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Thermaltake Venus 12 Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Thermaltake Venus 12 Athlon64 Heatsink Review
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Abstract: The heatsink is completely made of copper components, and utilizes 5500RPM Everflow fan which moves upwards of 72CFM at full speed.

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Thermaltake   Cooling / Heatsinks   Nov 06, 2005   Max Page  

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FrostyTech.com Mk.II Synthetic Thermal Heatsink Test Results
Results based on readings from a 38x38mm copper interface die with 125W heat load on the Mk.II Test Platform. Thermal Test values for each heatsink were calculated by determining the rise over ambient temperature at time of test. Information on Frostytech's test methodology is available here.
Socket 939/940/754 compatible CPU heatsinks
manufacturer: model no.: *fan speed: 125w thermal test (°c) noise level (dba)
Gigabyte G-Power Pro high 18.6 71.9
Coolermaster Hyper6 high 20.5 54.7
Thermaltake Venus 12 high 21.7 68.1
ASUS Starice high 22.8 67.4
Coolermaster Aquagate Mini high 23.2 59.2
Thermaltake Polo 735 high 23.4 68.0
Cooljag SFO-H high 23.6 60.6
Alpha PAL-8150 23.7 58.9
Zalman CNPS9500LED (clip parallel) high 23.8 50.3
AVC Z7U3301001 (stock 939) high 24.6 59.9
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Ultra high 24.8 63.0
Scythe Shogun high 26.0 45.9
EKL V8 high 26.3 57.5
Gigabyte 3D Rocket-Pro high 26.9 56.7
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Pro high 27.0 62.5
Gigabyte 3D-Rocket 28.9 50.7
Vantec Mach1 high 29.2 56.9
CoolJag SFO-D(18SC) 29.6 64.0
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu high 30.3 45.2
Dynatron SK-V24 30.3 56.4
Zalman CNPS7000-Cu high 31.0 45.2
Coolermaster Hyper48 31.7 43.6
Scythe Kama SCKK1000 31.9 47.5
Scythe Samurai SCSM1000 high 32.1 51.6
Zalman CNPS7000B-CU high 32.3 44.9
Thermaltake Silentboost K8 32.3 49.7
Jetart JAX801 33.2 53.5
Dynatron A22 34.5 44.5
nPowertek NPH K8-1 34.6 52.2
Ajigo MF043-044 (stock 754) 35.0 45.4
Verax Quattro 1 36.9 30.9
Gigabyte NeonCooler 8-BL 37.7 42.0
Titan TTC-K8ATB/825/SC 38.7 63.1
Thermaltake Venus 12 low 39.4 42.6
Evercool K802-715 42.1 51.5
Evercool Magic Cooler 46.6 55.5
125w thermal test (°c) noise level (dba)
*heatsinks are ranked according to the 125w thermal test results column (rise over ambient temp.). low temperatures with low noise levels are considered best. for reference heatsinks with variable-speed fans, only the high speed (12v) fan test result is included in the comparison sheet; more detailed results reside in each specific heatsink review.

In its lower noise setting, the Thermaltake Venus 12 maintained a rise above ambient temperature result of 39.4°C. It fared pretty well acoustically to the adjacent heatsinks in this reference list.

With it's finger-chopping fan speed dialed all the way up to 5500RPM, the noisy beast performed exceptionally well, with a rise above ambient temperature of just 21.7°C. A sub-35°C result on this reference list is considered good, and Thermaltake's Venus 12 posted a sub-25°C result which is excellent... if we ignore the 68.1dBA noise generated.

This heatsink utilizes a very simple copper fin arrangement that is effective with high airflow. The Venus 12's performance is largely due to the high-powered fan, and there are certainly alternatives which offer similar temperatures at drastically lower noise levels. Irregardless, the Thermaltake Venus 12 has what it takes to keep temperatures low (at 70 dBA), and operate quietly; just not concurrently.

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  2:  360° View - Thermaltake Venus 12 Heatsink
  3:  Surface Roughness and Acoustic Comparisons
  4: — Final Heatsink Temperature Comparisons

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