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Thermal Integration TI-A8641L Heatsink Review
Thermal Integration TI-A8641L Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Looking over the Thermal Integration TI-A8641L it is easy to draw parallels with Zalman's flower shaped heatsinks.

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Thermal Integration   Cooling / Heatsinks   Feb 22, 2004   Max Page  

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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
Thermalright SLK800 21.7 34.8 37.5 45.2 51.6 none 1 loud med
Thermalright AX-7 21.7 34.8 37.1 46.1 52.1 none 1 loud med
Tocools Novasonic-AlCu 20.1 33.1 37.9 49.3 53.0 none 1 med easy
Tocools Novasonic 22.9 40.9 39.9 54.4 59.4 none 1 med stiff
Coolermaster (high) ASBV73U1 25.5 38.9 43.6 50.2 62.2 none 1 loud easy
Coolink U1P2 26.1 39.4 44.9 50.9 62.2 none 2 loud easy
Arkua 628 23.9 42.7 42.1 58.9 62.3 none 1 med med
Thermal Integration TI-V77L 26.5 39.1 44.4 57.5 63.6 grey 1 med med
Sibak AC02625B 23.2 41.3 59.0 43.2 64.7 none 1 loud med
Thermalright SLK-900A 20.6 37.4 44.0 55.1 65.5 none 1 low easy
Sibak AC06725TH 22.5 42.9 46.2 61.7 67.7 none 1 Very loud med
Jetart JAKS29 21.1 36.2 46.3 52.0 67.9 none 1 loud easy
Thermal Integration TI-A8641L 20.2 37.5 42.3 53.2 67.9 none 1 loud stiff
Coolermaster HHC-001 21.7 40.0 44.8 56.3 68.1 none 1 loud easy
AVC Tundra2 22.0 41.4 47.5 59.0 71.1 none 1 loud stiff
Thermalright SK-7 19.9 39.2 42.7 57.8 72.0 none 1 low easy
Evercool CUF715 21.8 45.6 46.8 64.1 72.9 none 1 med easy
Aopen ACK7L 21.4 43.4 47.2 62.6 73.2 grey 1 low easy
Scythe Kamakaze 20.7 39.6 47.9 54.8 74.3 none 1 med hard
Coolermaster HSC-V62 21.4 47.4 52.8 61.7 74.5 none 1 quiet easy
Arkua 728M-7N01 20.8 40.5 47.8 60.5 75.8 metal 1 med easy
Spire 5F263 22.6 44.7 51.8 64.3 76.2 white 1 low med
Taisol CGK760092 23.4 42.7 51.3 61.2 77.5 pink 1 low med
Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 24.8 46.4 53.8 65.6 78.2 none 1 very low easy
Titan TTC-CU9TB/SC 21.9 43.7 49.9 63.5 78.8 none 1 loud easy
AVC 112AM1 24.8 46.6 52.9 70.1 79.6 none 1 low stiff
Thermalright SK6+ 21.1 38.2 51.7 54.4 79.9 none 1 med easy
Taisol CEK787172 21.5 38.4 53.5 57.3 82.0 PCM45 1 med easy
nPowerTek TTIC NPH-2 20.6 35.2 50.3 60.6 82.5 none 1 med easy
Titan D9TBCu35R1 21.5 44.5 53.2 68.7 83.0 none 1 med easy
Spire 5U213C1H3G 19.8 45.8 54.4 67.1 83.3 pink 1 low easy
Spire SPA04B4 21.5 45.9 55.1 70.1 86.6 none 1 low easy
ArcticCooling CuSilent2 20.1 42.7 57.4 68.1 86.7 none 1 low med
Verax P14Cu 25.5 51.3 57.4 75.2 88.7 white 1 silent easy
Akasa AK821 22.7 49.4 57.2 74.1 93.2 grey 1 med med
Verax P11T 26.1 61.2 69.7 90.9 102.7 none 1 none easy
50W 50W 100W 100W

The initial results for the TI-A8641L look pretty good, and that is what we like to see from an emerging heatsink manufacturing technique. I don't think the cooler in its current size will have enough muster to land in the performance heatsink section, but it should do pretty well still.

