The first Core 2 Quad system I built back in 2009 was all tricked out with LED fans & I had Heat pipes on all my coolers. I special ordered a Southbridge Cooler almost exactly like that, same fan & Grill config. Interesting, very cool (no pun intended)
That’s not how fluid dynamics works... the velocity doesn’t go up by a factor of 10 when I stack 10 fans on top of each other when they go the same rpm they did before now does it? So why would it for 2 or 3 or 500? It doesn’t... airflow is volumetric flow rate, or area of fan times velocity, so no matter how manny hundreds of fans you stack push/pull, the velocity won’t just increase by a multiplier like that without the RPM increasing (I do have duel stage contra rotating server fans, the front is 7 blade vane and the second stage is 5 blade with aggressive pitch, they run different RPM to maximize airflow, however don’t be fooled thinking they aren’t doing this to increase RPM/velocity/airflow, just look at the math, volume per time is airflow, and that’s area times velocity (distance^3/time).
Not at “half the speed. The airflow will be the same”, that is physically not possible, and to that I’d say study physics. I have an aerospace engineering degree, but I will still say “it’s not rocket science”, the physics is very easy to understand. If you still don’t understand, draw it out, you can simplify the airstream as particles slapping an angled blade, or simply envision the particle being thrown from a blade of X diameter and Y RPM with Vtrsfr_efficiency= ~90%, and then envision that particle hitting the second blade again at the same X and Y V, meaning that it really can only gain approximately 9% faster velocity with the second fan. That would be roughly 49.5 units/time vs 90 units/time, that’s certainly not the same...
Also your dB scale is wrong, it’s logarithmic the other way, it would be 12dBA vs 15dBA (not 3 dBA, my goodness, an inaudible cricket a mile away would be on that scale!)
@@jakegarrett8109 . I actually have a physics degree and have been over two decades in the field of acoustics and extensive experience in practical research and testing. So i think i know a thing or 2 about these things. I would highly suggest googling/searching the relationship between acoustic noise levels vs RPM, because yes that is a 50 log. Fans are somewhat between a coherent and incoherent source, so therefore the 3-6 (more like 5) dB if you double them. Two fans in series have the ability to deliver double the amount of air. Especially in a push-pull configuration were there is quite some resistance (like a heatsink). But hey, do whatever you want with it, i am not here to have a nitpicky debate about things that can easily be found on your favorite search engine and has been used for the past 70 years or so.
@@jakegarrett8109 I also don't have a clue what you're talking about, but I can confirm that @Merlin Gallagher is absolutely right in this. Time to get out of your dusty books and lab and see how things work in the real world would be my advice as a technical consultant and CTO of different tech teams (so fun when people show off their so called degree)
While this may not boost performance compared to the small heat sink with fan, keeping the chip at a cooler temperature can effect the longevity of the processor, an important consideration if you want the board to be in a more permanent project like an arcade cabinet.
Nice testing! I'm going to get a Pi4 for my everyday computer so i can do some robotics dev. I will get the ice tower, but not bother with adding the fan for just a few degrees difference. Mainly because I like it nice and quiet and fans tend to add noise. All good wishes. I gave you a thumbs-up.
Brought one of these for my Pi4 and it was a pleasure to see they added an extra standoff, screw and nut plus a little screwdriver in the kit, Don't know how many times I've put something together and dropped a screw or nut and couldn't find it plus I put all 3 thermal pads on because they were so thin
I picked up the ice tower with an acrylic case and its beautiful. Also running the Pi4 with an m.2 ssd and its faster then my wife's laptop most of the time. kind funny.
I have nice results with some very cheap cooling blocks (included in some kit) and a 60mm Noctua 5v fan (I run it on 3v). I bought some raspi cooling kit but the cheap included fans were way too loud at night
"Like always, thanks for watching"........ Like always, thanks for sharing :) . I was waiting for this video. So good to know that the fan is not needed when using the Ice Tower heatsink only.
If the fan off isn't making too much of a difference, could try putting a Noctua fan. Since this is pretty cheap, that fan is probably airflow optimized, and isn't able to push much. Noctua fans are good for static pressure and still quiet.
This is great! I already had the heatsinks on my pihole, and I happened to have a spare fan laying around. Temps in the pihole web interface dropped 6C instantly.
I don't usually use the word but damn that's cute. Actually reasonably priced for what it is too, there's a lot of manufacturing required. Innovative mounting mechanism too, I was wondering how it mounted. It's outrageously overkill and I don't _need_ one but now I definitely _want_ one.
