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The ThermalTake Sonic Tower

BonzaiDuck

BonzaiDuck

Lifer
We've been through this before -- many, many times.

Some TT products have been described as "shoddy." On the other hand, the company has so many different products in its product line that product quality varies as much as product offerings. And the TT heatsinks, heatpipe coolers and similar gadgets have proven competitive with the rest.

The Sonic Tower heatpipe cooler was introduced sometime after a general consensus concerning the XP-120's prowess and its low thermal resistance. I haven't kept up with new heatpipe entries -- for instance, AseTek is offering three models of its "Micro-cool Vapo-chill" or whatever they call it.

Sonic tower

Does anyone know of any thermal resistance measurements taken against the Sonic Tower?
 
Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
get a zalman 7000b instead.
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Apologies to BonzaiDuck for not adding anything relating to their request for information but SuperTyphoon, your response is useless and serves no purpose.

BonzaiDuck asked a question relating to the Thermal Resistance of the Tt Sonic Tower, not what heatsink they should buy.
 
Yes, yes. Good point, Elcs.

Now -- about Super Typhoon's recommendation.

I already have a TR XP120. The XP120 completely bests the Zalman. It has nothing to do with the heavy weight or near-gold color of the Zalman flower-cooler. It's all about thermal resistance. The CNPS-7000-Cu has a thermal resistance of 0.21 . The XP120's is 0.167. Anyone who thinks that the Zalman does a better job of cooling than the XP120 should prove to themselves the contrary, because otherwise, they're just dreaming. You can't make water freeze at regular barometric pressures by applying a temperature of 75F, and you can't make Zalman's CNPS-7000- defy the simple physics of heat capacity, conductivity and thermal resistance.

That being said, the reason I asked the original question was to see if someone had bested the XP120, as with the Sonic Tower or the Asetek Micro Chill (whatever.)

And -- hey -- even the CNPS-7700 -- with a TR value of .19 or more -- doesn't beat the XP120.

It may be that with the heavier coolers, idle temperature values are a few degrees lower. But with the least thermal resistance, the difference between idle and load is simply and totally determined by multiplying TR x TDP = L - I. And that's the kind of protection you want.

It's OK, though, Super Typhoon. It doesn't take much to grow out of being a rube!! 🙂
 
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