Thermalright’s AXP90-X53 air cooler is getting the corporate’s signature all-copper design for the prevailing the 53mm top-flow cooler. Aside from the retention clips and fan, the cooler is all-in on copper. It is fairly thrilling as copper is thought to be probably the greatest warmth switch supplies, nevertheless it’s normally restricted to make use of with copper heatpipes — combined with aluminum or nickel plated to forestall oxidation. Aluminum usually will get used for the remainder of the elements, together with the fin stack, however Thermaltake makes particular all-copper editions for a few of its CPU coolers.
The AXP90-X53 all-copper air cooler makes use of 4 6mm heatpipes with one finish connecting the C1100-grade copper base and one other passing by way of its copper fin stacks. Whereas the entire CPU cooler makes use of naked copper, the bottom does have a colour-matching nickel plating. The low-profile CPU cooler is made for mini-ITX programs, with a 92mm x 94.5mm size and width and a peak of 38mm. The load of the all-copper variant is 540g and not using a fan, whereas the usual nickel-plated AXP90-53 is 320g together with the fan. There are two extra variants as nicely, the AXP90-X53 black and the full black.
To mix with an all-copper heatsink tastefully, Thermalright features a TL-90152 92mm fan with orange fan blades contained in the pink body. The fan makes use of a fluid dynamic bearing with a max airflow ranking of 42.58 CFM and a max noise degree of twenty-two.4 dbA.
We’re a bit puzzled as to why Thermalright excludes the burden of the included fan in its all-copper variant whereas together with the fan’s weight in different fashions, however the TL-9015R fan weighs 55g, bringing the all-copper version to 595g. Copper is heavier than aluminum so it is smart for an all-copper model to be heavier than the usual AXP90-53. On the brilliant aspect, it isn’t an all-copper tower CPU cooler, so the full weight is not obscene.
| Dimensions | L94.5 mm x W95 mm x H38 mm |
| Weight (With out Fan) | 540g |
| Warmth pipes | 6mm heatpipe x 4 models |
| 6mm heatpipe x 4 models | C1100 Pure Copper nickel plated |
| TL-9015R Fan Specs | |
| Dimensions | L92 mm x W92 mm x H15 mm |
| Rated Pace | 2700 RPM±10% (MAX) |
| Noise Degree | 22.4 dBA |
| Air Circulation | 42.58 CFM (MAX) |
| Air Stress | 1.33 mm H2O (MAX) |
| Ampere | 0.18A |
| Connector | 4 Pin (PWM Fan connector) |
| Bearing Kind | S-FDB V2 Bearing |
All variants of the AXP90-53 CPU cooler are appropriate with LGA115x/1200/1700 sockets for Intel, and AMD AM4/AM5 mounts. The LGA1200 and LGA115x mounting holes are the identical, and the set up directions cowl the main points. Thermalright would not appear to restrict its customers to pairing its low-profile CPU cooler with CPUs below a sure TDP, one thing most low-profile coolers sometimes do. That is possible the good thing about the superior warmth conductivity of copper.
Does it make a distinction?
The pricing and efficiency of the AXP90-53 just isn’t identified, however Thermaltake has one other all-copper low-profile CPU cooler, the AXP90-47. In response to checks completed by a person, the Thermalright AXP90-47 full-copper hit 60C with a 105W TDP CPU utilizing an AMD Ryzen 7 3800x, whereas its nickel-plated variant reached 67.5 levels Celsius, each with 100% fan velocity and excluding ambient temperature. For a low-profile CPU cooler, the distinction between the variants seems to be important. We might be taken with seeing checks with a better energy Intel CPU just like the Core i9-13900K, and even the earlier gen 12900K.
The distinction between the AXP90-53 and AXP90-47 is that the brand new mannequin is 38mm tall, whereas the AXP90-47 is shorter at 32mm. It’s going to even be fascinating to see how these all-copper variations compete with different low-profile air coolers and liquid coolers made for mini-ITX programs. The Noctua L9x65 actually involves thoughts.
Love and obsession with all-copper CPU coolers
The love for the all-copper CPU coolers has a cult-like following due to what Thermalright has completed up to now. It began maybe with the legendary Thermalright Extremely 120 Excessive, colloquially known as TRUE120-E. Other than its huge cooling benefit compared to the usual variant, the cooler was equally well-known for its 1.9kg weight — with out followers. That tower of energy required a horizontal mount in order to keep away from breaking the motherboard helps.
The Noctua NH-D15s had a twin fin stack and a 140mm fan and ‘solely’ weighed 1150g, a lot lighter than TRUE-E all-copper. These have been the great previous days, when Noctua was comparatively new available in the market with the U12P and the well-known U12P-SE2 CPU cooler taking the crown away from most 120mm fan tower coolers. No one bought closed loop liquid coolers on the time. Different all-copper variants included the Thermalright AXP-100 with fancy designer ends on the copper heatpipes.
The principle caveat of copper is that it oxidizes comparatively simply, therefore using nickel plating on copper surfaces on CPU coolers. Some CPU cooler producers use copper-composite heatpipes to make sure the copper ‘shine’ sticks round. We sometimes noticed these coolers paired with an Intel Q6600 quad-core CPU, or later the Core i7-920. CPU fans needed the additional overclocking efficiency, and it was well worth the effort of cleansing off the copper oxidation every now and then.
The place would possibly Thermalright go subsequent? Would it not be too loopy to see its HR-10 2280 M.2 cooler get an all-copper therapy? Most likely not, contemplating Phison E26 PCIe 5.0 controllers are identified to get fairly scorching. Thermalright already has a number of variants of that cooler, together with one with a pre-installed fan.
Thermalright hasn’t listed the worth for its AXP90-53 all-copper CPU cooler. However as a benchmark, the AXP90-47 Black prices $18.32 whereas the all-copper model prices $37.99. We’ll should see the place the AXP90-53 copper variant lands earlier than we will reply the query of whether or not it is price buying or not.