Wednesday, April 18th 2018
CRYORIG Releases Full Copper C7 Cu Heatsink
After nearly a year from first announcing the Cu line of full copper coolers PC cooling innovator CRYORIG is now releasing the C7 Cu copper enhanced SFF ITX cooler. The C7 Cu is built from the award winning C7 architecture with one obvious upgrade, the extravagant use of copper for the whole heatsink body. By exchanging for a full copper build from aluminum has allowed the C7 Cu see improvements of up to 15% in thermal performance. The increased thermal performance without increased size is a key advantage of the C7 Cu especially in ultra compact SFF/ITX builds where space is limited.
Aimed at solving the space limits of Small Form Factor ITX systems, the C7 Cu was set with the task of further improving performance but without increasing size or fan speed. Utilizing higher thermal conductive materials was the only answer for the C7 Cu. Copper is nearly twice as thermal conductive as aluminum but nearly three times as expensive. That's why copper is normally only used on the most thermal critical components such as heatpipes and heatsink base plates. With the C7 Cu, CRYORIG has swapped out the aluminum elements of the C7 with pure copper. Thermal performance gains are close to 15% when compared to the original C7.
Built on the original C7 architecture, users can except to get the same features such as Zero Interference design on both Intel and AMD boards, included installation tool, and pre-installed 92mm PWM fan with integrated anti-vibration pads aimed for SFF/ITX systems. The 92mm fan features CRYORIG's Quad Air Intake system, with additional intakes are placed at the four corners of the fan. This allows the fan to pull air from the sides not just from the top, because in most SFF/ITX systems there's limited space for air intake between the top of the heatsink and the case side panel.
The C7 Cu is set to release in mid to late April in Asia and late May to early June in the USA and Europe. Pricing is set at MSRP 49.95 USD (-tax) in the USA and 49.95 (vat incl.) in Europe.
Heatsink Specifications
Aimed at solving the space limits of Small Form Factor ITX systems, the C7 Cu was set with the task of further improving performance but without increasing size or fan speed. Utilizing higher thermal conductive materials was the only answer for the C7 Cu. Copper is nearly twice as thermal conductive as aluminum but nearly three times as expensive. That's why copper is normally only used on the most thermal critical components such as heatpipes and heatsink base plates. With the C7 Cu, CRYORIG has swapped out the aluminum elements of the C7 with pure copper. Thermal performance gains are close to 15% when compared to the original C7.
The C7 Cu is set to release in mid to late April in Asia and late May to early June in the USA and Europe. Pricing is set at MSRP 49.95 USD (-tax) in the USA and 49.95 (vat incl.) in Europe.
- Dimension ( with fan ): L97 mm x W97 mm x H47 mm
- Weight ( with fan ): 675g
- Weight ( without fan ): 613 g
- Heat pipes: 6mm heatpipe x 4 units Copper Heat pipes
- Fin: T = 0.4 mm ; Gap = 1.2 mm
- Fin Pcs: 57 pcs
- Base and Fins: Pure Copper
- RAM Height Limit: Limitless
- Max TDP: 115 W
- Dimension: L92 mm x W92 mm x H15 mm
- Weight: 62 g
- Rated Speed: 600 ~ 2500 RPM ±10 %
- Noise Level: 30 dBA
- Air Flow: 40.5 CFM
- Air Pressure: 2.8 mm H2O
- Current: 0.2 A
25 Comments on CRYORIG Releases Full Copper C7 Cu Heatsink
Takes a lot of time for a fan to dissipate the heat out of the fins. Stick to aluminium, Cryorig.
A material with high thermal conductivity will relase heat quickly, then a less thermal conductive material.
Copper has TV of 401, Aluminium has TV of 237.
Transferring same amount of heat Aluminium will store 1.69 time more heat than Copper.
I would say that a copper heatsink would be good when you push a nice amount of air through it
If that is not the case and you are overclocking, then SFF might not be the best form factor for that.
On regular use I would rather buy a small tube of Kryonaut to use instead of the bundled TIM and call it a day.
I think copper will release heat better overall, but it's a juggle; as to how thin they want and to many the fins, how they interface them to the tubes and slug, how close they pack them, and ultimately how much air they can pass through that. Honestly, it takes much more time and dedication to manufacture, higher cost in materials... so yea this price is higher for the gains presented, but in this compact form/noise etc. is there a better performing H/S with a better cost?
Here it looks like they just ran the same gauge, number of fins and interface copying the aluminum fin in copper so with that this is all you really get 15% for change nothing except to copper material in the fins.
Others seems to find it on par or a little bit better than the normal version.
I'm guessing that calling it "worse" was not right on my part. But, the difference for the cost, insane weight and more just didn't make sense
But can agree about the price. Not paying 50%+ more for 2-5°C better temperature.
The fan for this is barely doing 40CFM so a little extra air (flow) could go a long way in making the cooler shine.
Back on topic, I would love to see how this performs in a Dr Zaber Sentry and 2400G