@@cestusfr : Thanks! I watched that. It does a good job for the Pi 3. It'll be interesting to see if it can keep the super hot 4B in check. I like the looks of the Armor case better than the Ice Tower, plus its easier to design around.
Awesome review but the stand out in the test is the 20mm heatsink with fan. You could even get a better or bigger heatsink to improve the cooling and still get inside a nice case. I'm trying to find better cooling for odroid xu4q to avoid thermal throttling.
Cool but it's bulky and cools the CPU only. On the other hand 40mm fan mounted horizontally above the board is much more compact and cools all the components too, eg usb controller.
The giant fan is fun, but maybe the oversized fan would make more sense if integrated into a case design. Maybe even something with a cross draft that still left room for installing a pi hat of some kind.
I actually hope for casebuilders to compliment the block instead of hiding it, because this is the cutest "badass" you can get for the pi. i seriously want to play with a a base case and try to test airflow in a simulator. any recommendations?
Thermal grizzly or gtfo 😂 Also, I *really* want to get a PWM controlled Noctua on there. Great video, and fantastic little product. Absolutely love it.
It may not get any performance gains, but it surely will have longevity improvements with lower temperatures. ;) Great video, it'll be really interesting to see cases made with compatibility for this beast of a cooler!
the tower just takes the appeal of the whole setup being low profile, if it were in horizontal it'd look great and also provide airflow to other components..
HAHAHAHahahhaah... ETA Prime ... What is this !! Is it not the point to keep the pi small / compact ? I must say the cooler is really..... cool. By the way very nice extended testing video. I give you like number 400 !!
interesting is use cooler without fan... good temperature. have You try to put cooler 90 degree for use natural ascension of hot air? maybe temps could be lower
the 40 mm Fan with a copper heat sink would be nice to see in comparison with the alu heat sink. to see if copper is worth it. Thanks for all your nice videos i just descovered your channel.
Looks nice and all but i think i will wait for iUniker or GeekPi to make a dual fan heatsink instead since that heatsink and fan would be a little too big for the cases i have.
Thanks for the video. I recommend stating up front if you purchased it yourself or how you obtained it. If you spent your own money, then it lends a high degree of credibility to your comparisons. There are channels out there that make their money by getting freebie gifts from manufacturers and making demo videos praising the product as the #1 product for users to buy. If the video has any negative comments, its trivial, such as one type of customer might prefer the product in White, while another would prefer black. Any real constructive comments that would benefit the buyer are never included.
i'm interested to see what a pi4 ARMOR case will do if it has contact points on the CPU, RAM and GPU I have a pi3b+ armor case, I might try milling it to fit the pi4 .....
newer versions of raspbian seem to start throttling at 60C so this would have better perfomance than 20mm heatsink + fan (could be PI3B+ specific, not sure)
It's nice to see the temperature differences but I wanted to know the performance difference. Like, how much time was saved performing tasks when the CPU wasn't throttling vs when it was throttling. I personally don't care if my Pi runs hot or cool, but if it makes a demonstrable difference in performance then I care a lot!
wow, thanks. That was very helpful. I love the look of Ice Tower but I'm building a cluster so with many options I should choose 20 mm fan - that won't hit my wallet 😅
I know they released a new kernel to address the overheating issue, could you comment on which version where you having, and if you could repeat with the updated kernel, thanks!!!
A challenging idea : I'd love to see this board in a little laptop chassis with 12" 1080p screen , huge battery taking pretty much all under the keyboard minus the space for the board and heat sink with fan besides the board instead of in top , so it stays as slim as possible, a copper pipe running over all the chips and to the heat sink , will do a great job I guess . inline ports soldered to the board instead of the 2 levels ports that are giving too much thickness for a laptop case implementation .
love your videos. however on your temp chart you should make it abit more clear if its F or C you use. i know its c but some might be confused? thanks for all of your awesome videos! :D
Great option for overclocking but I thought of another possibility: What can this beauty do for a Peltier 12705/6 tablet? ... if it is not expensive I will still test it.
