Dr. Thermal TI-V77 Heatsink Preview

Manufacturer: Thermal Integration
Supplied by: Thermal Integration
Price: TBA

by Dean Barker  (9/21/2001)

Introduction

This is a rather impressive unit we feel fortunate to have gotten our hands on.  We are calling this a preview because of the cooler is yet to be released to the public.  None the less, we want to take the opportunity to take this pup on a test drive.  Special thanks go out to Elaine over at Thermal Integration for supplying us with this cooler.

The first thing that grabs you about the Dr. Thermal is it's packaging.  Lots of foam and cardboard supports about.  It is going to be indeed rare for one of these to get damaged in the mail.  As soon as we took the cooler out of the box we started scratching our heads a bit.  Gee this thing looks familiar.  Look below and see what you think.

Ok, so I sort of gave it away quickly.  To be honest I must have spent a couple of hours looking for ties between Thermosonic and T.I.T.I.  There are definitely some differences but these guys are MUCH closer than kissing cousins, we are talking half-siblings or something.  There are several differences between the ThermoEngine and the Dr. Thermal; and all of them are good.

Overview

First of these differences is the size.  The heatsink's dimensions are 70x70x40mm with the fan being a high speed 70x70x15mm Y.S. Tech fan that spins at 5,000 rpm moving 36.5 CFM at 40dBA.  That's a goodly amount of air flow there.  Second, notice the copper core.  The core runs through the height of the heatsink.  Copper absorbs thermal energy better than aluminum but doesn't dissipate it as quickly hence the copper core and aluminum fins.  This is done in a very similar fashion to Thermaltake's series of copper based coolers such as the Volcanoes.  Going back to the topic of the fins; I couldn't get a good enough pic to really show the ridges in the fins that effectively increase the surface area similar to Swiftech's Helicoid design on their MCX-370.    

Too bad manufacturers haven't figured out yet we don't like Thermal Interface Material.  This stuff came off easier than I would have believed.  I got it off with my fingers just pushing and rolling it.  As you can see below, clean at last!

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