Thursday, July 12th 2018

Thermalright Intros Silver Arrow TR4 CPU Cooler

Thermalright today introduced a variant of its Silver Arrow dual fin-stack, tower-type CPU cooler for AMD socket TR4, meant for Ryzen Threadripper processors. Capable of handling thermal loads of up to 320W, the cooler can be paired with even upcoming 250W TDP 24-core and 32-core Threadripper II models. Although bearing the same name, the Silver Arrow TR4 bears little design resemblance with the Silver Arrow ITX-R or the Silver Arrow SB-E, or even the original Silver Arrow from 2010. It's the largest cooler of this class, with an enlarged nickel-plated copper base designed to provide full coverage of the Threadripper IHS, from which eight 6 mm-thick heat pipes draw heat, with the two aluminium fin-stacks propagating along their ends.

Nested between the two fin-stacks is a 140 mm fan which takes in 4-pin PWM input, spins between 600 to 2,500 RPM, pushing 53.3 - 220.9 m³/h, with a noise output ranging between 21 - 45 dBA. With its fan in place, the Silver Arrow TR4 measures 155 mm x 103 mm x 163 mm (LxWxH). The narrow width ensures clearance for the memory slots that flank the CPU socket from either side. The fin-stack itself is offset sideways to ensure clearance for the topmost PCI-Express slot on your motherboard. You can latch on two additional fans. A syringe of Thermalright's Chill Factor III TIM comes included. The cooler tips the scales at 1,050 g. The company didn't reveal pricing.
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33 Comments on Thermalright Intros Silver Arrow TR4 CPU Cooler

#26
lexluthermiester
JossIf you need to ask that you're in the wrong forum, knitting discussion is further down the road.
Hey, be nice.
GungarI thought it was a tech site. Since when does the fact that it has more heat pipes than an other heatsink means it performs better???
Actually in general term, the extra heatpipes allow for an increased removal of heat from the area of contact. How quickly the heat can be transferred from the fins depends on design and the fan selected.
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#27
Gungar
lexluthermiesterHey, be nice.

Actually in general term, the extra heatpipes allow for an increased removal of heat from the area of contact. How quickly the heat can be transferred from the fins depends on design and the fan selected.
Yeah let's not forget quality of the material used for the heatpipes, the size of the heatpipes, how they are connected the coldplate.

I was just trolling the guy that said : "it has more heatpipes so yeah it's better" 10 IQ kinda of answer.
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#28
Joss
GungarI was just trolling the guy
I was right, knitting is what you need.
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#29
x86overclock
GreiverBlademy IFX-14 with 2 TY-147 was quite heavy :laugh: it was 40g heavier than a Silver Arrow IB-E (790g +160g per fan)

iirc a TR HR-02 Macho is good for 240w with a single TY-143/7 and the Silver Arrow/Silver Arrow IB-E were their "extreme" category, so 320w should be doable single fan although dual would be preferable.
oh and a Macho is just slightly lighter (720g +160g fan)

no mobo i used these 2 beauty did bend or had any issues


i know i promised once to not repost that pics ... but how can i resist ...
How well does it perform? I just replaced my NZXT Kraken X62 with the Coolermaster MA621P TR4 Edition. Under a 3 hour run of Prime 95 it never exceeded 62°C on my Threadripper 1950X but that is with 3 120mm fans.
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#30
lexluthermiester
GungarI was just trolling the guy that said : "it has more heatpipes so yeah it's better" 10 IQ kinda of answer.
That really says more about you than it does them. And generally, more/bigger heatpipes are better for cooling.
x86overclockHow well does it perform? I just replaced my NZXT Kraken X62 with the Coolermaster MA621P TR4 Edition. Under a 3 hour run of Prime 95 it never exceeded 62°C on my Threadripper 1950X but that is with 3 120mm fans.
I'd stick with what you have given that performance.
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#31
x86overclock
I don't have it overclocked, but I don't know how well it will hold up. it is only rated at 250W. I have never used a solid nickel cooler before so I was wondering what these would get if it had 3x140mm fans
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#32
John Naylor
More heat pipes... all things being equal... is a good thing. Bigger heat pipes, all things being equal, is a good thing.

However, all things are rarely equal. More heat pipes may be better or worse than less heat pipes, if they are larger, they will deliver more per pipe. but that still depends on length and other factors.

I (well my youngest son) have a 7 year old later stepping Sandy Bridge Build (GTX 1070) still going strong on a 4.8 OC USing a Silver Arrow, but fans are way lower rpm and machine is silent.
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#33
x86overclock
I've never used Thermalright before but
I've heard alot of great things about their coolers. I do have a Noctua NH-D14 that I used on my FX-9590 and it did an amazing job, but I ended up swapping it out with a Thermaltake Ultimate 3.0 AIO because the rear fins of the Noctua were blocking any airflow to the North Bridge on my board. I do see the Thermalright Silver Arrow on Newegg for $102 U.S.D. but there are no reviews yet.
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