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Review by: Daniel
Date: August 22nd, 2007
Provided by:
Thermaltake |
Thermaltake V1 Heatsink
Thermaltake's heat sinks have been the choice for
overclockers since the early days of enthusiast overclocking. They
have continued to improve on their designs and now they have come up
with this unique cooler, called the 'v1'. It claims to offer the
ultimate in CPU cooling performance.
Upon opening the box, you will find
the heat sink clips for both AMD and Intel systems, thermal paste,
a manual and a sticker. Here are some of the main features and
specifications from
their website:
- Supports Intel Core 2, Pentium, and Celeron Series
Processors (Socket LGA 775)
- Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX, X2, 64, and Sempron
Series Processors (Socket AM2, 939, 754)
- Size: 147L x 92W x 143H (mm)
- Copper Base, Heat pipe and Fins
- 4 Heat pipes
- Blue LED's
- Mirror Coating Copper Base
- Silent Solution (Adjustable Fan Speed)
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The Heat Sink:
There are two densely finned heat sinks on both sides of
the fan, which is located in the middle. One side is cooled by
the fans intake, and the other is cooled by its exhaust.
-The fan is suspended in the middle, between the two
heat sinks
-Two of the four heat pipes going from the two heat
sinks into the copper base
-The copper base is polished nicely and should allow
for good contact with the CPU
-Here, the fan can be seen between the two main heat
sinks
-The fan connects to the motherboard via this 3-pin
fan header connector
-The fan speed is controlled via this potentiometer. The fan
was nearly silent at the low speed and was fairly loud at the
highest speed. I found that a setting in the middle works
best.
Installation:
-The included thermal paste is applied to the
processor
-The heat sink is now installed. The AMD clip
was used for the test system
Testing:
Test System:
-Thermaltake Soprano DX Case
-Biostar nForce 6100 Motherboard (Socket 939)
-AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.8GHz (1.6v)
-eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS
-2GB (2 x 1GB) Corsair XMS PC3200 Memory
-320GB Maxtor SATA-II 7200 RPM Hard Drive
-Seasonic S12-II 500 Watt Power Supply
-Orthos Beta by Johnny Lee
Load=30 minutes under Orthos.
The Thermaltake V1 was set at a medium speed, while the stock AMD
heat sink was throttled to a medium speed.
Overall, this heat sink is an great upgrade from a stock system
cooler, as it offers excellent cooling performance, without creating
too much noise. Installation was straightforward and easy to
accomplish.
Pros +
-Excellent temperature results
-Quiet
-Entire heat sink is copper
-Blue
LED fan
Cons -
-None
Techaddicts.net
would like to give this heat sink the Techaddicts 'Editors Choice'
Award for its excellent cooling capabilities.
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