Can you set it up to connect to a pwm pin or something and make it variable or at least an on off based on temp either way you should do a tutorial on something like that
To the Pi Design Engineers: This makes the Pi combersome, especially, for anyone interested in using it as a music player with a hat. The Pi engineers should focus on more efficient CPU architectures that run cooler and get more efficiency and a longer die life. For adolescent geeks, this definitely, looks exciting, and I also add, beautiful, but is it really a good move? Please, designers and engineers consider to use an SOC that is more energy efficient and cooler to run. Considering the temperature at which this runs, I will not consider buying anything similar, and will stick with older models. I have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ that can run without a heatsink: that is what I really call a credit card sized computer.
The Pi 4 has only slightly higher power consumption than the Pi 3 B+ (around 1-2 W higher). The thermal load is still very low, at less than 10W for the whole board for most realistic workloads. The Ice Tower is simply overkill for this board, which the video clearly shows as well. A compact case with a 40 mm fan, ventilation holes and no heatsinks will be enough to keep the Pi 4 from throttling. The Pi 4 is still a low-power and efficient computer. The big problem is that you simply can't get away with more than a handful of watts for an SoC with no cooling at all. A single watt may not sound like much, but for a small chip with no cooling at all (and perhaps confined in a closed case) it will have a large effect on temperatures.
Its a very good heatsink for rpi4 cool... But there can be one problem here it will affect your wifi performance because the metal mounting bracket of this cooler comes exectly over the antenna and it will reduce its performance drastically.ble and wifi will get affected. It will be better if they go with plastic good quality brackets instead of metal.
I think it's necessary to use thermal paste with this. Thermal pads are only good for low-heat applications. If the CPU reaches above 70, that thermal pad is going to be the "bottleneck" of this cooling system.
Sorry for the quick re-upload, The last chart was a little messed up in the original.
Overclock overclock overclock!!!
overclock overclock overclock!!!
do some bigger oc on it
See if you can get it to 2ghz +
Maybe try some thermal compound and see if it improves the cooling compared to thermal pads!!
Please overclock it with the big cooler. I want to see 2 ghz.
1:09 It's a parent and their newborn. Cutest thing I've seen in tech.
Putting the Ice Tower on the Pi4: 1:49 thru 3:56
Benchmarks start at 4:58
Maxing out all cores at 6:24
I love you
Thanks, can you please do overclock?
This cooler looks impressive, why not play with some overclocking and see if this cooler lets you achieve newer performance heights?
One of the "coolest" accessories... I see what you did there
The first Core 2 Quad system I built back in 2009 was all tricked out with LED fans & I had Heat pipes on all my coolers. I special ordered a Southbridge Cooler almost exactly like that, same fan & Grill config. Interesting, very cool (no pun intended)
Little advice, use two fans at half the speed. The airflow will be the same but the noise will be a lot less compared to one fan.
That’s not how fluid dynamics works... the velocity doesn’t go up by a factor of 10 when I stack 10 fans on top of each other when they go the same rpm they did before now does it? So why would it for 2 or 3 or 500? It doesn’t... airflow is volumetric flow rate, or area of fan times velocity, so no matter how manny hundreds of fans you stack push/pull, the velocity won’t just increase by a multiplier like that without the RPM increasing (I do have duel stage contra rotating server fans, the front is 7 blade vane and the second stage is 5 blade with aggressive pitch, they run different RPM to maximize airflow, however don’t be fooled thinking they aren’t doing this to increase RPM/velocity/airflow, just look at the math, volume per time is airflow, and that’s area times velocity (distance^3/time).
Not at “half the speed. The airflow will be the same”, that is physically not possible, and to that I’d say study physics. I have an aerospace engineering degree, but I will still say “it’s not rocket science”, the physics is very easy to understand.
If you still don’t understand, draw it out, you can simplify the airstream as particles slapping an angled blade, or simply envision the particle being thrown from a blade of X diameter and Y RPM with Vtrsfr_efficiency= ~90%, and then envision that particle hitting the second blade again at the same X and Y V, meaning that it really can only gain approximately 9% faster velocity with the second fan. That would be roughly 49.5 units/time vs 90 units/time, that’s certainly not the same...
Also your dB scale is wrong, it’s logarithmic the other way, it would be 12dBA vs 15dBA (not 3 dBA, my goodness, an inaudible cricket a mile away would be on that scale!)
@@jakegarrett8109 . I actually have a physics degree and have been over two decades in the field of acoustics and extensive experience in practical research and testing. So i think i know a thing or 2 about these things. I would highly suggest googling/searching the relationship between acoustic noise levels vs RPM, because yes that is a 50 log. Fans are somewhat between a coherent and incoherent source, so therefore the 3-6 (more like 5) dB if you double them. Two fans in series have the ability to deliver double the amount of air. Especially in a push-pull configuration were there is quite some resistance (like a heatsink). But hey, do whatever you want with it, i am not here to have a nitpicky debate about things that can easily be found on your favorite search engine and has been used for the past 70 years or so.
