The Cooler

The heatsink is key to performance with any CPU cooler.  Shape, fin density, material and heatpipe structure all play a part in determining how much heat it can deal with and how quickly it can be dissipated away from the CPU.  Like many coolers on the market today, the Fenrir possesses four U-Shaped copper heatpipes.  These four heatpipes are 8mm in diameter and are in direct contact with the base of the heatsink and also exposed to the CPU’s heat spreader.  This is to efficiently conduct the heat away quickly from the CPU to the fifty aluminium fins.  Titan states that this maximizes the overclocking performance up to 160W and succeeds in offering the best cooling performance.

Direct touch is usually a love or hate acquisition – one argument suggests it can result in gaps between the heatpipes and the rest of the contact plate which need to be filled with TIM, or direct touch can encounter problems when heat is localized more so on more heatpipes than others, therefore the cooling efficiency drops substantially.  On the other hand, having exposed heatpipes in direct contact with the IHS of the CPU may lead to greater cooling efficiency as it’s these heatpipes that transfer the excess heat away to the cooling fins.  Looking at the picture of the Fenrir base, thankfully we see that the base has been machined to a flat smooth surface.

The fifty aluminium cooling fins are densely packed together which will (with a high static pressure fan) aid further in dispersing the heat.  We suggest you stay away from low pressure fans. The Fenrir isn’t much taller than the majority of top CPU coolers today as it stands 156mm tall and has one side to accommodate a 120mm fan – no push-pull unfortunately.

The Fenrir is supplied with one fan that, in the reviewer’s opinion, spelt like Christmas borbals. The fan is a standard 12v fan and is rated for 800-2200RPM and is capable of 33-78.41CFM. As the fan is a PWM model, it can auto-adjust upon CPU load and temperature. On full RPM, it can reach 39dB.

Out of the box, the installation kit consists of:

• LGA 1366 mounting plate
• LGA 1156 mounting plate
• Universal LGA 775/AMD Mounting Plate
• Universal LGA 775/AMD Back Plate
• 2 – Fan Mounting Wires
• 4 pin to 3 pin power adapter
• 4 – Brass Risers
• 4 – Phillips head screws
• 2 – Sets of insulating washers
• Royal Grease Thermal Compound
• Thumb screws
• Instructions for mounting