TESTED Titan Amanda TEC

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Titan Amanda Results @3.45ghz

The results are compared against my previous cooler the Zalman Aero Flower.

ORTHOS 15mins / 1hour 15mins (approx)

Zalman Aero Flower

15mins AI temp = 63degrees / Core temp = 81degrees

1hr15m AI temp = 60degrees / Core temp = 79degrees


Titan Amanda

15mins AI temp = 45degrees / Core temp = 62degrees

1hr15m AI temp = 46degrees / Core temp = 65degrees

 

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Test setup

Full tower case with a covered side mesh window (perspex)

Dual 120mm front intake

Single 120mm exhast

Titan

Zalman


Sound

With the side case on the Amanda does seem to be silent. All three 120mm fans are controlled via a small akasa fan controller, unlike the Zalman on full speed I can turn them right down and not hear it.


Install

I found the Titan Amanda very easy to install. I had read that it needs two people and that it takes a long time but I came across none of these problems. The motherboard has to be removed to attach the Amanda as it has the be screwed on from the back.

 

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I would run with the zalman @3.6ghz on games as it played stable and almost none of my games use dual cores. In Orthos however it would only bench stable at about 3.45ghz.

With the Titan I can get to about 3.7ghz Orthos stable (only benched for a couple of hours ATM) and with the at lower temps than the Zalman @ 3.45ghz.

 

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So in summary:
E6600.

Max overclocks:
zalman flower: 3.45ghz
Titan amanda: 3.7ghz (still testing)

Titan Amanda is giving you an extra 250mhz.

Can you give us an idea of the voltages you used please, thanks.

That is correct but if I am to be restricted on my overclock it will not be because of heat (core temp showing warning of over 85degrees on the Zalman...ORTHOS fails). The restriction on my overclock will be due to the limitations of the chip.

TBH I was not happy having a chip running at 80odd degrees (core temp) full load and I can achieve a higher overclock with the Titan and keep my chip below 70 degrees (core temp).

volts

zalman flower: 3.45ghz (1.58v)
Titan amanda: 3.7ghz (1.6v)

The upgrade cost me only £30 (sold Zalman and got Titan in this week only for £55) and a decent watercooling would have cost far more and achieved pretty much the same results IMO.

 

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Better than a TT120?

Don't think so...

3.525ghz with 1.525V = 55C load at 20C room with pretty poor contact

LOL that is only a far comparision if I test that cooler in my rig, on my cpu under the same conditions

All C2D do not perform identical Please tell me you know some overclock better, run cooler and require less volts

 

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You could expect another 2°C - 3°C decrease in temps when your AS5 cures

I remember putting AS5 on my x1900xtx and initially saw not much improvement but after a couple of weeks of gaming full load dropped a couple more

I was thinking about lapping my cpu but chickened out (that also would have affected test conditions )

 

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I assumed it was a widely known fact that you would only buy a TITAN Amanda TEC if you were receiving very high temperatures.

If you have a cool running C2D and do not want to clock it that high then lucky you and have fun with the TT

Erm, your tests where at 3.45ghz yes? What voltage?

Either way at 442x8 and 1.525V my Conroe is gonna put out more heat.

And im quite aware chips clock differently, but I doubt the Core Temp deviates my more than 5%. Maybe the TEC thing is slightly better, but its not worth changing from a TT120...

My C2D needs lots of volts and runs hot. I have stated the voltages were at least 1.6v to get to 3.7ghz (lots of heat but TITAN copes very well only ran ORTHOS for a couple of hours so far) and 1.58v @3.45ghz to run ORTHOS stable for days.

I never said you should change from a TT120 If you are happy with your temps then why would anyone change their cooler All I have done is post my results from my rig comparing two of my own coolers.

I loved the Zalman, looked kewl and was silent when doing a 800mhz OC on my C2D but not a 1300mhz OC that is a completely different story.

To run ORTHOS stable at very high clocks and to get 12000 3dmarks in 06 / 20000 3dmarks in 05 (without damaging my CPU) I needed a better cooler.

