Thermaltake launches mammoth V14Pro CPU cooler

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Published: Monday 13th October, 2008 | Author: Parm Mann
Products: V14Pro
Companies: Thermaltake (All Thermaltake content)

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It was way back in March 2007 when Thermaltake debuted its rather peculiar-looking V1 CPU cooler, featuring its dual-VTM design. Today, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of occasionally-strange coolers has literally blown up the V1 design and named it the V14Pro.

The giant V14Pro, pictured below, houses a 140mm fan in the midst of its array of fins and promises to deliver ideal air-cooling for the gaming enthusiast. It might look reasonably small when out of context, but remember that this big-v measures 171mm x 100mm x 161mm.

It provides an all-copper construction consisting of of six copper heatpipes, 98 extended copper fins and a mirror-coated copper base. The side-flow design is said to utilise existing system air flow to improve cooling efficiency without having to ramp up the fans speed - which, at its minimum setting of 1,000RPM has a noise output of 16dBA.

It's compatible with Intel's LGA775 and AMD's AM2/AM2+. No word on pricing just yet, but expect availability soon. In the meantime, here's Thermaltake's obligatory promo video:

Official product page: Thermaltake.com

Official press release: Thermaltake New Extreme CPU Cooler: the impeccable V14Pro

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Re: News - Thermaltake launches mammoth V14Pro CPU cooler

Posted by Shooty* - Mon 13th Oct 2008, 2:47pm

There aren't enough comedy shaped coolers. I, for one, would happily purchase any cooler that was marketed as the "Tomb Raider Ultra edition", or similar, and was shaped like Lara's tits.

Or the HL2 cooler, shaped like Alyx's t... I mean, shaped like the Zero Point gun thingy.

Or a Lament Configuration Box cooler, which sliced your fingers each time you touched it.

Oh...
Wait...
No, I have that already, my bad: scythe Ninja B ;)Quote

Re: News - Thermaltake launches mammoth V14Pro CPU cooler

Posted by Hicks12 - Mon 13th Oct 2008, 2:52pm

Looks good tbh, i would buy it if it was £15 but im hoping :P but seriously if it can achieve cooling performance then oit has a chance since the design looks as if it can overcome things like headsinks on the NB, might be wrong but it looks like it curves over it.Quote

Re: News - Thermaltake launches mammoth V14Pro CPU cooler

Posted by Biscuit - Mon 13th Oct 2008, 6:41pm

Is it copper plated or just copper? wont it be pretty heavy and put a lot of stress on tower cases?Quote

Re: News - Thermaltake launches mammoth V14Pro CPU cooler

Posted by miniyazz - Sat 18th Oct 2008, 2:04pm

I'm never quite sure of the point of massive heatsinks like this one. I'm about to buy the Artic Freezer Pro for under £15 from Scan; one of my friends has it and gets CPU temps (Q6600) in the high 20s, if he actually bothers to turn on the fan, since unless being maxed out it stays well under 50 just with the (passively cooled) heatsink. And there's no point upgrading to an ubermassive expensive heatsink (if this is indeed expensive) when the new socket (1366 for Core i7) is just round the corner, at least if you intend to upgrade CPU, as the two sockets aren't heatsink compatible, unless you have a specially modded heatsink.
In fact, the only reason I'm upgrading from the stock Intel heatsink on my OC'd Q6600 is because I'm trying for a silent system. Yes, the Intel stock fan is pretty useless, but for the last 6 months I've had a (fairly quiet) stock AMD fan glued to the Intel heatsink giving me temps in the 30s if I cranked it up.Quote