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    | Titan TTC-CU9TB/SC 
      Heatsink From All Angles |  
    |  | The Fan: To protect the fan from inhaling a molex 
      connector which could jam the impeller, the Titan TTC-CU9TB/SC comes with 
      a clear plastic fan grill. While this compliments the whole translucent fan 
      frame, I've always been partial to the wire fan grills. Wire grills don't 
      affect airflow at all, while squared off ones like this may. The fan 
      connects to standard 3-pin fan header on the motherboard,     and supports RPM monitoring. |  
    |  | Heatsink Top:With the 
      fan removed we can see the chrome plated fan shroud and interlocking copper fins 
      below. These     assemblies of 
      fins have become really popular of late, and given that they also increase assembly 
      speed are probably part of the reason why copper heatsinks have come down in price 
      to very reasonable levels. Each fin measures roughly 0.2mm thick, and is spaced 
      1mm apart.
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    |  | Side A:The chromed fan support and shroud attaches 
      directly to the copper base with four 
      screws. The shroud doesn't appear to have been designed to direct fan exhaust 
      back towards the outer 
      fins of the heatsink.The copper fins are 31mm tall, and 70mm long. The clip mechanism 
      is pretty easy to use, and locks into all three tabs on the edge of the 
      socket.
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    |  | Side B: From the edge of the 
      Titan      TTC-CU9TB/SC you can really appreciate 
      just how thin those copper fins are. About 1mm of the base of each fin is soldered 
      into a very thin grove cut into the copper base. The copper base plate measures 6mm 
      thick.
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    |  | Heatsink 
      Base:              
           With the copper base is only 45mm 
      x 63mm in size, which leaves 19mm worth of fin hanging out over either side. The 
      copper base is polished to a mirror finish, but is hardly flat. The polishing process had given the once 
      flat copper base a wavy appearance. While surface smoothness is excellent, surface flatness 
      is almost more important of a consideration... |  
 
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