reserved..for amd review

TESTBED
Athlon X2 3800+ Windsor F3
Biostar TForce590SLi
Crucial Ballistix 2GB
MSI 8800GT G92
Gigabyte Odin Pro 550watt



comparing the two cooler which uses different technology. Wide n Plain base vs HDT.(add on achilles)




Clearance

CCF
nice space, but without fan..

CCF
with fan


Achilles


Tuniq





This post has been edited by alive88: Aug 30 2008, 07:54 PM

CCF base


maximised


ONLY LOOK AT THE AREA COVERED..DO NOT MIND ABOUT THE THERMAL PASTE SPREADING ..
accidentally wiped before capture photo.(i forgot )
Achilles base


Tuniq base



This three are able to fit in a case(mine is centurion 5)

Tuniq


Achilles


CCF


This post has been edited by alive88: Aug 30 2008, 07:09 PM

Final Result







CONCLUSION
First of all, Achilles fan rated at 60cfm (1500rpm), compared to CCF which is 90cfm(2000rpm). Still, the result is quite closed with the gap that is not more than 2c. IMHO, CCF beat Achilles at higher vcore and clockspeed is because of the fan cfm. What if Achilles fan runs at 90cfm? What i like most is the item bundled, full tube of Tuniq TX-2, compared to Achilles bundled TIM, which I dont recognize the brand, and Tuniq Tower, which comes with Tuniq TX-1.
After all,CCF is indeed have a very good price/performance ratio.. it perform great as claimed by various review.
Build quality wise, all of them is good . What should be noted here that, installing CCF on AMD took less than 5 minutes
But removing it took me NO less than 20 minutes.

PROS
-Comes with TX-2..
-Great Performance at low price
-Integrated clip. Advantageous for AMD (easy to hold when clipping at the bracket)
-Shortest among the three cooler
-Easily installed


CONS
-The hardest cooler to remove. (you wont mind, really )
-Its fat, its looks is not too catchy. (Black fan should be replaced with some bling2 to catch buyer eyes )

By The Way, whos this person after me who reserved the post?

This post has been edited by alive88: Aug 30 2008, 08:18 PM

cfm scaling may be hard abit, but if according to fan speed, it is possible..
and yes,scaling vcore, but through difference clockspeed..thats what im gonna do..

that may be a problem for me, coz i dun have all the high cfm fan except my delta 120..
furthermore, would like to see how it performs on stock fan..

but u need to post it to melaka lor..haha

hopefully today can get the final result of all the review..

this thing beat tuniq tower..but how does it perform on amd platform??
well, just wait n see

This post has been edited by alive88: Aug 29 2008, 07:21 PM

AMD result uploaded.

NP bro. looking forward to work with u again

thanks for giving me opportunity to test this impressive cooler

ill try to do that when my fren would let me borrow his achilles
but no doubt that it will perform as good or maybe even better than CCF

does it? owh i dun think so..read the whole review again please
it does sucks on intel..but not AMD

for now it is better..but i would like to try achilles on 90cfm fan.want to know will it make lots of difference or not, coz now achilles just get beaten by mere 1-2c only, plus its with 60cfm fan.intel is indeed a different story here..

the difference wont be significant..just on par or even +-2c between the 2 cooler.. i mite say that u may proceed buying CCF, really best bang for buck

u mean TOP as if on top of the casing? if it is,i think maybe there wont be any problem as long the fan location doesnt block the hsf.. just to ensure that ur fan is not real big..u should post the pic of ur pc first. or maybe u can take out ur exhaust fan, and put it somewhere else.. CM690 user, please enlighten him

This post has been edited by alive88: Jun 23 2009, 11:01 AM