cooling solution. If you are just in the general market for a high performance CPU cooler and don’t have any specific requirements, there may be better options such as Thermalright’s Silver Arrow and Be Quiet!’s Dark Rock Pro, both of which are a similar price once you factor in the cost of a decent fan or pair of fans.