The Titan Amanda

Bizarre · 15 Feb 2007 at 03:15

sunama said:
Your cpu temp at load, at 4ghz is 52C - this is very unique. Do you wear a coat in your room?

LOL.

The heating goes off and the coat goes on only when benching mate, infact, I'm suprised I haven't got trench foot yet.

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 08:27

Bizarre, is that stable at 4ghz? Iv seen it stable at 3.6ghz orthos stable but haven't seen any screenies at 4ghz and orthos. Dosnt matter if it isn't 12hrs stable as its still a cracking clock

Richdog · 15 Feb 2007 at 09:47

Ice Tea said:
Care to explain ? unless your a troll and have never read the reviews of how they are setup on the testbench

With all due respect i've been overclocking a long, long time. My point was that your statement was suggesting that reviewers and people who that say the Amanda is no better than the Tuniq don't know what they are talking about. Which is rubbish.

Ice Tea · 15 Feb 2007 at 09:54

Ice Tea said:
The problem with a lot

Does not mean all and i'm unsure why you took it as aimed at you.

platypus · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:52

But it weighs 1kg!

Jleo · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:04

neil27 said:
Wonder what kind of PSU would be recommended though?

At 100% load the Titan Amanda uses 50w

Power Consumption 0% Loading / 5w
50% Loading / 28w
100% Loading / 50w

Jleo · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:09

platypus said:
But it weighs 1kg!

Sunbeam Tuniq Tower is 900+grams with one fan.

markyb · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:41

CarlD said:
liar!

I'v fitted the titan amanda around 6 times and iv always done it myself o.O

hehe! Well its a lot easier with two of you

platypus · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:44

Jleo said:
Sunbeam Tuniq Tower is 900+grams with one fan.

How noisy is the Tuniq fan?

bfar · 15 Feb 2007 at 16:52

Its aimed at hardcore overclockers, and should really only be considered by such people, since

a) its big,
b) its heavy
c) it needs quite a bit of power
d) needs to fit in a cool case
e) its expensive
f) that pci slot is precious these days...

If your running an e6600 less than 3.4 I wouldn't bother...

Allattar · 15 Feb 2007 at 17:01

I fitted the Amanda and my experience was it is a bitch to fit on your own.

It works great and I have only hit 2.7 at the moment but I will be taking that higher. Just taking my time with it

It is a big heavy large Cooler, requiring a PCI slot, and if you have a 680i board you only have two pci's.

joeyjojo · 15 Feb 2007 at 17:03

Ice Tea makes a good point Rich. The cooler is on par with Tuniq etc. when reviewed with say a stock E6600. When an overclocked 920 is used it excels, as the load temps are that much lower due to the TEC actively cooling the thing. It is no longer a simple heatsink like the tower where heatpipes transport the heat away, but a cooling device.

Arcane · 15 Feb 2007 at 17:15

platypus said:
How noisy is the Tuniq fan?

Very noisy on full, too irritating for surfing though bearable if you're gaming with headphones on...very quiet (but not silent) on the lowest setting but obviously not as effective.

ZX-10R · 15 Feb 2007 at 18:20

Arcane said:
Very noisy on full, too irritating for surfing though bearable if you're gaming with headphones on...very quiet (but not silent) on the lowest setting but obviously not as effective.

So how noisy is the Titan then under load?

thinking of getting one as alternatiove too water but then i'd still have and loud Grafix card

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 18:27

ZX-10R said:
So how noisy is the Titan then under load?

thinking of getting one as alternatiove too water but then i'd still have and loud Grafix card

I would imagine it be very quiet as it will be the tec cooling the cpu, so the heat sink/pipes will be cooling the hot side of the Tec mainly id imagine

khemist · 15 Feb 2007 at 19:48

I've just installed my Titan Amanda and i cant believe how noisy it is

it's really loud..i hooked the fans up to my fan controller to see what speed they are running and they are running at 1700rpm although i read that they should be running at 1500rpm?.
Does anyone know if this is normal? it could be a dodgy fan because if i stop the one that is exhausting air out of the case the other fan seems a lot quieter.
If i can't get it quieter i'm getting rid of this i guess.

khemist · 15 Feb 2007 at 20:23

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.

Northwind · 15 Feb 2007 at 21:48

Sounds like it's not seated or pasted right really... Which would also make the fan run too hard, if it's got any sort of smart fan control. Stating the obvious I know

Ice Tea · 15 Feb 2007 at 23:27

I'm surprised you hit 70 without the Alarm going off.

sunama · 16 Feb 2007 at 00:09

khemist said:
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