Alpenföhn Launches Peter High-Performance VGA Cooler

[theJesus]

Yeah they did not update there site as 100% compatibility is not there. The long VRM cooler that comes with it don't fit the 6970 correctly and i had to get the dremal on it lol.

But i bet if ya emailed them by monday night you know if it's possible or not.

Here's the guys email addy who told me if it was possible or not with my 6970.

Minna Yu, sc.yu@prolimatech.com




Drop them a email see if it is or not. Maybe find the distance from screw to screw and maybe some one else can let you know maybe ?.

I was still talking about the alpenfohn cooler, not the prolimatech one lol

 

[WhiteLotus]

I don't know why they bother with the heat pipes, why not just make the base and fins all one unit?

 

[Ikaruga]

Anyone know what the absolute best fans for performance for these would be? So far, the http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog...penfoehn-Peter-Red-Vortex-Edition::16524.html edition looks amazing with 145cfm.

your link shows 145,8 m3/h which equals 85,8762 cfm

That thing looks like a real piece of work... but what about cooling the memory or the VRMs and shit?

it's in the first post on the picture

 

[Retro*]

Wow so many pieces like the MK-13 ( http://www.prolimatech.com/en/products/detail.asp?id=159&subid=574#showtab ).

Love to try it just for the hell of it. Mine runs great with 2 fans blowing at the cooler and a side fan sucking air from the side of the card to a large side fan.

Main thing people will hate about this is space that it requires in some configs but some zip ties solve some of those issue's.

EDIT
http://www.alpenfoehn.de/index.php?...icle&id=174:peter&catid=61&Itemid=105&lang=en

Alpenföhn Peter (2:30)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhT-IGudH7Y

Thanks for the two good links.
Good that your MK-13 works well for the 6970, which is more efficient and not a heat factory like the 480's I have to contend with.

I had an MK-13 on my first EVGA 480 when they were originally released. I was impressed by the Prolimatech's high-quality construction and the fan bracket (I still experiment with that bracket occasionally).
A bonus for me was that it could be used with the stock 480 heatplate.
But, Prolimatech later changed their compatibility rating to not compatible for the 480. I found that on my 480, it couldn't handle the heat ouput at anything beyond mild gaming, at which point the temps were higher than the stock cooler. I experimented with different fans and configurations, the best I could do was with two 110 cfm fans mounted under the cooler.

The Zalman VF3000F on my EVGA 480, and the oem version on my 480 AMP handle the heat output quite nicely in comparison, from gaming up to anything I can throw at them, including Furmark on extreme burn mode. Which I prefer to avoid using, but I had to see if the VF3000F's could handle it.

Back to the Alpenfohn, looking at the YouTube video, it looks like a damn good cooler. The construction quality appears to be equal to Prolimatech's, which are likely made at the same factory. The bracket looks to be longer than the MK-13's.
Was that a 580 it was installed on? I noticed it used that cards stock heatplate, so that would be a benefit for some.

Hope to see a review comparing it to the AXP, Zalman, and perhaps Thermalright's offerings.

 

[AphexDreamer]

hmm the orientation of this seems to be that it takes up slots going down?

Can I change the orientation so that it takes slots going up? I have no more room for this if it needs to take up slots going south.

Also how many extra slots does it take up? Two, three or more?

 

[wolf]

this needs to be reviewed in comparison to the ACCELERO XTREME, then we will truly know how good it is.

 

[fochkoph]

Sorry, but not a huge fan of the Prolimatech style fan mounting rails. It just takes up way too much space when there are equally good VGA coolers on the market that only take up three slots max. Take AC's Twin Turbo Pro and my T-Rad2 with dual 92MM Scythe GTs keeps me more than happy with 30C idle and 50C peak temperatures. The Peter does look good though p), but I don't see it tempting me away from Thermalright since I also have their monster VRM-R4 cooling solution tacked onto my 5870.

 

[wahdangun]

nice. its like a steel bar over your card, from its spec the performance should be good
but why it must be name like that, why dont like 'silver arch' that attract attention than peter, maybe someday they will release 'maemunah' OMG

lol, try "inem" edition it will be epic.

Shame they don't release it for hd 6990, because the reference cooler is so loud

 

[AsRock]

Sorry, but not a huge fan of the Prolimatech style fan mounting rails. It just takes up way too much space when there are equally good VGA coolers on the market that only take up three slots max. Take AC's Twin Turbo Pro and my T-Rad2 with dual 92MM Scythe GTs keeps me more than happy with 30C idle and 50C peak temperatures. The Peter does look good though p), but I don't see it tempting me away from Thermalright since I also have their monster VRM-R4 cooling solution tacked onto my 5870.

Actually space requirement can be even less pending on how you mount the fans and you can always zip tie some fans to the cooler and believe they have the fan fittings now if you email them for them.

In fact the MK-13 allows me to take the heat directly out of my case too.

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

I am interested on seeing how this would work with crossfire or sli like mentioned in that video.

 

[pantherx12]

I don't know why they bother with the heat pipes, why not just make the base and fins all one unit?

Heat-pipes allow the heat to reach the end of the pipes at around the speed of sound.

It's a much faster process then letting the heat conduct it's self through metal.

Even, rapid distribution FTW!

 

[Steevo]

A waterblock is better and cheaper. Perhaps cut all the tubes and run coolant through them.

 

[bear jesus]

A waterblock is better and cheaper. Perhaps cut all the tubes and run coolant through them.

A water block alone may well be cheaper (depending of brand and model) but it does not cool at all unless you you spend a couple hundred on things like pump, reservoir, tubing, fittings, radiator etc. thus meaning it's far more expensive


Although i admit i am curious of how a heat pipe cooler would work if using the pipes to pump water through though

 

[Wastedslayer]

Is this avail in the US yet?

 

[cheesy999]

Although i admit i am curious of how a heat pipe cooler would work if using the pipes to pump water through though

i expect
1st day - it would work well
2nd day - looks a bit rusty
3rd day - has leaked water all over your mobo

 

[OneCool]

I cant believe I read a entire thread about dudes talking about how cool their Peter is

 

[bear jesus]

i expect
1st day - it would work well
2nd day - looks a bit rusty
3rd day - has leaked water all over your mobo

come on, copper pipes don't degrade that fast.... if they do i better start checking my plumbing

I cant believe I read a entire thread about dudes talking about how cool their Peter is

 

[pantherx12]

I have a feeling that in a small space ( I.E GPU heatsink) heat pipes do a better job than water.

( Assuming the entire WC setup is within the same space confines)

 

[bear jesus]

I have a feeling that in a small space ( I.E GPU heatsink) heat pipes do a better job than water.

( Assuming the entire WC setup is within the same space confines)

I would agree, i think the main reason water works better is because it moves the heat to a missive heatsink normally things like 360mm, 420mm, 480mm radiators, imagine getting a heatsink with the same surface area as a 480mm rad on a GPU or CPU cooler.

 

[pantherx12]

I would agree, i think the main reason water works better is because it moves the heat to a missive heatsink normally things like 360mm, 420mm, 480mm radiators, imagine getting a heatsink with the same surface area as a 480mm rad on a GPU or CPU cooler.

No need for imagination.

I want it bad, even though compatibility will be VERY limited

 

[bear jesus]

wow wtf is that?

 

[pantherx12]

Thermalright showing off their skills at 2007 computex I believe.

 

[bear jesus]

wow idk how i missed that

I think i would take a 480mm rad over that.... although if it were available in copper