ThermalTake V1 CPU Cooler

This is a great cpu cooler

Strengths: All copper construction, variable fan speed, blue led, looks awsome, low noise

Weakness: very very big, pins can be tricky i recoment going to the companys website to watch the instal video

This product was an awsome addition to my build. It keeps my intel q6600 at about 29-30c idle. about 2c above room temp. there was some trickiness installing this beast and i had some trouble with it touching the power supply at first but it fit in my ultra grid mid tower case. I am very happy with this product and would buy again.

By alexbroda - Apr 4, 2008

The best heatsink ever

Strengths: Silent Cools great

Weakness: kind of tall

I use this on an opteron fx-62 and it keeps that cool at standard speeds, even with the fan running at the minimum possible speed. This cooler is fantastic! only caveat: Make sure you have enough vertical clearance, as this is fairly tall! I have mine in an Antec P180 case.

By scottegos2 - Aug 31, 2007

Cooler or butterfly?

Strengths: Powerful

Weakness: none

I upgraded my PC to windows vista and I needed to a cooler for my Intel Core2Duo. After read many reviews I decided to purchase this cooler instead the use the regular cooler come with the CPU. The instrucciones came in a small paper which could be diffcult to read because the graphics are not clear. I preferer to check the website and use the online info. The setup took just 5 minutes; however...
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I upgraded my PC to windows vista and I needed to a cooler for my Intel Core2Duo. After read many reviews I decided to purchase this cooler instead the use the regular cooler come with the CPU.
The instrucciones came in a small paper which could be diffcult to read because the graphics are not clear. I preferer to check the website and use the online info. The setup took just 5 minutes; however it depends the kind of CPU, a AMD CPU could be take more time due to adjust in different way on the socket.
After, I turned PC on and everything works perfectly. None sound and the temperature is OK. Also, It is beautiful because of my case is transparent so I can see the light in the fan.

By daurbina - Oct 8, 2008

Excellent HTPC CPU Cooler

Strengths: Very Quiet Cools Extremely well Can be directed to the case fan to pull the hot air out of the case.

Weakness: Large May not like the cool blue LED

I am not a big fan of LED fans, but that been said, this is an excellent copper cooler, and working with my AMD 5000+ BE CPU, I can hit 3200MHz, and not even hit 60C core temps. This baby really cools, and is very quiet. It is inside my coolermaster HTPC case, which is very large for a HTPC, and it fits very well. The nice thing is the orientation, which allows the fan to be directed at the case...
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I am not a big fan of LED fans, but that been said, this is an excellent copper cooler, and working with my AMD 5000+ BE CPU, I can hit 3200MHz, and not even hit 60C core temps. This baby really cools, and is very quiet. It is inside my coolermaster HTPC case, which is very large for a HTPC, and it fits very well. The nice thing is the orientation, which allows the fan to be directed at the case fan, for a clean airflow out of the case

By Barryo2 - Jul 11, 2008

Potential Good Heatsink/Fan

Strengths: Large cooking area, cooling would be great if you had a large amount of air flowing over it and it was in a relatively cool room. Good value.

Weakness: HUGE! This heatsink is massive, I didn't measure it to see whether it would fit in my case but luckily it did.

I was quite disappointed to see the performance of this heatsink. I had expected it to drop my CPU temps by more than 3 degrees C over the stock cooler but that may be because my room is not exactly a cool place. I can see it being very good if a large amount of air was flowing over it. The blue LEDs are a nice addition to my blue themed case.

By cliftonious - Jul 6, 2008