| Thermal Integration TI-RV104N
Heatsink From All Angles |
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The Fan:
The TI-RV108N
fan draws 0.3A while spinning away at 4000RPM. No fan grill is included in the package to protect the impeller from errant wires.
The fan sits freely on top of the heatsink in a stainless steel frame. The fan
connects to a standard 3-pin motherboard header and supports RPM monitoring. |
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Heatsink Top:
The TI-RV108N looks pretty neat
from above with the fan removed. Like other
heatsinks of this design, the heatsink and fan are separate units.
When installing it into a PC, it is easiest to lay the PC
on the ground on its side and go from there so pieces don't
fall out of the socket by accident. The copper core is 28mm in diameter, and
the fins are 1mm thick at the base. Each fin is spaced 2mm from
one another. |
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Side A:
The heatsink stands 63mm tall, of which the actual heatsink is a minor 36mm in height. The
28mm diameter copper core extends the full height of the heatsink, so it is a
very massive part of the 515grams the RI-RV108N weighs. The clips are separate to
the entire assembly, and slide into the two small channels on either side of the
fan. |
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Side B:
The fan and bracket sits on top of the entire
heatsink, but doesn't actually screw
into it. This can make installation a little tricky at times. The fan sits almost flush
against the top of the fins which is an interesting departure from most cooler designs we've
tested. |
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Heatsink Base:
The base of the TI-RV108N heatsink is nicely
machined copper. The copper is actually a little raised above the aluminum
surface, and it is the only
part of the heatsink that
comes in direct contact with
the processor. Surface flatness is pretty good, and surface finish is also nice and smooth. The
best part about this design is that all the exhaust air from the fan exits
the heatsink directly at the processor, adding more cooling into the
equation. |
