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Soon we stumbled on cooling gurus Scythe, and spotted some pretty crazy things. The Zipang is simply massive, and should see release soon. The Hybrid at this stage is simply just a concept. The Ninja mini should mean excellent cooling in restricted spaces, whereas the copper may just see new cooling records, and we can’t wait to see the Kama Cross in labs. Then of course there was the utterly stark raving insane 30x30cm CPU heatsink it had had on display inside a Perspex case. This thing will never see the light of day in the retail market, it’s very much a ‘because we could’.
 | | Scythe are as usual pushing the boundaries. | |
We then moseyed off to XFX to see if we could grab a glimpse of the world’s favourite gamer, Mr Jonathan Fatal1ty Wendel. After chatting briefly with him he is in fact quite a nice guy, and very approachable. He was there to launch XFX’s 8600GT, which they label as the fastest passively cooled solution on the market.
 | | This guy is about to be taken to school by the XFX bus. |
 | | Fatal1ty holding XFX’s overclocked 8600GT. I swear the bulge in my jeans pocket is just my camera. |
There’s much more around the show, however Day 1 was just finding our feet – so I’ll leave you with some fantastic sights we spotted while trotting around the show.
 | | They know how to advertise in Taiwan. Girls and mechs baby, girls and mechs. |
 | | "My sensors are fully extended!". |
 | | These guys with inflatable signs strapped to their backs walked around Hall 1 all day. We have no idea what ‘Key 3 Spirit’ means. |
 | | Hitachi had a security lock that scanned the veins in your finger, rather than your prints. |
 | | Say after me: 2000W of PSU. Bow to your new master. |
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