Thermaltake's V1 CPU cooler sure is real purty
By Paul Miller 
posted Jul 30th 2008 8:05AM
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thats hot!!
Hopefully not... that would be a ridiculous design flaw :P
I need a tom's hardware review stat.
Look, I've got $20 that says no one realized this looks like a vagina.
Yes, it does.
So I've heard...
Theres no way I'm putting mine in that.
What vagina doesn't have a fan in it?
It's fan-tastic.
It's cool-looking.
It rises above the rest.
It's very spread-able.
It blows away the competition.
It... ok, I'll stop now.
Breaking News: Lowest Ranked has never seen a vagina.
Thats breaking news?
C'mon man everyone knows I'm kidding. I have a ton of porn!
...like I said.
Ohh, gawd Lowest Ranked cracks me up.
Comments here FTW.
Wow, what the heck! That thing is quite old, it has been reviewed by many sites back in May 2007. Yes, 2007.
I wonder what this thing does at 88mph...
Great scott! That's heavy Romer
shame such a beauty will be hidden inside,
if i had one, i'd leave the case open :)
or even a windowed case..
yeah, this one would fit nicely with the flashing ram and neon lights.
It's SHARP, I've had one for about 7-8 months now, it's a great cooler, but it's on the high side of really damn big...
On installing it i had 10-15 razor cuts from no apparent source...
Looking at the picture, I'd say the source was pretty damn apparent.
The exact same thing happened to me when I had a Zalman CPU cooler that was similar to this one. It had about 70 very thin copper fins, and when working inside of my computer I occasionally got some nasty cuts on my knuckles. It was an amazing heatsink (it kept my processor very cool and was quiet), but it was a pain in the ass to have to work with.
Perhaps Pinhead got himself a new Lament configuration, be careful out there guys!
bartoron:
just how the heck do you install your coolers, if it's a pain in the.... oh wait figurative speech never mind
...so you might say it's "cutting edge"
Isnt the fan in the centre just blowing heated air from one sink into the other? that kinda beats the point doesnt it?
As long as the air leaving one half of the heatsink is still cooler than the second half, it can still provide additional cooling on the second half.
It sucks air through the first bit then pushes air through the second bit, in effect there is an airflow, the same as if they would put it on one end, the only thing getting hotter than usual would be the fan itself.
You can't argue this point bc many coolers have fans in the middle or on both ends, its all how they design the fan and its air direction. If it wasnt a good concept, a company as high ranked as Tt wouldnt have done it...
It's a shame that it's going to sit in the computer case out of sight.
a large percent of people who buy parts like this have clear side panels.
Some even have acrylic cases
My computer has one such side panel, it sits on the desk and glows very pretty. Its definitely a conversation piece for all my imaginary friends when they imaginarily stop by.
Shiz, I forgot about that. Those acrylic cases are super cool. I had heard though that they shouldn't be used for a normal gaming rig. I can't remember the reason why, but I do remember thinking, "That sounds like a stupid reason."
probably because they wouldnt be good for carrying around? they seem like they'd be more fragile
It looks like a robotic sea creature or something.. it's quite beautiful in a weird cyberpunk sorta way.
ThermalTake's products are made to always 'look good'. To me, this is just an inefficient heatsink design with looks to lure buyers.
Like hot chicks who won't give head or put out before marriage...
How is it inefficient? The copper fins provide tons of surface area for cooling, and the V shape allows the HSF to be big while avoiding contact with power conditioning components surrounding the processor. Sure, there might be slightly more efficient designs that look worse, but they already sell several other form factors that fit those specs.
The V-shape seems pretty cosmetic. Just a hypothetical observation.But you're right. I do not know if it can actually perform, as I do not have any results. No one does, except ThermalTake (at least I'd hope). This design is nothing new, howevever. Just a remake with the Thermaltake flair + price.
And no heatsink is supposed to touch surrounding components. That would be considered incompatible.
The Thermaltake V-1 is actually not a new piece of hardware. It shouldn't be hard to find any reviews of it.
FWIW, it's a very good cooler.
Reminds me of another company.
@Totally
Ford Motors?
As far as efficiency goes the TRUE is a much better cooler. So is the Tuniq Tower.
Wtf?
1. This cooler has been out for almost a year now.
2. Its not even a notably good looking cooler. Go see a thermalright IFX-14 in person.
Not notably good looking? I'd beg to differ personally:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3075/ttv1vu4.jpg
Agreed. Thermalrights are the 'pretty' heatsinks.
Was thinking the same thing ^
This is a year old craptastic thermaltake cooler.... But nice try Engadget
Now these are some purty coolers:
Thermalright IFX-14 http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_images/cpu_cooler/ifx-14/big/ifx-14-3.jpg
Thermalright Ultra 120 black http://en.expreview.com/img/2008/05/29/Thermalright_True_Black_120_1.jpg
And pretty much every other Thermalright cooler
Anyone know whats going on with www.tomshardware.com homepage?
Everytime i got to the home page I get redirected by
"http://www.tomshardware.com/us/#redir" and the resulting page is blank and says "loading". The status bar says "transferring data form google-analytics.com". nothing else happens.
That thing looks uglier than sin. I don't know what you guys are looking at.
Made with one cubic meter of copper.
Yeah, soon the bums off of the streets will just steal CPU heat sinks for an easy resale buck at the local recycling center.
You're gonna come back home, turn the computer on, and nothing... haha.
Meh. Benchmarks for it don't look too bad, but I think I'll stick with my Zalman until it dies or I find something better.