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Thermaltake Typhoon

The backplate helps alleviate some of the strain. But when I had it installed, I really didn't feel worried about the weight. If you're looking for a good light-weight solution, check out the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 or wait for the PRO model to come out.
 
My customer provided a Big Typhoon for his build and I wasn't impressed. It's not the weight that is a pain, instead the sheer size of the unit and the mounting method is a little rediculous. When you put the top plate on you need to make sure to tighten the 4 nuts in a diagonal manner to keep the plate level. You also need to use your own judgement when it comes to tightening the 4 nuts since there aren't any stopping points on the brass standoffs.
 
AMD reccomends nothing heavier than 450 grams but it seems the better coolers are way above that weight. The closer you can get to 450grams the better I say.
 
Originally posted by: DasFox
I'm beginning to think that actually the Silent 939 K8 is a good HSF:

http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/cl-p0200silent939/cl-p0200.htm
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got this hsf from compusa cuz i was too impatient to buy a better one online. it's actually not terrible...simple to install and cools a bit better than stock hsf (newcastle for me) while keeping it quieter. comes with 90mm fan blades in a 80mm frame, as far as i know. with an undervolt my temps are around 44-46C at load. with stock it was about 49-50.
 
yep...i think the fan that comes with it is pretty quiet, something not associated with thermaltake for the most part i guess. but when i listened to the fan alone it seemed to be making little clicking sounds so i switched it out with a coolermaster 80mm rifle-bearing fan from the clearance section at svc. the thermaltake fan seems a nipple's worth quieter than the coolermaster though. so i was kinda surprised considering how lots of people say the coolermaster is quiet. oh btw the thermaltake fan is 20mm thick. but the other reason i switched it out was because the thermaltake fan had a tapered shape to it..i guess it was because of the 90mm blades on a 80mm frame..but i felt like there was a lot of air rebounding off the tapered walls of the frame, if that makes any sense. here is a rough sketch of what i mean.
bottom line though...if you have patience then just order the xp90 or something from svc/jabtech. but if you want something new now without a huge price difference between online and compusa, then you could consider this. i don't think it's guaranteed to bring your temps down, but i think it'll keep it the same or lower it a few degrees without the noise of the stock hsf. for me personally, i've gotten about 4 degrees C lower on average.
 
I don't get all the complaints about mounting the TTBT.

I'm not saying it was easy, but it sure wasn't that hard either.

As for weight/mobo strain...i too kinda wondered about that, but now that i've got it in there, i really don't see it as an issue at all.
It sits very securely in there.
 
Originally posted by: Skott
AMD reccomends nothing heavier than 450 grams but it seems the better coolers are way above that weight. The closer you can get to 450grams the better I say.
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Nope no truth in that statement at all!!

 
LOL, no kidding weight has nothing to do with cooling, it's quality of materials and design, function. 😉 I mean HEY we can use a 700 gram steel HSF now that don't mean cause of all that weight it's efficent and steel, YUCK.

😉
 
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