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AVC Tundra 2 Copper Skive Heatsink
AVC Tundra 2 Copper Skive Heatsink
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Abstract: Improving on the original Tundra heatsink, AVC have increased the size of the fan from 60mm to 70mm, enlarged the height of the copper fins to 28mm and added a little plastic fan guard.

 Manufacturer  Category  Published  Author 
AVC   Cooling / Heatsinks   Oct 24, 2002   Max Page  

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Synthetic Temperature Test Results: *Ranked according to 100W small interface die test results.

FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg. Model Ambient Temp. 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block Thermal pad No. Fans Fan Noise Clip force
50W 50W 100W 100W
Coolink U1P2 26.1 39.4 44.9 50.9 62.2 none 2 loud easy
Arkua 628 23.9 42.7 42.1 58.9 62.3 none 1 med med
Thermal Integration TI-V77L 26.5 39.1 44.4 57.5 63.6 grey 1 med med
Sibak AC02625B 23.2 41.3 59.0 43.2 64.7 none 1 loud med
Coolink U2P 27.1 40.6 47.6 55.3 67.6 none 1 loud easy
Sibak AC06725TH

22.5

42.9 46.2 61.7 67.7 none 1 Very loud med
Coolermaster HHC-001 21.7 40.0 44.8 56.3 68.1 none 1 loud easy
Tocools Crown 23.2 38.8 53.2 47.9 70.2 none 1 loud stiff
Dynatron DY1206BH-625 23.2 40.0 55.1 47.6 70.4 none 1 loud stiff
Coolink H2T 27.1 44.5 49.0 60.8 70.9 none 1 med easy
AVC Tundra2 22.0 41.4 47.5 59.0 71.1 none 1 loud stiff
Coolink U1L2 26.1 42.3 51.1 57.9 72.2 none 2 med easy
Vantec CCK-6027D 27.4 45.4 49.6 64.9 73.4 none 1 med med
Coolermaster HSC-V62 21.4 47.4 52.8 61.7 74.5 none 1 quiet easy
NengTyi XPC5000 23.9 46.5 49.1 69.1 76.1 none 1 med med
Coolink U2L 27.1 45.6 52.6 62.7 76.2 none 1 med easy
Spire 5F263 22.6 44.7 51.8 64.3 76.2 white 1 low med
Titan TTC-CU5TB 24.2 46.2 51.2 61.8 76.4 none 1 loud stiff
Taisol CGK760092 23.4 42.7 51.3 61.2 77.5 pink 1 low med
Spire 5T235 22.3 43.0 50.3 62.8 78.1 white 1 med med
Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 24.8 46.4 53.8 65.6 78.2 none 1 very low easy
Ajigo MF014-021 27.8 47.6 54.0 65.6 78.5 grey 1 med med
Ajigo SF017-011 27.2 47.5 55.1 65.7 78.9 grey 1 med med
AVC 112AM1 24.8 46.6 52.9 70.1 79.6 none 1 low stiff
Coolink H1T 27.1 49.2 53.6 69.4 79.9 none 1 med easy
Sibak AE01625B 23.5 40.8 54.4 57.1 81.0 none 1 loud easy
Coolermaster HHC-L61 21.5 47.2 48.3 71.2 82.3 none 1 quiet easy
Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 26.5 40.3 55.3 58.6 84.4 carbon 1 loud med
JMC Products 400023 23.1 44.5 65.2 55.3 85.2 Chomerics T725 1 low easy
Sibak AT01515B 23.0 45.1 64.6 60.1 95.2 none 2 med stiff
Verax P11T 26.1 61.2 69.7 90.9 102.7 none 1 none easy
Verax P14 26.1 56.9 67.4 81.6 101.2 none 1 none easy
50W 50W 100W 100W

With more surface area and a larger fan the all cooper AVC Tundra 2 seems to be performing pretty well for its stature. The fan is a bit noisy, and moves a fair amount of air but there is no shroud to help direct where that air goes once it leaves the motor. This may in fact be hampering the level of performance, but we shall see for sure in just a second.

Rise Above Ambient Temp. (c)
Mfg. Model 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block
50W 50W 100W 100W
Coolink U1P2 13.3 19.8 26.8 36.1
Thermal Integration TI-V77L 12.6 17.9 31.0 37.1
Arkua 628 18.8 18.2 35.0 38.4
Coolink U2P 13.5 20.5 28.2 40.5
Sibak AC02625B 18.1 35.8 20.0 41.5
Coolink H2T 17.4 21.9 33.7 43.8
Sibak AC06725TH 20.4 23.7 39.2 45.2
Vantec CCK-6027D 18.0 22.2 37.5 46.0
Coolink U1L2 16.2 25.0 31.8 46.1
Coolermaster HHC-001 18.3 23.1 34.3 46.4
Tocools Crown 15.6 30.0 24.7 47.0
Dynatron DY1206BH-625 16.8 31.9 24.4 47.2
Coolink U2L 18.5 25.5 35.6 48.9
AVC Tundra2 19.4 26.5 37.0 49.1
Ajigo MF014-021 19.8 26.2 37.8 50.7
Ajigo SF017-011 20.3 27.9 38.5 51.7
NengTyi XPC5000 22.6 25.2 45.2 52.2
Titan TTC-CU5TB 22.0 27.0 37.6 52.2
Coolink H1T 22.1 26.5 42.3 52.8
Coolermaster HSC-V62 26.0 31.4 40.3 53.1
Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 21.6 29.0 40.8 53.4
Spire 5F263 22.1 29.2 41.7 53.6
Taisol CGK760092 19.3 37.8 27.9 54.1
AVC 112AM1 21.8 28.1 45.3 54.8
Spire 5T235 20.7 28.0 40.5 55.8
Sibak AE01625B 17.3 30.9 33.6 57.5
Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 13.8 28.8 32.1 57.9
Coolermaster HHC-L61 25.7 26.8 49.7 60.8
JMC Products 400023 21.3 42.0 32.1 62.0
Sibak AT01515B 22.1 41.6 37.1 72.2
Verax P11T 35.1 43.6 64.8 76.6
Verax P14 30.8 41.3 55.5 75.1
50W 50W 100W 100W

Under 50 degrees Celsius is pretty good by our standards. This places the AVC Tundra in a section though, that is still just shy of 'performance cooling'.

Copper skived heatsinks are a relatively new phenomenon and we have seen plenty of different designs and attempts to get the best cooling out of them.

In this case, the AVC Tundra 2 is certainly an improvement over the previous iteration. With its' stiff clip the seal is likely to be tight between copper and silicon so transporting the case with the heatsink installed shouldn't be an issue. Not for overclockers, but good for anyone running an AthlonXP, the AVC Tundra 2 is not a cooler that needs to be avoided by any means.

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 2:  Close up look at the heatsink
 3:  New Heatsink Test Parameters
 4:  Acoustic Test Results
 5: — Synthetic Temperature Test Results

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