Today we take a look at Thermaltake's K450 which is part of a new line of heat sinks developed by their advance engineering team ITBU. The K450 is design to work effectively with Opteron and Athlon 64 processors, and features a high powered fan and heat pipe technology.
Here's some info about the ITBU team straight from the website:
"Thermaltake has quickly risen as a respected leader in computer thermal solutions technology and has built up I.T.B.U. to convene R&D teams composed of outstanding engineers, including thermal, mechanical and materials engineers to provide specialized expertise in each of these fields and our engineering staff are masters of airflow analysis, material conductivity and efficiency design. I.T.B.U. has increasingly enjoyed the adoption of its thermal strategies by OEM & ODM companies worldwide. I.T.B.U.'s unwavering devotion to quality and customer satisfaction has earned its products the approval of computer enthusiasts everywhere."
The K450 is an aluminum finned, copper based heat sink that weighs in at 438 grams. For addition cooling the K450 utilizes two heat pipes, and features a temperature sensitive 80x80x20 mm fan. This fan can perform at 2800 RPM at 32°C up to 5500 RPM at 42°C. The fan is tailed with a standard 3 pin motherboard molex.
For those of you who don't know what a heatpipe is, here's an explanation. A heat pipe is a vacuum tight copper tube, with a wick and cooling fluid inside. As one heatsink gets hot, the heatpipe heats up as well. This turns the liquid into a high pressure vapor that moves toward the cooler side of the heatpipe, as the vapor reaches the cooler heatsink, it condenses and releases the heat to that heatsink. The wick helps move the liquid.
Specifications:
-P/N: CL-P0075
-Fan Dimension: 80x80x20 mm
-Heatsink Dimension: 90.2x84.3x39mm
-Rated Voltage: 12V
-Weight: 438g
-Started Voltage: 6.5V
-Rated Current: 0.12~0.43A
-Power Input: 1.44~5.16W
Fan Speed: 2800 RPM at 32°C-5500 RPM at 42°C
-Max Air Flow: 32.190 CFM at 32 °C-60.465 CFM at 42°C
-Max Air Pressure: 3.123 mmH2O at 32°C-11.421 mmH2O at 42°C
-Noise: 29.5 dBA at 32°C-50.5 dBA at 42°C
-Bearing Type: 2 Ball
-Life Expectation: 70,000 Hours
Connector: 3 Pin
TIM:Shin Etsu X-23-7783D
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