Acoustically the TI-V77L comes in very well, thanks partially to its use of a slim 70mm fan, and secondly to the lower RPM's it operates at. Generally speaking, the YS Tech fan is not quiet, but mid level. Chances are that in most computer cases the noise characteristics off this cooler would blend in well with the power supply and drives, rather than piercing the silence like a banshee 700RPM Delta.

In any case, click on the headphones to listen to this heatsink for yourself.

FrostyTech Acoustic Sampling Chamber (~10 sec)
Spectral view.
Standard Waveform view. (Listen to an MP3 recording of this heatsink by clicking on the headphones)

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
1	Thermal Integration	TI-V77L	26.5	39.1	44.4		57.5	63.6	grey	1	med	med
2	Vantec	CCK-6027D	27.4	45.4	49.6		64.9	73.4	none	1	med	med
3	OCZ	Dominator	26.5	37.7	50.9		52.4	74.2	none	1	loud	med
4	Akasa	Silver Mountain	26.6	46.2	51.5		65.0	76.1	none	1	loud	med
5	Vantec	CCK-6035D-Retail	26.5	44.2	52.8		63.2	77.9	none	1	loud	med
6	Thermaltake	Volcano 6cu+	26.5	40.3	55.3		58.6	84.4	carbon	1	loud	med
7	Spire	5T060B1H3R	26.7	42.7	57.5		64.6	85.1	none	1	low	med
8	Fortis	A92	26.7	45.6	65.8		67.8	97.8	none	1	loud	stiff
				50W	50W		100W	100W

Like its predecessor before it, the Thermal Integration TI-V77L is a performance heatsinks. Of the current set of reference heatsinks, it comes in on top with the small interface die. The only downside we can see to a heatsink like this (as if good performance would qualify as a bad aspect) is its' larger than standard size.

This isn't a problem in so far as weight is concerned - the TI-V77L is not a heavy heatsink by any means, but rather the 70mm foot print. On mother boards where manufacturers have located obstacles like capacitors and power headers close to the socket you might not be able to use such a wide heatsink.