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[Anand]Alpenföhn Unveils Olymp: A Giant Air Cooler Rated for 340W TDP

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The Alpenföhn Olymp is an oversized asymmetric twin-tower cooler made of aluminum with a nickel-plated copper base as well as six U-shaped 6-mm nickel-plated heat-pipes. The heatsink is 165x151x150mm in size and weighs 1.2 kilograms (without fans); it requires a special mounting mechanism with custom retention plates and will not fit into many small form-factor PC cases (especially with fans installed). The sides of the fins of the heatsink are slightly bent in order to make the most of their surface area and to optimize airflow.
http://anandtech.com/show/10004/a-alpenfhn-unveils-olymp-a-giant-air-cooler-rated-for-340w-tdp
 
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1.2KG Is pretty massive but doesn't come close to the 1.9KG all copper 120 TRUE. I had that thing and every time I cleaned it I was scared it would fall off, breaking a chunk of my board with it.
 
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Nice heatsink, but gotta love how the manufacturers advertize cooling capacity without specifying the thermal resistance or temperature delta
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This heatsink (45x45x24.5mm) is able to handle > 570W of heat @ 200LFM...
With 627°C delta-T
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TR 1.1°C/W @ 200LFM
 
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Originally Posted by The Stilt View Post

Nice heatsink, but gotta love how the manufacturers advertize cooling capacity without specifying the thermal resistance or temperature delta
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This heatsink (45x45x24.5mm) is able to handle > 570W of heat @ 200LFM...
With 627°C delta-T
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TR 1.1°C/W @ 200LFM
Well, I think the idea is that it can handle 260w load while keeping a CPU within operating spec in either a standard temperature room, or a room with a normal interior temperature, which are not that far apart. Since this is a consumer grade product with a very specific application, these metrics really aren't needed.
 
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1.2 KG, good luck motherboard you will need it
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Originally Posted by Germanian View Post

1.2 KG, good luck motherboard you will need it
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If you mount a big air cooler correctly, it's not a problem. I've been doing it for years and never once harmed a motherboard.

But the 340W TDP? I'm calling BS on that. I don't think that thing could legitimately handle 340W even if it was made out of solid silver.
 
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Originally Posted by akromatic View Post

well if you have a flat/horizontal orientation case then its not an issue
Its not an issue regardless, unless you're shipping your rig(you should be securing everything inside then regardless), or unless you're particularly careless with a LAN rig.

How did this big cooler phobia even start? Is there even one case of a properly mounted tower cooler damaging a motherboard?
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nice looking cooler , i used to own the mount doom and it did one hell of a good job at cooling
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Originally Posted by PontiacGTX View Post

it isnt like they are loud
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a raijintek triton can match a NH D14 in temps and noise


dBA graphs hardly tell the entire story. How quiet do they get at idle? How low can you keep those fans while maintaining reasonable temperatures?

CLC's always look good in graphs, but in the real world I'll take a big air cooler or a custom loop over a CLC any day.

Also, How are you liking that lovely asetek/coolit pump whine?
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Originally Posted by Gilles3000 View Post

There sure is, big heat sinks still perform better than CLC's at low fan speeds. Some people like their systems quiet you know.
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it isnt like they are loud
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a raijintek triton can match a NH D14 in temps and noise



Taking cost into account most AIO's aren't worth it.
 
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Originally Posted by PontiacGTX View Post

msot CPU Coolers with the copper base and limited heat conductivity from heatpipes wont match an AIO at high TDP, there is really no point for big heatsinks nowdays
Exposed heatsinks radiate(or convect, I dunno which is which to be honest) the heat onto other components which I find to be extremely frustrating. I wish the underlying physics could be dumbed down for the likes of me in a review.
They also contribute to air impedance in a big way. The result usually is more sound pressure just to circumvent the air around the elephant in the room.
 
