A Roundup of cheap coolers for powerful processors (SocketA): Q1-2`2003
Titan TTC-CU6TB
This is another cooler made by Titan whose exterior casts serious doubts as to the cooling efficiency.
Anyway, there is a copper plate welded to the radiator base (it's a pity the thickness is unknown). The contact with the aluminum part of the radiator seems to be good enough, and the polishing quality deserves best praise (ideally smooth, albeit not mirror-like).
Once I removed the cooler out of the box, I noticed that the base is protected with a special film. Actually, all Titan's products (and Evercool's as well) are equipped with such protection.
At that, all the pros of the cooler are over - then there go only cons. First, the fastening clip is completely uncomfortable, and the cooler installation runs the risk of damaging it (because the screwdriver is going to slip off).
More problems are caused by the process of the cooler removal - at that, I even had to take the board completely out of the housing.
The other shortcoming is about the fan. By its characteristics, it appears to be fine: the rotational speed is 4800 rpm, with the air flow being 20.26 CFM. However, in practical tests it demonstrated quite a high noise level (higher than the declared 32 dBA) and poor efficiency. In fact, the poor efficiency of the cooler may be caused by the faulty design of the radiator.
In any case, this cooler can hardly be recommended for cooling the processor. I wouldn't recommend it even for cooling the chipset (e.g. nForce II SPP), since Evercool CUE-610 would do a much better job of that.
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