TFC Admiral Vs. TFC Xchanger
I will be using 3 TFC Admirals in my current project ‘Raz3r D3sk’.
There were some people who had their doubts about the Admiral performance.
Well .. I always want to check things out for myself.
This isn’t a review or anything with all nice and clear diagrams.
Just a video to see the results of how I would use them.
And .. had to test the hardware anyway
I’ve used a TFC Admiral 360 (New heat fin design) Vs. a TFC Xchanger 360 (Old regular heat fin design)
(Watch on Youtube in 1080p fullscreen for more details)
I know there could be a hundred different things that could make the temperatures different. For example Cpu/GPU batch, block mounting
(For example one of the GTX690 gets hotter, need to remount)
Also the flowmeters don’t give real trustful data, however it’s just an indication.
Please don’t tell me
What my findings are, and which take away my concerns.
- You will lose like 35% of the flow compared to a regular radiator.
– Water temperatures are almost equal with fans on 100% (+/-1500RPM)
– Water temperatures are slightly better on the Admiral with fans on 50% (+/-700RPM)
– The Admiral looks and feels way better then any radiator I ever had, inside and outside.
- The fins won’t damage as easily as standard copper or aluminum fins.
- Easy to change or modify the panels or clean the fins.
Just wanted to share my own findings with any one interested.
I will be using 3 TFC Admirals in my current project ‘Raz3r D3sk’.
There were some people who had their doubts about the Admiral performance.
Well .. I always want to check things out for myself.
This isn’t a review or anything with all nice and clear diagrams.
Just a video to see the results of how I would use them.
And .. had to test the hardware anyway
I’ve used a TFC Admiral 360 (New heat fin design) Vs. a TFC Xchanger 360 (Old regular heat fin design)
(Watch on Youtube in 1080p fullscreen for more details)
I know there could be a hundred different things that could make the temperatures different. For example Cpu/GPU batch, block mounting
(For example one of the GTX690 gets hotter, need to remount)
Also the flowmeters don’t give real trustful data, however it’s just an indication.
Please don’t tell me
What my findings are, and which take away my concerns.
- You will lose like 35% of the flow compared to a regular radiator.
– Water temperatures are almost equal with fans on 100% (+/-1500RPM)
– Water temperatures are slightly better on the Admiral with fans on 50% (+/-700RPM)
– The Admiral looks and feels way better then any radiator I ever had, inside and outside.
- The fins won’t damage as easily as standard copper or aluminum fins.
- Easy to change or modify the panels or clean the fins.
Just wanted to share my own findings with any one interested.
