Turbine cooled heatsink

[Jammrock]

Haven't seen it here before, so I thought I'd post it. Cooler Master has made a hsf using what looks like a Thermalright style of copper heatsink and a turbine fan:

http://www.coolermaster.com/retail/product_detail.asp?lang=eng&at=boutique&category_id=4&product_id=9

Looks pretty snazzy. A turbine fan would certainly eliminate the 'blind spot' that normal fans create. It's gotten great reviews too.

Jammrock

[Brian R.]

Blowers can certainly move alot of air. Good idea. I used to use a blower to cool my hot IBM SCSI HD from 6 inches away.

[az]

It's just a radial fan, like there's been for years on the Silverado.

AZ

[Faramir1966]

But it looks quite "cool"

[az]

Yes, and tey don't have a blind spot. Also, I think they move the air faster (compared to an ordinary fan that moves the same amount).

AZ

[Evildead666]

They have higher pressure than standard fans. I have 2 of them running on my AXP's...
The temps are about the same as with my previous HSF combination, but at half thr rpm.
the max is 3500rpm, which isn't that loud, and the temps are 45C load with the 2500+ at 2125MHz...
i find they are well worth it...

[Fat Tone]

I'm on my second. Unfortunately the motor sort of collapsed on the first and the fan rubbed on the housing slowing it down massively. Scan replaced it f.o.c. (although the 1st level tech couldn't find the fault).

It's brilliantly quiet, and I have the speed control in a 3.5" bay for when I occasionally want to crank it up to 'audible' levels.

I just hope my faulty one was a one off!

T.

PS the HS part uses the skived fin copper block construction which is pretty good even with a more conventional fan.

[Greebe]

Dispite the fact it moves air evenly and can handle higher pressure loads, it still only moves 10.9 to 20 cfm... it better be dead silent. I wouldn't read much into it's performance overall.

[rylan]

Yeah they have higher air pressure and can move more air generally, but axial fans are quite notorious for short lifespan.

[Jon P. Inghram]

It'd be nice if they'd ever get the 60 and 80mm TMD fans out too.

[Fat Tone]

Originally posted by rylan
Yeah they have higher air pressure and can move more air generally, but axial fans are quite notorious for short lifespan.

Really? I used to use lots of them 24/7 to provide large flows from which to sample small amounts of air for air quality measurements. Most of them got to ~8 years old before having problems (although on one spectacular occasion I arrived on-site just as it was catching fire! It was pure fluke that I was there - normally it wouldn't have been visited for another week).

@Greebe -this is the quietest I've had by far. It made me realise that the fan on mu old 8500 was getting noisy! Currently running at 2400rpm, 45/32 with a room temp of 24C. They'll go down a little when I put the side panel back on later.

T.

[Guru]

http://www.rbmods.com/rbmods/Articles/Coolermaster/Aero478/1.php

[Kooldino]

Looks cool. Can you just buy the fan? It'd be nice to see a 5K rpm version of that. I don't think i'd consider it a turbine though.

[Fat Tone]

Yes, you can buy the fan on its own. Check www.scan.co.uk in the coolers section (or http://web6.scan.co.uk/Products/Info.asp?WPID=65354). Probably a worthwhile upgrade if you already have a decent hunk of copper for it to sit on.

T.

[bsdgeek]

Isn't this the style of fan used in the higher end GFFX(s)?