SI-97? Hah! We don't need no steenking SI-97's !
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Yup, sure looks very similar to a Yate Loon. But most of all it looks like clever marketing. If Thermaltake can simply change the color of a medium speed fan to imply it's silent, that also speaks to the recognition Nexus has achieved and how smart a marketing move the orange fan color was of them in the first place. Even if many people find it ugly.freak_in_cage wrote:the fan looks similar to a Nexus 120mm! it even has "closed screw" holes!
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No one will ever buy a real 16dB cooler when their first introduction to silent computing comes from Thermaltake's marketing department. I wonder if they chose that figure just by looking through product specs of actual silent hardware, and picking a number that's a bit lower?
Ahh, nothing like a good Tt lambasting in the morning.
Ahh, nothing like a good Tt lambasting in the morning.
The aluminium fins could've been so much 'deeper', doubling the surface area at little or low cost of heat. Optimally the heatpipes would then have to be more evenly distributed, and not seated near the 'top' as they do now. 1 hour more Autocad work and Thermalcrap might've actually done something clever :O
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Methinks this will be different and will be very successful at breaking motherboards, especially XP ones. Especially since this things looks like it uses the same kind of mounting system as their not-so-silent tower. Then again, the copper version of the n.s.s. tower weighed a similar amount.acaurora wrote:It'll be just as successful as their Silent Boost, which wasn't a success at all.
Actually, although the questioning of TT's fan/silence claims may be valid, IMO the biggest problem with this sink (based upon test to destruction of a SilentTower) is the construction itself.
TT claims a soldered connection between the baseplate and the heatpipes (obviously needed for efficient heat transfer), yet the job they did on the ST was absolutely pathetic- minimal solder, randomly applied with almost no real connection between components.
In essence, the only heat transfer from baseplate to heatpipe was accidental.
Even assuming a proper assembly of the components, I have begun to question the whole validity of heatpipes as currently employed for CPU cooling solutions.
In most applications, the orientation of the pipes and cooling fins seems less than optimal (if not just downright wrong) and I can't help but wonder if the heatpipes are really doing much at all compared to the same design without pipes.
That said, I have just ordered a Thermalright XP-90 to try out.
Hope springs eternal and I pray that this one will not join it's kin on the shelf of shame.
TT claims a soldered connection between the baseplate and the heatpipes (obviously needed for efficient heat transfer), yet the job they did on the ST was absolutely pathetic- minimal solder, randomly applied with almost no real connection between components.
In essence, the only heat transfer from baseplate to heatpipe was accidental.
Even assuming a proper assembly of the components, I have begun to question the whole validity of heatpipes as currently employed for CPU cooling solutions.
In most applications, the orientation of the pipes and cooling fins seems less than optimal (if not just downright wrong) and I can't help but wonder if the heatpipes are really doing much at all compared to the same design without pipes.
That said, I have just ordered a Thermalright XP-90 to try out.
Hope springs eternal and I pray that this one will not join it's kin on the shelf of shame.
neh, heatpipes with internal wicks (as they all seem to be these days) are almost completely indifferent to orientation.
an SI-97 has no thermal connection, radiator to base, except for heatpipes. Works great.
Some heatpipe maker: "When calculating overall thermal resistance of a heatsink using heatpipes, the thermal resistance of the heatpipe should be considered negligible. Only the thermal resistance of getting heat into the heatpipe and out of the heatpipe need be accounted for."
or words to that effect.
an SI-97 has no thermal connection, radiator to base, except for heatpipes. Works great.
Some heatpipe maker: "When calculating overall thermal resistance of a heatsink using heatpipes, the thermal resistance of the heatpipe should be considered negligible. Only the thermal resistance of getting heat into the heatpipe and out of the heatpipe need be accounted for."
or words to that effect.
hmmm....
..and has anybody seen this SilentTower 4 in 1 CPU Cooler?
I see Bluefront using a Do-it-yourself here.
To me, it looks like a winner if the heatpipes really move the heat, but of course, I'm wanting some feedback
I see Bluefront using a Do-it-yourself here.
To me, it looks like a winner if the heatpipes really move the heat, but of course, I'm wanting some feedback
Yeah, MikeC has seen it and reviewed it too (SPCR review of the Thermaltake CL-P0025 Silent Tower).