Here's a better picture of how the copper base is fastened to the heatsink. The copper piece is screwed to the aluminum
heatsink with 4 screws. I have some concerns on this design, it's seems to me if the fan could actually be able to blow air directly on the copper core it would do more good than sandwiched under aluminum.
The white square on the core is thermal grease already applied to the heatsink. Again like the TR2-M2 this thermal grease is easily removable. I usually use arctic silver instead and have to fight to get off the typical gummy type thermal pad that some other manufactures use.
Installation:
This is a rather large heatsink and like the TR-M2 it came very close to some of the capacitors on my motherboard. As for fastening the thing down, the 3 lug retention clip was a breeze.
Testing:
Test System
AMD XP 2600+ 333 MHz (AIUHB)
Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev 2.0
Corsair PC2700 XMS 512 MEGS
Beantech igloo 7 aluminum case
Maxtor Diamond 9 30 gig harddrive.
To calculate the idle temperatures, I gave each setting 10 minutes before recording the temperature down.
Next, using Sandra burn in wizard I allowed it to run 30 minutes on each setting.
For comparison i've included the results from the Spire Cooler Fridge Rock.
The results between the two fans ended up being very close. Despite the way the copper core was attached to the heatsink its still quite a capable performer.
If your in the market for a budget fan with good cooling you might want to check out the TR2-M3.
Pros:
- Copper base
- Good retention clip
- 80mm Fan
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