TFC Admiral ??

We all know how well swiftechs 'military grade' anodised aluminium worked on the apogee GTX, the slightest imperfection in the coating and you have galvanic corrosion central.
 
Using aluminium isn't an innovation, it's slashing production costs. Not impressed by that.

I am however reminded that i want a radbox.

Skinnee labs testing will be interesting.
 
It's only the frame that confirmed as Al, tubes MAYBE Cu.
I used heatprofile domestic rads - they have copper cubes with a aluminium surround.
not to different to the twin coldrolled tubes that feser are hinting at.

But aluminum is a lot cheaper (and easier to machine) = cost saving
 
Says, "inner surface of tubes is nano coated." That says to me the whole thing is aluminium. Whatever the hell nano coating is and that. May as well have said "Trust us, its magic!"
 
rjkoneill said:
am i the only one who thinks that this is a great big case of meh?
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Nope, not just you. this looks like a pile of marketing BS. Nano technology! Aluminium! Round tubes for easy airflow! Manly deep voice saying "The Feser Company"! Whenever I see TFC products I cringe. It's like their marketing department went on a coke binge and killed all the engineers at the company.
 
I must say, marketing double speak automatically puts me off pretty much anything. mmm Danone.
 
This nano coating sol-gel lark looks to be a means of layering a very thin coating of what I assume will be copper or a copper compound on the inside of aluminium tubes. Better hope that the manufacturing and machining processes Feser use are bomb proof.
 
Just to clear something up, skinnee has one of these and has confirmed on xs the water path contains no aluminium, i believe it's just the frame that is. This design is widely used in industrial applications so there is basis for this design working very well. It's the pre-release marketting thats funny and gets people all worked up, we'll just wait and see how it performs.
 
i will stick to my PA 480. i cant imagine any a new radiator design working any better than 5% over current rads on the market.
 
rjkoneill said:
i will stick to my PA 480. i cant imagine any a new radiator design working any better than 5% over current rads on the market.
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To be honest unless you are completely anal I could never see anybody upgrading from a PA. Same things apply with a lot of watercooling stuff. If a new pump comes out which is 5 to 10% better, how many people can be bothered to drain down their system to replace it?

However, if they are say 5 to 10% better and priced to match a PA and you were speccing a new watercooling system, then you would buy one.
 
After seeing the fancy advert, it will be nice to see a review.
I do agree that there is very little difference in any of the 120.4 designed rads.
I think this will win due to shear size.
 
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