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December 15, 2008 by Lawrence Lee with Mike Chin
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Product
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SpinQ
LGA775/K8 CPU Cooler |
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Manufacturer
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Thermaltake |
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Street Price
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$60~$65 USD |
Whatever Thermaltake's faults, the company has
persistence and gumption. SPCR has given poor marks to many Thermaltake products
time and time again, but their PR/marketing department has never stopped sending us samples to review. This is in stark contrast to some brands, which we won't mention, who have snarled and turned tail at a single fair-but-negative review, then treated SPCR as website-non-grata forever on. Thermaltake's willingness to take the lumps and still keep working with us to reach the silent PC audience deserves our respect and encouragement... even if our feedback and criticism, often constructive, we like to think, never seems to reach the design team.
Thermaltake continues to pump
out cooling products with unique designs that are difficult to ignore.
A quick look at their CPU
cooler catalogue reveals a huge array of heatsinks of many different
shapes and sizes.
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The SpinQ ships in a large white box with very little decoration, though
a window is cut out so you can glimpse the actual heatsink.
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Today we're looking at one of the weirdest looking coolers we've
encountered. If not for the heatpipes, it could be some kind of
meat grinder. The SpinQ is Thermaltake's latest, fusing the now traditional
heatpipe tower design with a blower fan to create a CPU cooler
unlike any other. Blower type fans have inherent advantages — they create
greater amounts of pressure and lack the dead-spot that is endemic to traditional
fans. Though they are rarely seen by PC enthusiasts today, some manufacturers
like Cooler Master toyed with the idea in the not-so-distant past, using them
for their Aero series of CPU coolers.
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The box contents reveals that Thermaltake's love affair with plastic packaging is
alive and well. Still, there's no question the product is well protected within.
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The SpinQ ships with LGA775 and K8 mounting hardware, and a packet of
thermal compound.
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Feature & Brief
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Our Comment
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Stylish Appearance
- Cylinder Heatsink and Spiral Aluminum Fins are absolutely a presentation
of aesthetics.
- Eye-catching Scurve™ Blade Fan plus blue LED makes it unforgettable
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We agree that the SpinQ is an exercise in aesthetics
— whether it is successful or not is a subjective judgement.
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Optimized Structure
- 50 waved aluminum fins, 6 copper heatpipes and generates efficient cooling
performance
- Mirror coating copper base conducts heat effectively from CPU and gets
more surfaces to dissipate the heat
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Six heatpipes is enough to cover the entire base.
A polished base isn't necessary as thermal compound fills in any imperfections
— it's flatness that is key.
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Smart Airflow Design
- Integrated with the System to maximize the cooling performance
- VR™ Fan allows the users to adjust the fan speed according to their
needs. It makes good cooling effect at low speed
and generates minimum noise.
- Cylindrical Structure dissipates the hot air with 360°
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We have not seen a blower CPU heatsink in a very long
time. With the right design, it could be competitive with the CPU coolers
of today.
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Compatibility |
Intel® Core 2 Extreme
(Socket LGA775)
Intel® Core 2 Quad (Socket LGA775)
Intel® Core 2 Duo (Socket LGA775)
Intel® Pentium D (Socket LGA775)
Intel® Pentium 4 (Socket LGA 775)
Intel® Celeron D (Socket LGA775)
Intel® Celeron (Socket LGA775)
AMD® Phenom (Socket AM2+)
AMD® Athlon 64 FX (Socket AM2/939)
AMD® Athlon 64 X2 (Socket AM2/939)
AMD® Athlon 64 (Socket AM2/939/754)
AMD® Sempron (Socket AM2/754) |
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Heatsink Dimension |
121.63(L) x 90(W) x 151.85(H)
mm |
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Heatsink Material |
50 Aluminum Fins w/ Copper
Heatpipes & Base |
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Heatpipe |
Ø 6 mm x 6 |
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Fan Dimension |
Ø 80 x 85 mm |
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Fan Speed |
1000 ~ 1600 RPM |
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Bearing Type |
Sleeve |
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Noise Level |
19 ~ 28 dBA |
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Max. Air Flow |
86.5 CFM |
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Max. Air Pressure |
2.22 mmH2O |
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LED Fan |
Blue LED |
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Power Connector |
3 Pin |
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Rated Voltage |
12 V |
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Started Voltage |
7 V |
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Rated Current |
0.45 A |
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Power Input |
5.4 W |
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MTBF |
50,000 Hours |
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Weight |
667 g |
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