Reviews for ThermalTake V1 CPU Cooler

This is a great cpu cooler

Strengths: All copper construction, variable fan speed, blue led, looks awsome, low noise

Weakness: very very big, pins can be tricky i recoment going to the companys website to watch the instal video

This product was an awsome addition to my build. It keeps my intel q6600 at about 29-30c idle. about 2c above room temp. there was some trickiness installing this beast and i had some trouble with it touching the power supply at first but it fit in my ultra grid mid tower case. I am very happy with this product and would buy again.

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The best heatsink ever

Strengths: Silent Cools great

Weakness: kind of tall

I use this on an opteron fx-62 and it keeps that cool at standard speeds, even with the fan running at the minimum possible speed. This cooler is fantastic! only caveat: Make sure you have enough vertical clearance, as this is fairly tall! I have mine in an Antec P180 case.

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Cooler or butterfly?

Strengths: Powerful

Weakness: none

I upgraded my PC to windows vista and I needed to a cooler for my Intel Core2Duo. After read many reviews I decided to purchase this cooler instead the use the regular cooler come with the CPU.
The instrucciones came in a small paper which could be diffcult to read because the graphics are not clear. I preferer to check the website and use the online info. The setup took just 5 minutes; however it depends the kind of CPU, a AMD CPU could be take more time due to adjust in different way on the socket.
After, I turned PC on and everything works perfectly. None sound and the temperature is OK. Also, It is beautiful because of my case is transparent so I can see the light in the fan.

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Excellent HTPC CPU Cooler

Strengths: Very Quiet Cools Extremely well Can be directed to the case fan to pull the hot air out of the case.

Weakness: Large May not like the cool blue LED

I am not a big fan of LED fans, but that been said, this is an excellent copper cooler, and working with my AMD 5000+ BE CPU, I can hit 3200MHz, and not even hit 60C core temps. This baby really cools, and is very quiet. It is inside my coolermaster HTPC case, which is very large for a HTPC, and it fits very well. The nice thing is the orientation, which allows the fan to be directed at the case fan, for a clean airflow out of the case

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Potential Good Heatsink/Fan

Strengths: Large cooking area, cooling would be great if you had a large amount of air flowing over it and it was in a relatively cool room. Good value.

Weakness: HUGE! This heatsink is massive, I didn't measure it to see whether it would fit in my case but luckily it did.

I was quite disappointed to see the performance of this heatsink. I had expected it to drop my CPU temps by more than 3 degrees C over the stock cooler but that may be because my room is not exactly a cool place. I can see it being very good if a large amount of air was flowing over it. The blue LEDs are a nice addition to my blue themed case.

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Great CPU Cooler!!!

Strengths: Easy to install, Comparably silent, Fancy look, Very good cooling performance.

Weakness: The size is a little big as a CPU cooler.

I replaced my old OCZ Vendetta with it. My system: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, ASUS P5E3 LGA 775 DDR3 Intel X48 motherboard, Antec 900 case. The process of installation was soomth and it fits in the system well. It keeps the Quad Q6600 at 42C Idle and 47C Load when overlocked to 3.0 GHZ, which is about 7C lower than my old cooler. Its performance is fantastic. Overall it is the best CPU Cooler I have ever used. Unique fancy design, very good performance, low noise. Very good choice for overclocking fans. However, it needs plenty of room, you may need a suitable case for it.

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Nice CPU Cooler

Strengths: Look nice, Easy to install, Let my E8400 runs cool in 4 G.

Weakness: Still a little bit loud when change the fan speed in high level

Very good CPU Cooler, look nice, huge, best choice for overclocking! Notice the edge of the cooler is so sharp that you need to pay more attention to avoid get hurt when install it.

