The Titan Amanda

[sunama]

This thread refers to the Titan Amanda.

Now, I am currently water cooled for the overclockability and low noise. However, if I were air cooling and was looking for the best air cooling that money could buy, I would unquestionably go and buy the amanda. The reviews all point to this cooling unit as being the best that money can buy. Even the reviews on the ocuk website are very positive 5* reviews. At £67 it is much cheaper than water cooling and its cost isnt too prohibitive.

My question: Am I the only one thinking like this and why are people still buying lesser cooling units; why not the Amanda? They spend £1000 on their system components and buy a £25 cooler when they can spend an extra £45 and get the best.

Please explain as I am baffled.

 

[sunama]

Review here:
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/Titan Amanda Cooler/testing.php

Now, they used a Intel D920 cpu which is a very hot cpu to test it on.

Taking the above results into consideration, we can say that we were extremely impressed by the performance of the Amanda cooler. Despite our initial doubts and horrible experience with old air based TEC coolers, the Amanda proved us wrong entirely. It also has a very clever design. While the processor is idle the TEC is barely powered; just enough to keep the processor cool and not waste unnecessary power. When we loaded the processor, overclocked or not, it seems that the cooler is trying to maintain the temperature at about 40 Celsius degrees. Our particular processor was unstable at 4GHz with any conventional air cooler we have tested up to date, but with the Amanda cooler it became 100% up to 4060MHz, so it did give us an overclocking edge over conventional air cooling. Despite the higher power drain which the dual core processor consumes at 4GHz with the voltage set to 1.45V, the Amanda kept it a mere 1 Celsius degree higher than running the same processor at stock speed and voltage, 1.2GHz lower. It is also worth remembering this is perhaps the hottest processor currently available, two truly power hungry cores on the same chip.

From what is being said, this is the best (air based) cooler around.

 

[sunama]

Iv used WC on several occasions and from my personal experience wouldn't go back! Mainly due to noisy pumps which are soooo annoying.

My eheim 1250 was very very loud. Other people didnt find it loud, but silence was the most important factor to me. I then tested my system with the (smaller) eheim 1048 and saw my cpu temp drop by 1C and also witnessed a significant noise drop. Since then, Ive been using the same pump which makes very little noise.

Which pump did you find noisey?

 

[sunama]

I'm using a Tuniq on a OC'd E6600, and believe it or not my system is a few degrees cooler when fitted into the case. I can't comment on the Amanda though as I've never used one.

But then you are far from the norm. I notice that you are able to clock your E6600 to 4ghz - not many can do that. I get the feeling you keep your room and case very cool. Your cpu temp at load, at 4ghz is 52C - this is very unique. Do you wear a coat in your room?

What we really need is someone who has upgraded from a Tuniq, say, to the Amanda and tell us what the difference is in maximum clock speeds achievable.

The review I posted earlier clearly shows there is an advantage to be had with the Amanda and that was using a D920 which runs hotter than a Conroe.

 

[sunama]

Temps are higher than when using the ninja ..hitting 70 now something aint right - will reinstall it again tomorrow i guess though i really cant be bothered.

Definitely doesnt sound right. Looking at your other system components you are a prime candidate for this cooler. I would love to know how the amanda ultimately compares with your scythe ninja, once you have it fitted/working correctly.

On a side note, the price of this cooler has dropped. It is now £55.21 inc vat
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-TI

 

[sunama]

The Zalman is near enough silent and running at 3.2ghz the temps do not go above 40degrees...only problem is I don't want 3.2ghz

Yep got the Titan for the this week only price Still running ORTHOS and its still at 62degrees AI temp, so over 60dgrees in ORTHOS is a constant temp. Tomorrow when I get the TITAN I will check the temps after 15mins and then again after 1hour 15

Will be interesting seeing how you get on.

Also rather than concentrating on temps, check to see if your maximum overclock increases after the introduction of the Amanda.

 

[sunama]

This mans on the ball!

Plus the fact that hardcore overclockers have water or phase.

Its not worth it over a TT120....

From the few results Ive seen, this cooler matches watercooling in terms of maximum overclocks. It is also much cheaper than buying a watercooling system.