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Thermal Integration TI-V77N Heatsink Review
Thermal Integration TI-V77N Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Remember how much fun the original Thermal Integration TI-V77L was?

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Thermal Integration   Cooling / Heatsinks   Apr 04, 2002   Max Page  

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Acoustic Samples: Listen to this Heatsink!

I really need to get these waveform images done a bit better than this... looking at this diagram it seems as though the mic is about to explode! The sound recording came out well thankfully, so give that a listen and hear just how loud this heatsink actually is.

To listen to the heatsink and hear for yourself what this heatsink actually sounds like. Just click on the headphones and listen to the MP3 recording.

FrostyTech Acoustic Sampling Chamber
Listen to this Heatsink now.
Standard Waveform view of a 10 second recording. Click on the headphones to listen to an MP3 recording of this heatsink in operation.

Sound Level Measurements:

Listening to the actual noise a heatsink makes allows you to hear what pure numbers alone cannot get across. To further emphasize FrostyTech's reliance on cold hard facts when evaluating a heatsink, we also take Decibel readings with a sound level meter. These results may be higher than the manufacturer's listed specs, but then again these are real world measurements.

FrostyTech Sound Level Results
- Manufacturer Model Noise Level Scale
JMC Prducts 400023 46.6 dB quiet
Zalman All Flower HSF 47.4/28.9 dB
Taisol CGK760092 48.4 dB
GlacialTech Igloo 2310 49.4 dB
Noisecontrol Silverado 50.8 dB
Tocools Crown 54.5 dB
Sibak AT01515B 55.8 dB
Sibak AC02625B 59.7 dB
Thermal Integration TI-V77N 61.3 dB
Dynatron DY1206BH-625 63.3 dB
Dynatron DC1206BMP 65.1 dB louder

With a rated speed of 5000RPM it really is no wonder that the fan on the TI-V77N produces over 60dB of noise in real world conditions. The Dynatron heatsink uses a similarly sized fan which produces similar levels of noise inside the computer case. The lower the noise levels the better, but with lower noise comes lower air flow and generally speaking, less cooling capacity.

Synthetic Temperature Test Results: *Ranked according to 100W small interface die test results.

FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg. Model Ambient Temp. 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block Thermal pad No. Fans Fan Noise Clip force
50W 50W 100W 100W
1 Thermal Integration TI-V77N 23.3 40.0 41.0 55.4 59.1 none 1 loud med
2 Sibak AC02625B 23.2 41.3 59.0 43.2 64.7 none 1 loud med
3 Swiftech MCXC370 21.4 38.3 43.4 53.5 65.7 none 1 med med
4 Tocools Crown 23.2 38.8 53.2 47.9 70.2 none 1 loud stiff
5 Dynatron DY1206BH-625 23.2 40.0 55.1 47.6 70.4 none 1 loud stiff
6 Vantec CCK-6027D 27.4 45.4 49.6 64.9 73.4 none 1 med med
7 Swiftech MCX370 22.3 42.0 46.1 60.3 75.6 none 1 med hard
8 Taisol CGK760092 23.4 42.7 61.2 51.3 77.5 pink 1 low med
9 Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 24.8 46.4 53.8 65.6 78.2 none 1 very low easy
10 AVC 112AM1 24.8 46.6 52.9 70.1 79.6 none 1 low stiff
11 GlacialTech Igloo 2310 23.5 44.9 66.7 53.7 80.8 silver 1 med very stiff
12 Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 26.5 40.3 55.3 58.6 84.4 carbon 1 loud med
13 JMC Products 400023 23.1 44.5 65.2 55.3 85.2 Chomerics T725 1 low easy
14 Zalman CNPS6000AlCu 24.9 48.3 56.3 72.2 86.0 none 1 low med
15 Sibak AT01515B 23.0 45.1 64.6 60.1 95.2 none 2 med stiff
50W 50W 100W 100W

I must say I am kind of impressed, it has been quite a while since we have seen a heatsink perform so well in the initial test results for the reference heatsinks. The TI-V77N comes in even lower than the Sibak cooler with its copper core - a similarly implemented heatsink design.

Rise Above Ambient Temp. (c)
Mfg. Model 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block
50W 50W 100W 100W
1 Thermal Integration TI-V77N 16.7 17.7 32.1 35.8
2 Sibak AC02625B 18.1 35.8 20.0 41.5
3 Swiftech MCXC370 16.9 22.0 32.1 44.3
4 Vantec CCK-6027D 18.0 22.2 37.5 46.0
5 Tocools Crown 15.6 30.0 24.7 47.0
6 Dynatron DY1206BH-625 16.8 31.9 24.4 47.2
7 Swiftech MCX370 19.7 23.8 38.0 53.3
8 Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 21.6 29.0 40.8 53.4
9 Taisol CGK760092 19.3 37.8 27.9 54.1
10 AVC 112AM1 21.8 28.1 45.3 54.8
11 GlacialTech Igloo 2310 21.4 43.2 30.2 57.3
12 Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 13.8 28.8 32.1 57.9
13 Zalman CNPS6000AlCu 23.4 31.4 47.3 61.1
14 JMC Products 400023 21.3 42.0 32.1 62.0
15 Sibak AT01515B 22.1 41.6 37.1 72.2
50W 50W 100W 100W

Well the Thermal Integration TI-V77N looks as though it is one of the best heatsinks in this list of reference heatsinks for small core processors. It is very rare to see a heatsink come in with a rise above ambient temperature of less than 40 degrees C, but the TI-V77N has managed to do this on the small interface die at 100W heat load.

Although we found the clipping mechanism to be a bit more difficult to engage than we normally like to see, it works well, and the cam action puts on added pressure to ensure a good thermal joint. Definitely a cool little heatsink. :)

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 1:  Thermal Integration TI-V77N Heatsink Review
 2:  Close up look at the heatsink
 3:  New Heatsink Test Parameters
 4: — Thermal And Acoustic Results

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