Alpenfohn Peter announced

They make noise, too.

Moderators: NeilBlanchard, Ralf Hutter, sthayashi, Lawrence Lee

Post Reply
Tzupy
*Lifetime Patron*
Posts: 1561
Joined: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:47 am
Location: Bucharest, Romania

Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by Tzupy » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:06 pm

Link to Techpowerup news: http://www.techpowerup.com/140502/EKL-U ... tsink.html I believe it should be 'Alpenfoehn'.
The heatsink / heatpipe topology is what I dreamed about, so I'm almost in love with this upcoming GPU cooler!
I hope they will have a good VRM cooling solution too. And link to a nice picture of it: http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-02-15/60b.jpg
This could turn out to be the ultimate GPU cooler, better than the AC Accelero Extreme or Thermalright Shaman.

fumino
Posts: 298
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:38 pm
Location: ontario

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by fumino » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:19 pm

love those fins

frenchie
Friend of SPCR
Posts: 1346
Joined: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:53 am
Location: CT

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by frenchie » Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:13 pm

What is the difference with the Gelid Icy Vision, appart from bigger fans ? Genreral design is the same... Another bigger is better cooler...
The fin arrangment is just going to creat more air turbulence noise I think.

tim851
Posts: 543
Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:45 am
Location: 128.0.0.1

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by tim851 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:58 pm

Really nifty how half of those fans aren't blowing at anything. If you use two damned 140mm fans, make a cooler that matches them area-wise.

fumino
Posts: 298
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:38 pm
Location: ontario

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by fumino » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:28 pm

nah nah nah. i liked the fins because they were separate fins all cut up in segments like a mugen-2. more edge surface area. it'd definitely be better if they were all in a straight line though, you are right.

goatsandmonkeys
Posts: 91
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:32 am
Location: new york

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by goatsandmonkeys » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:52 pm

If it can fit those two 140mm fans why not have the heatsink extend out another inch and a half. If it can fit the fans it can fit the heat sink.
Image

I feel like two 120mm fans would be more effective because 100% of the air would go through the heat sink instead of producing noise to move air that doesn't go through the heatsink.

it's still a really nice looking piece of kit, but it would be much nicer if it was bigger.

fumino
Posts: 298
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:38 pm
Location: ontario

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by fumino » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:05 pm

it looks like that fan mount would be adjustable for 140/120/92mm fans.

Tzupy
*Lifetime Patron*
Posts: 1561
Joined: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:47 am
Location: Bucharest, Romania

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by Tzupy » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:42 am

The design is different from the Icy Vision since the heatpipes are 6 U-shaped.
Not really like 12 heatpipes, but close. The Icy Vision only has 5 heatpipes, and NOT U-shaped.
The AC Accelero Extreme also has 5 U-shaped heatpipes, but they are even more uneven (left-right).

tim851
Posts: 543
Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:45 am
Location: 128.0.0.1

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by tim851 » Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:34 am

goatsandmonkeys wrote:I feel like two 120mm fans would be more effective because 100% of the air would go through the heat sink
Not even that. The heatsink looks like it was designed for 92mm fans at best, even 80mm fans wouldn't be all that small.

Modo
Posts: 486
Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:32 am
Location: Poland

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by Modo » Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:57 am

goatsandmonkeys wrote:If it can fit those two 140mm fans why not have the heatsink extend out another inch and a half.
That would not fit into many HTPC enclosures. The "small" one does.

Tephras
Posts: 1140
Joined: Tue Sep 07, 2004 11:03 am
Location: Europe

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by Tephras » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:41 pm

fumino wrote:it looks like that fan mount would be adjustable for 140/120/92mm fans.
I don't know about 92mm fans but 120mm fans will fit. On the product page it says that up to two 140mm fans or four 120mm fans can be mounted on the PCI bracket/mounting rail.

twit
Posts: 14
Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 pm
Location: Sweden

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by twit » Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:41 am

This is supposed to hit german e-tailers shortly after easter, according to a post by caseking.de on another forum.
For those who didn't know, Alpenföhn has up to now primarily been selling re-branded Deepcool products, and the Peter certainly looks to fit right in their design scheme.

Tzupy
*Lifetime Patron*
Posts: 1561
Joined: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:47 am
Location: Bucharest, Romania

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by Tzupy » Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:46 am

Reviewed at Madshrimps, performance is impressive:
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/artic ... VGA-Cooler

Tzupy
*Lifetime Patron*
Posts: 1561
Joined: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:47 am
Location: Bucharest, Romania

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by Tzupy » Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:45 am

Review of the Deepcool Dracula (probably the same hardware as the Peter) at Xbitlabs, link:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cooler ... acula.html

doveman
Posts: 870
Joined: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:30 am
Location: London

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by doveman » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:31 am

Ooh, I just want the fan mounting bracket so that I can reduce the strain on my card whatever heatsink I use!

tanassi
Posts: 93
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:25 pm

Re: Alpenfohn Peter announced

Post by tanassi » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:21 pm

From what Ive googled the construction is pretty nice, but what i dont get is how the fans are controlled. From a standard header on the motherboard? But how do you power the two Wingboost fans, which are 4 pin PWM?

Post Reply