New monster out there: Auras CTC-868

[Malk4vi4n]

Auras, specialized in manufacturing coolers for portable systems is now attacking desktop market with a 0,57Kg, 47CFM and 23dB cooler: CTC-868.

Now to the pictures:












Source: www.matbe.com (french)

[vengance_01]

Damn that thing is huge. Wonder what mm heat pipes they are using.

[Exedy]

its really big

theres a lot of good air coolers with less size...i would never put this things in my pc, but anyway lets see how it performs

[TouGe]

Wow, sure is perrrrrrty. I'd also like to see some #'s.

[LuckyNV]

push pins

what a strange heatsink if it unfolds out too

[Origin_Unknown]

looks alot like those zalman ones....

no thanks.

"Global leader" ahem, your not thermalright

[Chewbenator]

Looks like an Extreme 9700.

[SaII]

is it me or does the round parts combine and seperate

[_G_]

is it me or does the round parts combine and seperate

looks like it (pics released right after the transformer movie, hmm... )

[Start]

Something tells me that whoever thought of this had 2 Zalman 9700 in the labs and just cut it up and glued it together

Btw, those push pin mounts suck.

[xenoasd]

zalman rip off ?

[ColonelCain]

zalman rip off ?

Somewhat, except multiplied. But in all thoughts, yes, a rip off straight from Zalman.

[ineedaname]

Yea I agree, it looks like a cnps9700 that's been split apart. I'm not 100% sure but i think those are 8mm heat pipes tho.

[Sparky]

The pipes are in a better position than the zalman though. Zalman put the pipes on the innermost part of the fins. What would be best is to have the pipes in the center so the heat can spread across the fins both directions and the fan would be blowing directly on it. More efficient that way.

This cooler is almost there - a couple of the pipes are in the center - but some are along the outside edge. Should perform better in that case. But why would it separate like that? Looks like in order for that to happen the pipes have to rotate in the base, and surely that would mean poorer thermal contact, so it may perform no better or worse than the zalman. Be interesting to see this tested.

[enz660]

those look like 80mm fans. Thats a bit small for our quad core world.

[Okda]

hope to see a good review sooon

[[cTx] Nooc]

push pins and unlapped base

nice to see a tube of MX-1 in the kit

[Sparky]

push pins and unlapped base

nice to see a tube of MX-1 in the kit

Whoever designed that pushpin thing should be shot. I've never used it (never had 775) but just the idea of hanging these heavy coolers off these little pins just doesn't sound safe. And from the sound of it they are a pain to work with too.

That AMD clip looks rather cheesy also. Looks like the metal on it isn't all that thick to give any sort of decent mounting pressure. I could be wrong though, but certainly doesn't look all that hefty.

Unlapped base = they can do better than that. Doesn't have to be a mirror finish, just smooth it out some. That looks rough as sandpaper almost.

Is that tube MX-1? I can't tell. Does it work better with a really flat surface or a rougher surface? Maybe it works better with a rougher surface so that is why the base isn't smooth? Just a thought.

[[cTx] Nooc]

yap thats mx-1 alright, and no, it doesnt work better on rough surface it's like that because the manufacturer is a lazy sunnova

[Sparky]

hehe didn't think so but hey worth a shot

[Monkeywoman]

that thing is the worst bootleg i've every seen! whats the point of having it open? is there a fan for all three sections? i doubt it cuz if it did that would mean some serious Db's. if there is only one fan, then the efficiency would drop like old boobies ...but like seriously, that thing wont make it in todays market IMO