Today we’re looking at a new-faced all-in-one closed-loop cooler from AnandTech: the Geometry Future. Founded in 2020, Geometric Future is a PC component manufacturer that aims to stand out in the crowded PC market by redefining modern aesthetics. Their design approach emphasizes the application of geometric elements and minimalist philosophy, as reflected in their slogan “Simplify”. They see themselves as the potential future backbone of China’s design industry, taking a small step from the IT field.
For such a new company, Geometric Future has already made significant progress in PC power and cooling products. One of their most famous products (and the one we’re reviewing today) is the Eskimo Junior 36, an all-in-one CPU liquid cooler available in 240mm and 360mm sizes. Designed with a minimalist aesthetic, this cooler features a simple CPU module and is equipped with high-performance Squama 2503 fans. Geometric Future believes that the Eskimo Junior 36 is designed to provide the best balance of cooling efficiency and aesthetics, allowing it to achieve outstanding cooling capabilities while maintaining low noise levels.
But marketing hype aside, in this review we’ll find out how it stacks up in today’s competitive market.
| Geometric Future Eskimo Junior 36 360mm AIO CPU Cooler Specifications | |||
| type | All-in-one liquid cooler | ||
| aspect | 397 x 120 x 52 mm (radiator with fan) 78 x 78 mm (main block) 55 x 55 mm (cold plate) |
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| fan | 3 x 120mm Squama 2503B FDB fans 2000 rpm (maximum) |
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| RGB | Yes (ARGB) | ||
| Supported sockets | Intel: LGA1700/LGA1200/LGA115x/LGA2066/LGA 2011
AMD: AM5/AM4/TR4 |
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| Warranty | 5 years | ||
| price | $120 | ||
Packaging and bundling
The company ships the Eskimo Junior 36 in a long, large cardboard box, hinting at the size of the cooler. The front of the yellow/white box is adorned with a detailed rendering of the cooler itself, with nothing but a compatibility badge indicating that the cooler has RGB lighting capabilities. Inside the box, the cooler sits securely in a custom-designed cardboard insert, ensuring it’s protected during shipping.
Geometric Future only provides the basic parts needed for a cooler right out of the box, with no additional items or accessories. The notable part here is that they offer mounting hardware for nearly every consumer CPU socket currently available, including TR4 for the Threadripper 5000 processor.
Geometry Future Eskimo Junior 36 All-in-one Liquid Cooler
At first glance, the Geometric Future Eskimo Junior 36 cooler is very consistent with the standard design of most 360 mm AIO coolers on the market. The cooler follows a typical AIO configuration, with a single heatsink, two hoses, and a combo block that integrates a copper CPU contact plate and a compact liquid pump. Geometric Future features black-sleeved low-permeability rubber tubing with an eye toward enhanced flexibility and aesthetic qualities. This design choice highlights Geometry Future’s commitment to blending functional cooling solutions with a sleek, more sophisticated look.
The Geometric Future Eskimo Junior 36 cooler’s large radiator length is 397mm, requiring a case that can accommodate three 120mm fans in sequence and provide enough room for the extra size of the radiator. The heatsink is 27mm thick and requires a total clearance of 55mm when paired with a fan to ensure proper installation in the system. Design-wise, it follows the popular two-channel cross-flow configuration, which features small fins welded to thin oval tubes. A distinguishing feature of this cooler is the company logo, subtly etched onto the sides of the heatsink, but it’s barely visible, and most likely only a yellow “O” will be visible inside the computer case.
The main body of the Geometric Future Eskimo Junior 36 AIO cooler features a minimalist design. It’s a very smooth and clean solid block of metal with a high-gloss plastic top. The 90° fitting houses two hoses on its sides, two cables coming out of the same area, a 4-pin power cable and a cable for RGB lighting that can be connected to the included controller or any other compatible RGB controller. The focus of the design seems to be on achieving a balance between functionality and a clean, understated look, which is in line with the overall design ethos of Geometric Future.
At the bottom of the main block assembly we can see an octagonal contact plate, which is secured to the plastic bottom cover via eight screws. Its surface is not polished to a mirror finish, but is smooth and flat enough. The contact pad measures 55 x 55 mm, which is significantly smaller than the overall size of the entire block of 78 x 78 mm, but sufficient for currently available CPU chips, with the exception of Threadripper processors which require a contact surface of at least 70 mm long. Nonetheless, the Eskimo Junior 36 can still run on the Threadripper processor, just not optimally.
The three 120mm fans included with the Eskimo Junior 36 are probably the highlight of the entire package. The fan’s power and RGB cables are short and have male and female connectors. This allows multiple fans to be connected in parallel to each other (daisy chained) and only one extension cord is needed to connect all three fans to the power supply and RGB controller. They are equipped with fluid bearing engines and have a top speed of 2000 RPM. The highlight of these fans is their scaly “Squama” rubber surface, which is said to improve performance and reduce aerodynamic noise levels. The company seems a little overconfident in the fan’s performance specifications, especially the extremely low dB(A) rating, which suggests that the pump is actually louder than the fan, and as we’ll see in the next few pages , absolutely not the case. These fans also feature RGB lighting, although their all-black design makes it invisible even to the trained eye of a PC builder.
The RGB lighting of the Geometric Future Eskimo Junior 36 cooler is cleverly designed. It has a ring of RGB lighting on the top edge of the main block and the fan frame. This design choice enhances the cooler’s visual appeal without being overly noticeable or detracting from its simple aesthetic. The RGB lighting on the Eskimo Junior 36 is a great example of Geometric Future’s commitment to combining functional performance with clean, sophisticated design elements.