Fair enough, but this is just an opinion.

...this on the other hand, is a fact.

On deadkomodo's system the Titan Amanda is at 3.7ghz currently. I havent seen many, if any, totally stable E6600s at 3.7ghz using a Tuniq.

Can you give some links comparing the Tuniq and Monsoon please.

Agreed can someone put at least 1.6v through their [email protected] run it on ORTHOS for a couple of hours and print screen your temps ect.

To me this is no competition just curiosity, so of course try to do a similar set up to my self i.e. side case on ect.

(BTW I recall someone posting that their room is 20degrees. We must be sharing similar temps so thats good. I run my pc in my small bedroom which has the boiler in, above the main room in our house with the fireplace in and I share my wall with the house next to me. I guess what I am trying to say is my room is always toasty)

Also I remember someone mentioning about heat sinks not being on properly Well the Zalman was re attached three times, first time in a rush to put it together (new rig), then I removed it to check the stepping, then the third time I put AS5 on. All times the temps were pretty much the same and I am pretty confident I know how to fit a heatsink snuggly.

How much was postage on top of the weekly special ?

Sorry buddy I can't say, I added the cooler in on my mates new build and so only paid a fraction of the postage costs

 

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right so the main consensus seems to be that the Amanda is good only for highvolt/highheat, if it's running cool already then don't bother?

Exactly I don't think many of C2D owners need the Titan Amanda but for some it does have some real benefits

Happy 500

Thanks mate I wouldn't have noticed, I am glad its on my own thread

 

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i got lower temps on my conroe with the amanda > water (i prob had the loop set up wrong though )

1.65v - E6600 4ghz

WOW that is amazing! Is that stable?

Do you think I am limited my mobo's FSB or my chip?

How come you run your multi at 8x?

 

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1.6v through as 65nm cpu is asking for trouble isnt it ? even with tec-air/water cooling ?

Yeah I guess but i put 1.9v through my san-diego for over a year and its still running fine @2.8ghz on air So taking in account 64nm 1.6v sounds about right I guess in a year quads will be cheap and I would have gave my cpu to my bro to run a far more laid back life on 3ghz.

only got 42seconds orthos stable with 4ghz

And i can get 450mhz - fsb max so if i run my multi @ 9 my cpu will run at something like 4.050ghz which my cpu cant do , so i run it @ 8 which gives me 3.6ghz

ahh fair enough, still 4ghz is nice. does it game okay? Still why do not do 400x9? Why do you max out your FSB? Is it to OC the ram?

 

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yeah i can game ok @ 4ghz + i get lower temps with 450x8... dont no why o.O

LOL my motherboard does not like much over 400FSB so 450 is way out of my mobo's capabilities.

I was thinking about selling my board going for something like the Asus P5N-E SLi (async ram/higher FSB/SLI option) and swopping my GTX and a bit of cash for my mates gts's as he is having probs with em.

I do not know what is limiting my OC any further, heat is no longer an issue and ram is unstoppable so it must be my mobo or my cpu

Knowing my luck if I got a SLI board I would then be wanting to go XFIRE Come to think of it I may just leave things as they are as my rig seems in perfect harmony

 

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deadkomodo, i asked above, whats vcore did you run those tests at? i know you tried 1.6V for 3.7GHz but i'm interested in the tests in the first post vcore.

With my Zalman I had to give my CPU more voltage to get it to run OTHROS for hours stable so about 1.58v @3.45ghz (however for everyday usage it could run stable with less Volts i.e. gaming)

With those settings saved in my bios as soon as I put in my Titan ran the test again so both tests were carried out 1.58v @3.45ghz

I am now noticing that my CPU with my Titan can run ORTHOS stable @3.45ghz with less volts 1.55v. Hence I am now able to get to 3.7ghz with just over 1.6v

 

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lol....Done this myself today.


Instead of perspex I used some plastic covers I found in the stationary
cupboard at work.


Got a really good effect just by taping them over the honeycomb.


