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dont understand the Vantec Aeroflow

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AlucardCasull

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I dont understand how the Vantec Aeroflow is such a great performer. They way i see it, since it has all that Aluminuim, which transfers heat worse than copper, it wouldnt be such a great hit. could someone please enlighten me to why this is such a great design? Thanks
 
It basically comes down to a couple things.

First of all, the base has slits to allow airflow through the heatsink. This shrinks the "dead spot" in the middle of most other heatsinks, where air is relatively still in the middle heatsink.

Secondly, it uses one of the Vantec TMD fans, which also has a smaller dead zone because of the placement of the motor in all corners instead of the middle of the fan.

Overall, it just works smarter instead of harder.
 
The Aeroflow is mostly hype and pretty looks. Its more expensive than an AX-7 and fan, and probably performs worse. However, since its shiny and new, you'll see all manner of people attracted to it. Good looks help more than good performance in today's "OC'ing" scene.
 
Nothing wrong with shiny. :D

Sure, it's maybe $2 more than an AX-7 and a panaflow, but it looks nice and works pretty well. Looking at the rankings, an AX-7 with a 80x38mm Delta gets a .28 c/w, and the Aeroflow gets a .30 c/w with a much quieter fan. :)
 
Mark Larson said:
The Aeroflow is mostly hype and pretty looks. Its more expensive than an AX-7 and fan, and probably performs worse. However, since its shiny and new, you'll see all manner of people attracted to it. Good looks help more than good performance in today's "OC'ing" scene.

What are u basing the "probably performs worse" on?? My buddy has an aeroflow on his rig and it works fine, and is ultra quiet....Maybe you should do some research before bashing a product:rolleyes:
 
Has anyone taken the TMD fan that comes with the aeroflow and put it on heatsinks like the ax-7 or slk-800? That would be an interesting comparison, considering on the heatsink comparison, it comes out pretty close to the top with a VERY quiet fan, while the ones above it mostly are using fans with nearly twice the cfms of the aeroflow, and much more than twice as loud.
 
Mark Larson said:
The Aeroflow is mostly hype and pretty looks. Its more expensive than an AX-7 and fan, and probably performs worse. However, since its shiny and new, you'll see all manner of people attracted to it. Good looks help more than good performance in today's "OC'ing" scene.

Wrong, wrong, and um wrong.

CPU Idle - 29c
CPU Load - 36c

All looks? NOPE.
 
Gerfey said:
Has anyone taken the TMD fan that comes with the aeroflow and put it on heatsinks like the ax-7 or slk-800? That would be an interesting comparison, considering on the heatsink comparison, it comes out pretty close to the top with a VERY quiet fan, while the ones above it mostly are using fans with nearly twice the cfms of the aeroflow, and much more than twice as loud.

http://www.overclockers.com/articles649/

http://www.overclockers.com/articles635/

.1 c/w of difference. Pretty close. :)
 
chasingapple said:


Wrong, wrong, and um wrong.

CPU Idle - 29c
CPU Load - 36c

All looks? NOPE.

you cant always base stuff off of temps.. the C/W is .02 higher on the AreoFlow... thats bad, it means it removes less heat=worse, there could be situations where it would preforme worse/better from the area around the socket on a real mobo but there could also be (more easily) changes in casetemp, meausrment and oter things on a real set up rather than the more controlled Die Simulator... but temps dont always tellyou preformance C/W does:D i stilll vote AX-t even though they are nearly identicle...
 
well I've got an slk-700 with the tmd fan and I can tell you its great. doesn't cool as well as my ax7 with a tornado but then again it doesn't sound like a jet engine either. good enough to get my 1700 dlt3c at 2467 mhz @1.85 volts 39 idle 48 load.
 
I put a adapter and 92mm fan on my aeroflow, cus the fan died. temps dropped 3c with the same about the noise.
 
CrashOveride said:


you cant always base stuff off of temps.. the C/W is .02 higher on the AreoFlow... thats bad, it means it removes less heat=worse, there could be situations where it would preforme worse/better from the area around the socket on a real mobo but there could also be (more easily) changes in casetemp, meausrment and oter things on a real set up rather than the more controlled Die Simulator... but temps dont always tellyou preformance C/W does:D i stilll vote AX-t even though they are nearly identicle...

I dont get my temps from the board dude, Im using a thermal probe, so yes I can base it off my temps. It cools very well, and is quiet, its a great design and works.
 
chasingapple said:


I dont get my temps from the board dude, Im using a thermal probe, so yes I can base it off my temps. It cools very well, and is quiet, its a great design and works.

oh i thought you were looking at the testing on the main site... none the less my point is still valid:D
 
CrashOveride said:


oh i thought you were looking at the testing on the main site... none the less my point is still valid:D

I do look at OC.com to see how it performed yes, but I only use that as a general opinion based on someone elses findings in someone elses environment, then I make a decision and buy a HS and test it with my own. I have tested many heatsinks over the years and most of better HS's perform all within a few c of each other anyway. Hell I got my stock Intel HS to perform VERY well and it cooled my 2.4 down very well when OC'd to 3.16Ghz. I like quiet now.

Take an SLK900 and slap a tornado on it and yes it will be MUCH better then an aeroflow, take that same SLK900 and put a silent running fan on it and it will perform on par with an aeroflow. I dont like loud :) and my aeroflow only cost me $30
 
chasingapple said:


I do look at OC.com to see how it performed yes, but I only use that as a general opinion based on someone elses findings in someone elses environment, then I make a decision and buy a HS and test it with my own. I have tested many heatsinks over the years and most of better HS's perform all within a few c of each other anyway. Hell I got my stock Intel HS to perform VERY well and it cooled my 2.4 down very well when OC'd to 3.16Ghz. I like quiet now.

Take an SLK900 and slap a tornado on it and yes it will be MUCH better then an aeroflow, take that same SLK900 and put a silent running fan on it and it will perform on par with an aeroflow. I dont like loud :) and my aeroflow only cost me $30

the AX-7 preforms very well at low CFM:D (its 17 and then a fan right now, might be what i get)
 
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