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Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler

Strengths: All-copper construction, excellent build quality, 4 heat pipes for excellent heat dissipation, 110mm blue LED silent fan, easy installation on Intel CPUs without having to remove the motherboard

Weakness: Quite tall and heavy, RPM control requires opening the case to adjust

I replaced a Thermaltake MaxOrb cooler with the Thermaltake V1 and am very pleased with he results. The V1 is made from all copper and has 4 heat pipes and a 110mm blue LED fan for maximum heat dissipation. The V1 is quite tall and heavy but not nearly as wide the MaxOrb and does not interfere with the memory slots on my Gigabyte X-38 DQ6 motherboard as the MaxOrb did. I can now use 4 memory modules again instead of 2. The 110mm blue LED fan has an RPM control and fan speeds can be adjusted from 1300-2000RPM. The fan controller does, however, require opening the case whenever you want to adjust it. I have eliminated this issue by hooking up the V1 to a drive-bay fan controller. On Intel CPUs, there is no need to remove the motherboard as the V1 uses the same push-pin hold-downs as the stock cooler. I am running an Intel Core 2 Duo 6850 3.0GHz Processor with 4 GBs of Corsair Twin Pro PC-6400, 800MHz memory set at timings of 4-4-4-12 at 2.1 V. Playing Crysis with the fan on the V1 set at 1600RPM, the GigaByte BIOS hardware monitor shows temps of 32C/86F. Idle temps are 23C/73F. Pretty impressive, to say the least. All in all, an excellent from Thermaltake that I highly recommend.

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It outperformed my expectations

Strengths: Very very good at it's job - cooled my FX-60 from 55C with an AC Freezer 64 Pro to 45-46C, both using Artic Silver 5. Combined with the Antec 900 it's down to 40-41C full load at ambient of 70-72C.

Weakness: It is big, but should fit in most cases without issue. Fit in a Coolermaster Centurion 5 and an Antec 900 without problems.

If you are overclocking, you cannot beat this cooler. My FX-60 is at a modest 2.78ghz stable, but I could push it farther with the exceptional tempature drop I have gotten since I changed coolers and cases (cooler 2 days before the case).

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Thermaltake V1 - Excellent!!

Strengths: EASY install, quiet operation, excellent performance, lots of "bling bling."

Weakness: Big. Probably not for small cases. Poor install instructions.

My system is an Asus A8N-SLI Premium mobo, AMD Athlon FX-57 CPU, in a Thermaltake Armor Case w/25cm side intake fan. I bought this cooler to replace my trusty AC 64 Pro. the first thing you notice is that this cooler looks AWESOME!! The second thing you notice is that it looks BIG!! My initial worry was whether it would fit - especially with the side case fan.

Not to worry. Installation was a breeze. The only downfall - and could be a major issue - is there is no indicator on the cooler or in the instructions on which side is intake and which is exhaust. You want to be sue to install so that the exhaust blows toward the back of the case where your case exhaust fans can get rid of the heat. Then I noticed the pictures on the side of the box that indicate the proper intake/exhaust alignment. Same pics are also on the Thermaltakeusa.com wen site. Why they aren't in the instructions I don't know.

The V shape actually makes the install a breeze as it allows easy finger access to the area around the cpu and base. I threw out the included thermal paste, and applied AS5. Another huge plus is that there's no need to remove the mobo to install this cooler (unless of course the cooler your replacing has underside brackets). On my AMD socket 939 cpu, the entire install took less that 15 minutes - and that's because I'm slow and methodical.

The cooler has two leads for fan control. One is the usual three pin fan connector. I plugged this on into my mobo. I prefer having my HSF monitored and controlled by the mobo (and Speedfan automatic speed control). The other is a two pin connector with a Hi/Lo speed switch attached. In most cases, this would not add much. The connector is not long enough to have the switch outside of most cases, so you'd end up having to open the case to use the hi/lo switch. My suggestion - ignore it and/or remove it. Its not needed. The three pin connector also can control fan speed either through the mobo or a dedicated fan controller.

In operation, my idle temps have dropped about 5 degrees F. Under load, my temps are still 2-3 degrees F below my AC 64 Pro numbers. Even under full fan speed, this HSF remains relatively quiet. If you have a side window on your case, the cool blue glow is also a plus - bling bling.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the V1. I'm giving it 4 stars only because of the weak instructions. I can see someone installing this cooler where it blows into the case and disrupt the air flow. The V1 itself is an easy to install and fantastic performer.

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ThermalTake V1 CL-P0401

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