CPU Cooling

[Brody8877]

Thermaltake P4 Spark 7+ (Xaser Edition) Highest Performance Copper CPU Cooler, w/ Temp.Controler, What do u think about that CPU cooler? Do i need Temp control? or I juss can plug it into my mobo? If i plug it into the temp control, will that make it run more efficient? If i plug it into my mobo will it run at a lower speed that will make the processor hav higher temp?

 

[HardWarrior]

I just read a review that said the TT Tower 112 was the best copper/heatpipe cooler. It looks like the spark 7 is surpisingly good, especially considering it's relative size. It's an old design though. Why not look at the newer offerings?

 

[Brody8877]

Is it Compatiable for Pentium 4 processor? + Do I need to remove my existing socket (adapter) from my motherboard for it? If you can, can u please give the link to that CPU cooler? If you can that will be nice.

 

[HardWarrior]

It comes with universal mounting HW, so yes. You can get the company line on the product here, google for some unbiased feedback and retail. The Tower 112 looks real good, almost as good as water, but it does have some drawbacks.

Good luck! :beer:

 

[Brody8877]

How Does Heat Pipe technology works?

 

[wkwong]

get an sp-94 and it'll blow all those away

 

[wkwong]

Originally posted by: Brody8877
How Does Heat Pipe technology works?

heatpipes don't dissipate heat, but carries it along the pipe. so in the case of that tower cooler, the heat pipes connect directly to the base and carries the heat to the aluminum fins which are used for heat dissipation. in some cases, you see heatpipes used as heatsinks, but that doesnt work too well because they dont have that much surface area.

ideally, thin copper fins, just like the ones you see on many heatsinks, are ideal for dissipating heat. thats why the sp-94, as i mentioned in the previous post, is so good. it uses copper fins, and helps carry the heat to the fins via the heatpipes.

hth

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: wkwong

Originally posted by: Brody8877
How Does Heat Pipe technology works?

heatpipes don't dissipate heat, but carries it along the pipe. so in the case of that tower cooler, the heat pipes connect directly to the base and carries the heat to the aluminum fins which are used for heat dissipation. in some cases, you see heatpipes used as heatsinks, but that doesnt work too well because they dont have that much surface area.

ideally, thin copper fins, just like the ones you see on many heatsinks, are ideal for dissipating heat. thats why the sp-94, as i mentioned in the previous post, is so good. it uses copper fins, and helps carry the heat to the fins via the heatpipes.

hth

Have you even bothered to take a look at the tower 112??? Too busy hawking what YOU decided to buy, I guess. :disgust:

Brody, if you had looked at the link I was so kind to post for you, you would have been given complete information on heatpipe technologly.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior
It comes with universal mounting HW, so yes. You can get the company line on the product here, google for some unbiased feedback and retail. The Tower 112 looks real good, almost as good as water, but it does have some drawbacks.

Good luck! :beer:

Got a review comparing it to known good coolers (IE, SLK-anything, SP-anything, CNPS-anything), or even a store selling it yet?
Until then, I'll hedge my heatpipe bets on Thermalright, Aerocool and Coolermaster.

 

[Gravity]

What a wierd yet provacative design. I'd like to see some comparisons before I depart from my thermalrights though. Thanks for the linky~

 

[Cerb]

So far I've only seen good comparisons between the Hyper6 and SLK-900, and Aerocool HT-101 Deep Impact vs. TR.
The Hyper6 wasn't equal to the TR, but Frostytech didn't change the fan, so no clue how that impacts it. The Aerocool with very slow fans beat out even TR, and appeared to be about equal to Zalman's radial flowers (no Zalmans there, can't remember where the review was), but very slow meaning about Panaflo L at 7v, so not much in overclocking potential (without a lot of time and effort spent on the case, anyway).

TR needs to send those heatpipe towers to pretty good review sites. It might do very well. One of things all of the normal-to-CPU heatpipe heatsinks, even Shuttle's, show higher than normal idle temps, but don't raise quite as high as others when really pushed, as they get to evacuating the heat away from the CPU before actually cooling down, as opposed to it all going on at the same spot (jusy on top of the CPU die).

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Cerb

Originally posted by: HardWarrior
It comes with universal mounting HW, so yes. You can get the company line on the product here, google for some unbiased feedback and retail. The Tower 112 looks real good, almost as good as water, but it does have some drawbacks.

Good luck! :beer:

Got a review comparing it to known good coolers (IE, SLK-anything, SP-anything, CNPS-anything), or even a store selling it yet?
Until then, I'll hedge my heatpipe bets on Thermalright, Aerocool and Coolermaster.

Same here, but as soon as it goes retail I'm going to consider a purchase. I had a VERY bad experience with my old MCX-462 yesterday that justifies moving away from the design. :frown:

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Gravity
What a wierd yet provacative design. I'd like to see some comparisons before I depart from my thermalrights though. Thanks for the linky~

My pleasure and I agree with your assesment.

 

[Brody8877]

Yes, I have look at tower 112.

 

[Brody8877]

What do your guys think about Thermaltake Pipe 101(CL-P0006)??