Titan Fenrir, Hot or Not?

liquidex · 13 Apr 2010 at 16:33

Imo the top air coolers (DH-14, V-X and Megahalems) are probably within a few degrees of each other with a standard config such as using a single fan. Just pick the one you like

I think that the Megahalems does better though at low fan speeds such as below 800rpm because of the design.

strumpusplunket · 13 Apr 2010 at 16:41

Helios1234 said:
Hehe, Yeah I can imagine that being very frustrating, especially given the costs. That's the annoying thing about CPU cooler reviews, everyone gets slightly different results. That's why we are trying to build up the number of coolers on the list.

What we need is a meta-analysis!

When you say "we," do you mean you're involved with Vortez.co.uk? I found that a useful site for a few reviews. One of the few places to review the Nordwand, for instance.

Given the inconsistency of review results, though, I'm surprised no-one's done some sort of meta-analysis yet. Shouldn't be too hard to do one based on delta load temps and one on rank order, for instance. Would be a really useful resource. Any chance?

Fallen god · 13 Apr 2010 at 16:43

smeaney said:
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Is this the Megahalems you refer too? Would that suit my Q6600 better than the Fenrir due to the heatpipe issue on the Fenrir? Also with the Magahalems, would this be a good fan to go with it?

Thanks

Thats like £50+ to cool a Q6600 which i think is abit too much.

Helios1234 · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:18

strumpusplunket said:
What we need is a meta-analysis!

When you say "we," do you mean you're involved with Vortez.co.uk? I found that a useful site for a few reviews. One of the few places to review the Nordwand, for instance.

Yup, I do all the CPU cooler reviews

. I've got quite a few more coming up but I'm waiting till my exams are over so stay tuned!

strumpusplunket said:
Given the inconsistency of review results, though, I'm surprised no-one's done some sort of meta-analysis yet. Shouldn't be too hard to do one based on delta load temps and one on rank order, for instance. Would be a really useful resource. Any chance?

I see your volunteering yourself then

.

strumpusplunket · 13 Apr 2010 at 17:53

^^^ Heh... er, volunteering is such an.... unremunerated word!

kopking · 13 Apr 2010 at 22:06

I have a Q6600 with a Titan Fenrir and the temps are great, 25-28 deg max idle, 47-55 deg max under load.

3.4 ghz oc so i am really happy, for the price it's a great bit of kit.

kopking · 13 Apr 2010 at 22:08

Oh yeah onviously the chasis helps too, cm 690 dominator with 4 fans, so plenty of air to feed a wind farm in there!!!!

stulid · 13 Apr 2010 at 22:37

I'm waiting for the Alpenfohn Matterhorn.

Helios1234 · 13 Apr 2010 at 23:37

stulid said:
I'm waiting for the Alpenfohn Matterhorn.

I'm gonna try and get one. It looks pretty good.

strumpusplunket · 14 Apr 2010 at 08:14

1.067kg?!

Wow, that's a mass of heatsink! Wonder how close we're getting to the maximum a mobo PCB can support?

Helios1234 · 14 Apr 2010 at 10:20

The Noctua is 1.2kg including the fans I believe and my motherboard copes well with it.

strumpusplunket · 14 Apr 2010 at 10:36

Right. I only remember seeing the weight without fans, which (IIRC) was about 900g. Which I guess means that the Matterhorn with a dual-fan set-up would then be 1.35kg? Doesn't sound that much more than the NF-D14 in that case, though it is still nudging upwards...

I feel sure I was seeing some motherboard flex with my 815g Zipang until I bought a new mounting mechanism for it.

I guess these HSFs are all well tested for tolerance of mountings, but pushing over 1.3kg of metal and plastic hanging off my CPU socket is getting to the level I start to feel a bit... squeamish about it

MouthBoy · 14 Apr 2010 at 11:12

Am I right in saying that with fans, you cant go below room temp? Or did I just make that up? My room is usually high 20s and sometimes in the 30s and it obviously doesnt help.

Helios1234 · 14 Apr 2010 at 12:15

smeaney said:
Am I right in saying that with fans, you cant go below room temp? Or did I just make that up? My room is usually high 20s and sometimes in the 30s and it obviously doesnt help.

That's right. With air cooling alone, you can never go below ambient.

MouthBoy · 14 Apr 2010 at 14:13

ah ok, with that said then, I guess a good cooler for a hot room would just keep the load temp down rather then the idles. So for instance, I could be idling at something stupid like 40'c but not actually breach 55'c on load. Rather then idle at 30'c and breach 80'c on a load with a bad cooler?