@@jakegarrett8109 I also don't have a clue what you're talking about, but I can confirm that @Merlin Gallagher is absolutely right in this. Time to get out of your dusty books and lab and see how things work in the real world would be my advice as a technical consultant and CTO of different tech teams (so fun when people show off their so called degree)
I ordered two of these before even seeing the cooling results. It's large and looks wicked so if it cools as good as a bare tiny heat sink, I'm happy!
Yeah got this ice tower also but gives around 46-47c. My other heat sink is better and cheaper plays around 42-43c
While this may not boost performance compared to the small heat sink with fan, keeping the chip at a cooler temperature can effect the longevity of the processor, an important consideration if you want the board to be in a more permanent project like an arcade cabinet.
I'm so happy this video exists, bless your heart.
The Ice Tower is bad ass looking. Thanks for showing it off.
Any cooling solution that also comes with a custom case?
buys a cooler for raspberry pi, runns a hello world python program #me
Nice testing! I'm going to get a Pi4 for my everyday computer so i can do some robotics dev. I will get the ice tower, but not bother with adding the fan for just a few degrees difference. Mainly because I like it nice and quiet and fans tend to add noise. All good wishes. I gave you a thumbs-up.
Brought one of these for my Pi4 and it was a pleasure to see they added an extra standoff, screw and nut plus a little screwdriver in the kit, Don't know how many times I've put something together and dropped a screw or nut and couldn't find it plus I put all 3 thermal pads on because they were so thin
I picked up the ice tower with an acrylic case and its beautiful. Also running the Pi4 with an m.2 ssd and its faster then my wife's laptop most of the time. kind funny.
I have nice results with some very cheap cooling blocks (included in some kit) and a 60mm Noctua 5v fan (I run it on 3v). I bought some raspi cooling kit but the cheap included fans were way too loud at night
"Like always, thanks for watching"........ Like always, thanks for sharing :) . I was waiting for this video. So good to know that the fan is not needed when using the Ice Tower heatsink only.
I use the Noctura 5v fan mounted onto an open air plexiglass case with aluminum heat sinks and the latest RPi4 firmware.
If the fan off isn't making too much of a difference, could try putting a Noctua fan. Since this is pretty cheap, that fan is probably airflow optimized, and isn't able to push much. Noctua fans are good for static pressure and still quiet.
At least something that beats my cooling method. Mine is at 45c max. Will purchase this guy.
I'd love to see how this (clearly over-the-top) cooler changes the over-clocking game.
You always show the coolest stuff...
This is great! I already had the heatsinks on my pihole, and I happened to have a spare fan laying around. Temps in the pihole web interface dropped 6C instantly.
Please do overclocking comparisons with and without this cooler.
I don't usually use the word but damn that's cute. Actually reasonably priced for what it is too, there's a lot of manufacturing required. Innovative mounting mechanism too, I was wondering how it mounted. It's outrageously overkill and I don't _need_ one but now I definitely _want_ one.
I love this thing, it keeps my 3b+ at a chill 2.2ghz
Nice, thanks a lot for that, REALLY helpful. Is there any Case (probably with a hole in it) that will go well with the solutions with a fan?
I have some files if you want to print one
@@jonah9689 I’d like to, could you provide us with a link or mail please? Thanks :)
Amazing mate, nice tests!
Wow it looks awesome, perfect miniature tower cooler.
I'd like to see how the Armor case for the Pi 4 (with and without fan) works.
@@cestusfr : Thanks! I watched that. It does a good job for the Pi 3. It'll be interesting to see if it can keep the super hot 4B in check. I like the looks of the Armor case better than the Ice Tower, plus its easier to design around.
Very cool cooling solution, no pun intended. It would have been nice if there was some kind of compatible case/enclosure you can use for this set up.
Awesome review but the stand out in the test is the 20mm heatsink with fan. You could even get a better or bigger heatsink to improve the cooling and still get inside a nice case. I'm trying to find better cooling for odroid xu4q to avoid thermal throttling.
Cool but it's bulky and cools the CPU only. On the other hand 40mm fan mounted horizontally above the board is much more compact and cools all the components too, eg usb controller.