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
Thermalright SLK800 13.1 15.8 23.5 29.9
Thermalright AX-7 13.1 15.4 24.4 30.4
Tocools Novasonic-AlCu 13.0 17.8 29.2 32.9
Coolink U1P2 13.3 19.8 26.8 36.1
Tocools Novasonic 18.0 17.0 31.5 36.5
Coolermaster (high) ASBV73U1 13.4 18.1 24.7 36.7
Thermal Integration TI-V77L 12.6 17.9 31.0 37.1
Arkua 628 18.8 18.2 35.0 38.4
Sibak AC02625B 18.1 35.8 20.0 41.5
Thermalright SLK-900A 16.8 23.4 34.5 44.9
Sibak AC06725TH 20.4 23.7 39.2 45.2
Coolermaster HHC-001 18.3 23.1 34.3 46.4
Jetart JAKS29 15.1 25.2 30.9 46.8
Thermal Integration TI-A8641L 17.3 22.1 33.0 47.7
AVC Tundra2 19.4 26.5 37.0 49.1
Evercool CUF715 23.8 25.0 42.3 51.1
Aopen ACK7L 22.0 26.0 41.2 51.8
Thermalright SK-7 19.3 22.8 37.9 52.1
Coolermaster HSC-V62 26.0 31.4 40.3 53.1
Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 21.6 29.0 40.8 53.4
Scythe Kamakaze 18.9 27.2 34.1 53.6
Spire 5F263 22.1 29.2 41.7 53.6
Taisol CGK760092 19.3 37.8 27.9 54.1
AVC 112AM1 21.8 28.1 45.3 54.8
Arkua 728M-7N01 19.7 27.0 39.7 55.0
Titan TTC-CU9TB/SC 22.4 28.6 42.2 57.5
Thermalright SK6+ 17.0 30.7 33.2 58.7
Taisol CEK787172 16.9 32.0 35.8 60.5
Titan D9TBCu35R1 23.0 31.7 47.2 61.5
nPowertek TTIC NPH-2 14.6 30.0 40.0 61.9
Verax P14Cu 25.8 31.9 49.7 63.2
Spire 5U213C1H3G 26.0 34.6 47.3 63.5
Spire SPA04B4 24.4 33.6 48.6 65.1
ArcticCooling CuSilent2 22.6 37.0 48.0 66.6
Akasa AK821 26.7 34.5 51.4 70.5
Verax P11T 35.1 43.6 64.8 76.6
50W 50W 100W 100W

There is still some room to grow before you can consider this a performance heatsink, but what we have seen is that for systems looking for a very good heatsink for the AthlonXP, the TI-A8641L has the means to deliver. Noise may come into play for home users, but I think in the office or gaming area the TI-A8641L will do quite well.

The three-prong clip on the TI-A8641L is a little stiff for my liking, but once locked onto the socket should hold the heatsink there nice and firm. Acoustically, this heatsink isn't as quiet as we would have expected from the 3800RPM fan, and as matter of fact we measured it at just over 51 dB.

What we are really interested in, however, is the thermal capability of the Thermal-Integrations design here. Can a heatsink of the traditional shape be made by just bolting together dozens of thin copper and aluminum plates? Well for the answer to that we must first look at the rise above ambient temperature results, and they tend to agree.

The Thermal Integration TI-A8641L manages to squeeze under the 50 degree mark by a nice margin, and that means it is one of the better coolers on this list of reference heatsinks.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Thermal Integration TI-A8641L Heatsink Review
 2:  Closer Examination of the Heatsink
 3:  Heatsink Thermal/Acoustic Test Parameters
 4:  Surface Roughness and Acoustical Comparisons
 5: — Synthetic Temperature Test Results

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