If only it could fit inside an S4 mini and within the confines of an ASUS z270i mobo.The limted special edition stealth AXP100 was my jam BITD, never could find one for sale though. AXP100 is still the best performing SFF cooler I've used to date.
Cooling KMPKT Heatsink and Fan Poll
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Yeah, and the newer H version raises it but still not enough room to get a fan underneath. So close.
This one is random, but it just hit me.
I have an idea for you how to compare aluminum vs copper heatsink.
It is pretty simple:
Just take aluminum heatsink made by extrusion and the same one made out of copper. Place them on CPU with some zipties, add a fan on top and there you have it. No need for expensive prototyping.
I have an idea for you how to compare aluminum vs copper heatsink.
It is pretty simple:
Just take aluminum heatsink made by extrusion and the same one made out of copper. Place them on CPU with some zipties, add a fan on top and there you have it. No need for expensive prototyping.
Aluminium heatsinks have different optimums than copper heatsinks in terms of fin-length, fin distance, fin thickness etc.
Exactly this. If you just take an aluminum heatsink design and swap the materials to copper it will likely be much cheaper simply because you aren't having to retool to produce your units. By grace of being copper rather than aluminum you'll likely see some improvement in performance, but it certainly won't be performing optimally. If you want to make a proper copper heatsink you need to design it from the ground up with the appropriate materials, run simulations under various conditions that reflect the specific use of the heatsink and finally tool appropriately to produce it.
The project is moving along quite nicely but I am not publishing any particulars of the project as I plan to patent the design if possible. Public disclosure of the design before I do this could compromise my patentability allowing a larger company to simply sweep in and steal my idea. What I can tell you is that I plan to do a 35-38mm variant to challenge the L9i as well as the 46-48mm variant. I plan to do the taller heatsink first as I feel it will serve more possible users that the 37mm heatsink (NFC just shipped their 500th case while combined sales of the Dan A4 SFX and Zaber Sentry total around 5000). Some fun facts on progress thus far:
- About half as many fins as the competitors
- Significantly lighter than other all-copper heatsinks
- On simulation, outperforms a full copper L9i by approximately 10 Celsius while cooling a 100W CPU (full copper L9i should perform close to the LP53 for reference)
- Hopefully adaptable to cool MXM GPUs as well as CPUs.
- Design scales very well with height (may eventually do a 1.5U variant as well).
- About half as many fins as the competitors
- Significantly lighter than other all-copper heatsinks
- On simulation, outperforms a full copper L9i by approximately 10 Celsius while cooling a 100W CPU (full copper L9i should perform close to the LP53 for reference)
- Hopefully adaptable to cool MXM GPUs as well as CPUs.
- Design scales very well with height (may eventually do a 1.5U variant as well).
This progress of the project thus far sounds incredibly reassuring and I am highly interested in seeing if this might replace my ID-Cooling IS-60 with its upgraded Delta 120mm PWM fan (AFC1212D-PWM). In my particular use case, I would potentially want to install this heatsink in the other's place and replace the stock 92 mm fan with Delta's 92mm PWM fan (AFC0912D-PWM). If the thermal dissipation performance is as high as you are hinting at it being, this should prove to be the low-profile fan I have been hunting after all along. Best of luck as your R&D continues and you pursue patenting your design.
Any updates? I'm still excited about this project. I am dying to see this someday make its way into my RVZ02.
Currently undergoing the final revisions for prototyping. Hoping to have a working prototype within the next month and benchmarks shortly thereafter. Currently planning 115X and AM4 support, but if cooling is good enough I may consider 2011/2066 support as well (but I wouldn't hold my breath). Fun fact is that this prototype will only have 39 fins (as opposed to 70+ on most other 92mm coolers).
Nice. Can`t wait to see comparison
Aaaah, what is this cooler with 70+ fins?
Noctua NH-L9i, Fin count: 55
Guess I miscalculated the fin count on the L9i. Still way fewer though! Also I am hoping to ship in Q1 2018.
In time for Raven Ridge!!!................Works for me..............
Will have money down on this immediately, the low profile market has been really boring as of late and I'd like a new cooler to play with. Still waiting on the copper C7 that is still vaporware months later.
Count me in too! Not that I really need it but I think it would be cool...Looking forward to a variant that can fit in an S4 Mini 
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Have you decided on total height for the taller of the two you are planning? You mentioned 46-48 and that you want it to be compatible with the Dan A4. It's worth noting that the cryorig C7 is 47mm and the height causes some turbulence with the Dan case. I imagine 44-45 is probably the tallest you want to go for compatibility. 46 could be OK but would probably need testing.
First prototype is planned to be 31mm + Fan height. That means 45mm with the Noctua 14mm fan and 46mm with any other 15mm fan. 45 is maximum cooler height for the new NFC S4M which is coming out, 47mm is the Zaber Sentry and 48mm seems to be everything else. I feel that this height best matches the complement of SFF cases available at the moment. I may also develop a custom fan for this heatsink if once I have my patents and preliminary testing in place I think I can secure government innovation grants for this project. I've already looked into doing this with Blacknoise/Noiseblocker and they've quoted me about 40K USD for R&D > <
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Sounds good, 45 does seem about right. Looking forward to trying one out.
Dam, I guess I like not know how much things can cost to design and manufacture...
Would pay for a cooler though if it pans out to being produced.
Would pay for a cooler though if it pans out to being produced.
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