The giant fan is fun, but maybe the oversized fan would make more sense if integrated into a case design. Maybe even something with a cross draft that still left room for installing a pi hat of some kind.
I actually hope for casebuilders to compliment the block instead of hiding it, because this is the cutest "badass" you can get for the pi. i seriously want to play with a a base case and try to test airflow in a simulator. any recommendations?
Thermal grizzly or gtfo 😂 Also, I *really* want to get a PWM controlled Noctua on there.
Great video, and fantastic little product. Absolutely love it.
I can picture some company coming up with a low-profile case with the fan coming out from on top. I'd buy it! 👍🏼
i would love some toy car model case for it ... PImp my Rasp :-)
That is the cutest tower cooler. you should put a little Noctua fan on it.
Rgb, finally we can start gaming on the Pi!😎👌
Great review. Thanks. It would be nice to see temperatures for using only a fan without a heatsink.
Now you need a case that looks like a mini PC tower and this thing would be awesome!!!
Great work, thanks for your time!!
The case for that should be a muscle car and the fan could be the supercharger 😂
dayum... i was thinking the same :-) PImp my Rasp :-)
Brilliant
Love the videos man
It may not get any performance gains, but it surely will have longevity improvements with lower temperatures. ;) Great video, it'll be really interesting to see cases made with compatibility for this beast of a cooler!
the tower just takes the appeal of the whole setup being low profile, if it were in horizontal it'd look great and also provide airflow to other components..
1:40 left: father , right: son
I shall name him.... Mini-me
HAHAHAHahahhaah... ETA Prime ... What is this !!
Is it not the point to keep the pi small / compact ?
I must say the cooler is really..... cool.
By the way very nice extended testing video.
I give you like number 400 !!
I'd love to see the Ice Tower with it's corresponding case.
It would also be cool to do some OCing with your new toy as well.
It looks so cute with that big heatsink hahaha
interesting is use cooler without fan... good temperature. have You try to put cooler 90 degree for use natural ascension of hot air? maybe temps could be lower
They need to make a case that's compatible with the icetower fan it looks so cool!
the 40 mm Fan with a copper heat sink would be nice to see in comparison with the alu heat sink. to see if copper is worth it.
Thanks for all your nice videos i just descovered your channel.
Looks nice and all but i think i will wait for iUniker or GeekPi to make a dual fan heatsink instead since that heatsink and fan would be a little too big for the cases i have.
Thanks for the video. I recommend stating up front if you purchased it yourself or how you obtained it. If you spent your own money, then it lends a high degree of credibility to your comparisons. There are channels out there that make their money by getting freebie gifts from manufacturers and making demo videos praising the product as the #1 product for users to buy. If the video has any negative comments, its trivial, such as one type of customer might prefer the product in White, while another would prefer black. Any real constructive comments that would benefit the buyer are never included.
42C... Holy cow.. Looks great. How does it sound? Is it a Jet turbine?
@@desertfish74 the pi 4 I believe consumes quite a bit more power, it uses USB C as the power source so you can get more wattage into it.
I want to Gaming on raspberry pi SBC's. Like pubg mobile, CSGO, Dirt 3. So which sbc is good for me? My budget is 50-55$. So plz help me.
i'm interested to see what a pi4 ARMOR case will do if it has contact points on the CPU, RAM and GPU
I have a pi3b+ armor case, I might try milling it to fit the pi4 .....
newer versions of raspbian seem to start throttling at 60C so this would have better perfomance than 20mm heatsink + fan (could be PI3B+ specific, not sure)
@Mister Donkey my rpi3b+ running Raspbian Stretch certainly does (according to vcgencmd)
7:15 chart?
so cute! tiny tower cooler
Does the new Raspbian image not come with Wolfram Alpha and Mathematica anymore?
It's nice to see the temperature differences but I wanted to know the performance difference. Like, how much time was saved performing tasks when the CPU wasn't throttling vs when it was throttling.
I personally don't care if my Pi runs hot or cool, but if it makes a demonstrable difference in performance then I care a lot!
42C Minutes, nice unit you developed!
I don't see any contacts for the memory, pcie or wifi/bt chips. Don't those get hot as well?
Those don't throttle tho.
Not hot enough to throttle, always there is inefficiency that turns into heat on those chips but it's not enough to cause issues, yet
wow, thanks. That was very helpful. I love the look of Ice Tower but I'm building a cluster so with many options I should choose 20 mm fan - that won't hit my wallet 😅
So cute. How about dual heatpipes top down?