But I went from 57c to 65c under load @ 3.3 with a 6600

(Tuniq as well)


The reason I did this was to prevent dust but I may need to re-think with a
8c rise in temps.


I also unscewed the front panel to move the LED so it does not catch your
eye every time you turn round.


Deadkomodo

- Did you replace the front and rear fans ?
- If so what with - and how much of an improvement did you find ?

Also does the additional fan in the 5.25 bays make much difference as it will
only be getting a restricted flow with the door?

Seems a few folk have removed the door to get better airflow as this case
does seem a bit limited in this department.

The mesh for me just allowed in too much dust and it showed up really bad with my lights

All the thermaltake fans have been repleaced by .... wait for it.... jeantech fans LOL No seriously they were brand new from a friends case and move lots of air and look kewl. They are all fan controlled so when it needs to be cool I turned them up.

For light gaming, browsing the net, listening to music, watching movies ect it is silent and gets about 80% less dust than before. As hinted with the silent talk the side perspex cover makes the PC far quiter.

I leave the front door open when benching/gaming and this means two 120mm fans at the front of my case takes in a lot of air and when on full speed descrease case temps by at least 15degrees.

When the PC is doing not much I shut the door and turn the fans right down...silence

To summarise

perspex side window = less dust and less noise
additional fan in the 5.25 bay easily ofsets the extra heat through adding perspex side window

hope this helps

ps I have benched my rig for at least 8hours when I left for uni running 3dmark06 maxed out looping and prime95 running in the background (not orthos I still wanted 06 to run lol). I had the perspex fitted, the fans on low, the titan amanda on and the front door shut.

When I came back my room was lovely and warm, rig was still running perfect and the PSU and 120m fan at the back was doing a grand job at expelling the heat. I guess what I am trying to say is I am VERY happy that I put on the perspex side window and fitted an additional 120mm fan at front (even with front door closed it is still pushing warm air out of the case).

additional

the extra 120mm is appox 5cm from the mesh (I also added mesh drive bays in front of it to prevent dust, I just hoover off the trapped build up of dust every now and then). I placed the fan 5cm behind the mesh so it is far less noisy (near silence) and still functions when the door is shut due to it not being right up against mesh and a door.

 

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Thanks for the info.

Just out of interest what brand / model of mesh 5.25 drive bay are you using
and does it fit okay as I have a quick sniff about and get see anything
resembling this as I think I will need to go down this route.


cheers

LOL .... jeantech again I robbed them off my mates case http://www.jeantech.com/nitro.htm

as you can see it has a lots of 5.25 drive bay mesh They fit nice and snug in my case with very little additional modding. I am sure most generic mesh would fit perfect or require little hassle to get it right.

 

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Just got my new issue of custom PC and they have a fan called the scythe kama bay which fits into three 5.25 drive bays and has a mesh covering on it. It looks pretty cool and not too much money either.
http://users.atw.hu/prorok/scythe_kama-bay.jpg

 

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I have the Shark case and liked your idea of covering the honey comb with perspex so I picked up 2 x A4 sheets of 6mm and started cutting. Two hours later I had a nice glass like reflection and a little less noise but got a real shock at the E6400 temps at idle started to climb to 46°C and over 60°C at load,my normal load is 48 - 53, I have the Tuniq Tower and it did not like the lack of air even though the shark case has a 120mm (1400rpm est) exhaust which line up perfectly with the Tuniq and has a 120mm intake(1400 rpm est) My trade for a little less noise was going to be a temperature hike. So the perspex had to go as those temps would be madness in the hotter weather in a few months your Titan Amanda is certainly doing an admirable job compared to my setup.

Hi just thought I check my old thread and noticed I had missed you post

Firstly thank you for posting, I am really glad someone had a very similar build with a TT

When I first noticed the temp increases with the perspex on (all components had a rise in temps) but adding the top 120mm so I had dual 120mm did sort this out and people do comment on how kewl it looks

The main reason I put on the perspex was due to dust and I knew I would suffer from higher temps but i was happy to bite the bullet. TBH I am shocked and really pleased at how little dust I know get in my rig.