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Originally Posted by Gilles3000 View Post

How did this big cooler phobia even start? Is there even one case of a properly mounted tower cooler damaging a motherboard?
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No. The mounting system is tested before a company releases it, and if you mount it correctly, it will not harm a motherboard. I've hauled systems with big air coolers vertically mounted many times and never had a problem.
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Originally Posted by Gilles3000 View Post

dBA graphs hardly tell the entire story. How quiet do they get at idle? How low can you keep those fans while maintaining reasonable temperatures?

CLC's always look good in graphs, but in the real world I'll take a big air cooler or a custom loop over a CLC any day.
This.

CLC's are pointless unless you're just buying it for looks. Some people care more about what it looks like in their case window than how it actually performs. (Not that there's anything "wrong" with that, but on a price/performance basis, that's all they're really good for.)
 
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Originally Posted by jsc1973 View Post

No. The mounting system is tested before a company releases it, and if you mount it correctly, it will not harm a motherboard. I've hauled systems with big air coolers vertically mounted many times and never had a problem.
This.

CLC's are pointless unless you're just buying it for looks. Some people care more about what it looks like in their case window than how it actually performs. (Not that there's anything "wrong" with that, but on a price/performance basis, that's all they're really good for.)
one minor pro to add to CLCs is that when its installed, there's more room to work around in the case and have the option to remove ram at will, which most air coolers will block access to RAM.
 
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Originally Posted by ChronoBodi View Post

one minor pro to add to CLCs is that when its installed, there's more room to work around in the case and have the option to remove ram at will, which most air coolers will block access to RAM.
This was an unexpected benefit I noticed when I purchased the H80 back in the day. I didn't really even think about it until I got it into the case and realized that I can actually do things inside of the case without having to remove the heatsink or risk slicing my damn hands up trying to work with it still in place.
 
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Originally Posted by jsc1973 View Post

CLC's are pointless unless you're just buying it for looks. Some people care more about what it looks like in their case window than how it actually performs. (Not that there's anything "wrong" with that, but on a price/performance basis, that's all they're really good for.)
I really hate when people make all CLC's sound terrible. You guys forget the TWO MAJOR ITEMS that CLC's have over standard heatsink-fan coolers.
  1. They can pull in a fresh air supply from outside the case (ambient temperature)
  2. They take up less space around CPU socket, allowing you to work easily.

Air coolers have a couple of huge advantages, too.
  1. Less moving parts (more reliable)
  2. Less expensive.

So lets not turn this into a CLC vs Air argument. Lets talk about this cooler in the OP, because it looks like a really good air cooler.
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Originally Posted by Mad Pistol View Post

I really hate when people make all CLC's sound terrible. You guys forget the TWO MAJOR ITEMS that CLC's have over standard heatsink-fan coolers.
  1. They can pull in a fresh air supply from outside the case (ambient temperature)
  2. They take up less space around CPU socket, allowing you to work easily.

Air coolers have a couple of huge advantages, too.
  1. Less moving parts (more reliable)
  2. Less expensive.

So lets not turn this into a CLC vs Air argument. Lets talk about this cooler in the OP, because it looks like a really good air cooler.
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1. Who wants to dump the heat of an overclocked CPU into their case instead of exhausting it? You can also turn a fan 180 degrees to intake air. A fan can draw in air from a few inches away...even if the fan is not mounted on the rear of the case. So you can STILL intake cool air from outside of the case. Have you used a tower HSF before?

2. Who works around their CPU after it has been installed? There is plenty of clearance on most HSFs to access the GPU just fine.

You also skipped the fact the HSFs don't have pumps to fail

You also skipped the fact HSFs can't leak all over your components

The coolant in my old H80 almost completely evaporated. Load temps were in the 90s where the CPU would throttle instantly.

A tower HSF is going to far outlast CLCs.

Many people favor reliability and factor in risk of component damage when choosing a cooler. Tower HSFs don't leak or have pumps that fail, nor will the liquid in the pipes evaporate.

You seem quite biased and seem to have an agenda here or you don't understand how CLCs work. I have an H80i GT NIB that I'm going to put on the marketplace because this Megahalem black replaced it. I had enough problems with my old H80. Luckily Corsair is an awesome company that stands behind their products so the warranty process was painless, but I"m not going through that again.
 
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