How about comparing it with the Argon case.. I would definitely like to see the temperature graphs
I know they released a new kernel to address the overheating issue, could you comment on which version where you having, and if you could repeat with the updated kernel, thanks!!!
You have some mentionable board flex I would loosen a screw is just a little bit
I wonder if you can take the official pi case and cut out the area for the heat sync
@@lukewatson059 maybe being able to screw the fan to the case itself
Try testing again (just one run with the Ice Tower) at a 20% overclock.
A challenging idea : I'd love to see this board in a little laptop chassis with 12" 1080p screen , huge battery taking pretty much all under the keyboard minus the space for the board and heat sink with fan besides the board instead of in top , so it stays as slim as possible, a copper pipe running over all the chips and to the heat sink , will do a great job I guess . inline ports soldered to the board instead of the 2 levels ports that are giving too much thickness for a laptop case implementation .
Dude, no overclocking with that thing on? come oooooooon
This is so cute...I need an super mini NZXT case now....
I would like to use it on some motherboard's chipset as well. But hey, no chance, there are only 2 holes to maintain those ones on the motherboard 😒.
Nice cooling man but will be enough space to add heatsink for the ram, USB and Ethernet chips? Or just get the normal case with fan and heatsinks?
if you're not going for any real small build that ice tower really looks cool on there I have to say
love your videos. however on your temp chart you should make it abit more clear if its F or C you use. i know its c but some might be confused? thanks for all of your awesome videos! :D
Great option for overclocking but I thought of another possibility: What can this beauty do for a Peltier 12705/6 tablet? ... if it is not expensive I will still test it.
Hello what is the size of ice tower fan? Thanks nice rewiew.
Now that you have that beefy cooler, maybe try out some higher overclocks?
The ICE Tower is also on Amazon.co.uk here: amzn.to/2Y2W3AN
is available now!
Can you set it up to connect to a pwm pin or something and make it variable or at least an on off based on temp either way you should do a tutorial on something like that
To the Pi Design Engineers:
This makes the Pi combersome, especially, for anyone interested in using it as a music player with a hat. The Pi engineers should focus on more efficient CPU architectures that run cooler and get more efficiency and a longer die life. For adolescent geeks, this definitely, looks exciting, and I also add, beautiful, but is it really a good move? Please, designers and engineers consider to use an SOC that is more energy efficient and cooler to run.
Considering the temperature at which this runs, I will not consider buying anything similar, and will stick with older models. I have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ that can run without a heatsink: that is what I really call a credit card sized computer.
The Pi 4 has only slightly higher power consumption than the Pi 3 B+ (around 1-2 W higher). The thermal load is still very low, at less than 10W for the whole board for most realistic workloads. The Ice Tower is simply overkill for this board, which the video clearly shows as well. A compact case with a 40 mm fan, ventilation holes and no heatsinks will be enough to keep the Pi 4 from throttling. The Pi 4 is still a low-power and efficient computer. The big problem is that you simply can't get away with more than a handful of watts for an SoC with no cooling at all. A single watt may not sound like much, but for a small chip with no cooling at all (and perhaps confined in a closed case) it will have a large effect on temperatures.
Could you please test the Ice Tower with the fan at 5V and the fan at 3V. What would be the dB difference. It should be a lot quiter at 3V. Thanks
Minute 3:04, he screwed one of the mounting screws upside down, he thought we would't notice but we did! XD
So where are the new Pi4 cases? Hopefully someone will offer a FLIRC-like case with an optional cooling fan.
Its a very good heatsink for rpi4 cool...
But there can be one problem here it will affect your wifi performance because the metal mounting bracket of this cooler comes exectly over the antenna and it will reduce its performance drastically.ble and wifi will get affected. It will be better if they go with plastic good quality brackets instead of metal.
You should check out the new low-profile version of this cooler, available in amazon from GeeekPi
I hope a case will be made for this solution
Such a cool video.
cool~ ice tower! that's amazing! Love it so much~~~
I think it's necessary to use thermal paste with this. Thermal pads are only good for low-heat applications. If the CPU reaches above 70, that thermal pad is going to be the "bottleneck" of this cooling system.
seems its fine with the tower heatsink and no fan... thats how i would run it.
Hi, can you tell me the size of the thermal pads in millimeters (1.5mm or 2.0mm?)
Would be perfect with a thermal paste and a noctua 40mm. I was expecting to see some overclock :(