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03-20-2007, 09:00 PM
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Thermaltake has a beautiful booth at CeBIT and they are showing off a lot of new things. Let's start small: the Blue Orb is now available as the Blue Orb FX which features a fan with LEDs that can display the current temperature and noise level with the help of LEDs on the blade.
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The first of Thermaltake's new air coolers is simply called the V1. The name goes with the v-shape of the HSF. The fins are seamlessly attached to the four heat pipes, while a 110 mm fan pulls air through them. Due to the design a fan in the rear of the case further increases the cooling performance as it is in line with the heatsinks own fan.
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The second addition to the air cooler line-up is the MaxOrb, which is Thermaltake's current flagship offering. It has a whooping six independent heat pipes, which are located under the cooling fan, so the fan is actually blowing onto the pipes and the surrounding fins. Due to the sheer size of the HSF surrounding components on the mainboard will be cooled as well.
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Thermaltake ships all three coolers in large card board boxes with windows. For comparison, the original BlueOrb comes in a welded plastic casing. The company is also displaying heat pipe based memory heat sinks. The fins can be adjusted to be closer together or further apart, just as needed.
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Two new GPU water cooling models are being shown. The first is the AT4 which will fit on a R600. Considering the size of the reference R600 HSF, this seems to be a great alternative. the second GPU liquid cooling system goes under the name of ND4 and fits on the 8800GTX. These GPU blocks can be used with the Tide Water Plus. ASUS is using this setup on their GeForce 8800GTX.
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The newest addition to the big Water Series is called the Big Water 760i. The pump, reservoir, radiator and 12 cm fan have been placed in a 5.25 inch enclosure which takes up two drive bays. It features 9.5 mm tubing a 500l/h pump and 130cc water reservoir. The CPU block is made out of copper and is only 6.8 mm thick. The optional LCS monitoring system displays all important information like pump flow rate per hour and in percent, CPU temperature, as well as the current fan speed.
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The Thermaltake SwordM is one of the most sophisticated cases at the show. While the case is being manufactured by automated equipment, they are fine-tuned by hand. Due to the complexity in manufacturing, the SwordM will only be produced in limited numbers. The top, back and sides of the case can be opened up to give direct access to the components. It can either be used without additional cooling, but the side door features space for four 12 cm fans or a very large radiator which is powered by two fans. Heat sink plates can be found all over the enclosure, these aid in cooling everything. The front of the case even features an eSATA port and eSATA power port in addition to the usual USB 2.0, Firewire and audio connectors. The very bottom of the front houses a compartment to store tools in.
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The side of the case has air vents and also acts as a heat sink. Thermaltake used the new V1 CPU cooler in this setup. As you can see, the rear fan aids the airflow of the CPU cooler.
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An addition to the Soprano line-up can be viewed as well. Thermaltake combined the chassis of the Armor with all the drive bays with the front of the Soprano DX to create the Soprano FX. The two modded cases are just display models and will not be available for sale.
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There a few additions to existing cases. The Mozart TX is now available in black. Thermaltake has taken the LanBox (read our review here (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/LanBox/)) chassis and created two new cases: the Lanbox HT which is an HTPC case and features a flat aluminum front and iMON VFD as well as the Lanbox Lite, which is available in two colors. Expect the review of the Lanbox Lite here on techPowerUp! soon.
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Every case manufacturer is concentrating more and more on HTPC cases and Thermaltake is no exception. They are displaying a very small ITX based case, which should go great with Albatron's R690 ITX board. The other case is the Mozart IP. It features an iPOD dock so that you can listen to your music from the Apple device in your living room without any additional hardware. The Mozart IP also has a VFD to display song information among other things.
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Thermaltake does not stop there. They have two additional HTPC cases in different variants. These cases are meant for everyone wanting to put the newest hardware like SLI and Crossfire with a lot of hard drives inside their HTPC. The DH-102 and DH-101 are roughly the size of a mid tower, placed on its side. The main difference between the two lies in the display used. The DH-102 features an LCD, while the DH-101 utilizes a VFD. The DH-104 and DH-103 can only be described as huge. Thermaltake has basically taken a big tower and created an HTPC case. The same differentiation applies with these two. The DH-104 features the iMON Touch LCD while the DH-103 has a Soundgraph VFD.
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One obstacle which Thermaltake is trying to overcome is the association of a high price to the brand. They have realized that a large percentage of people would like to walk into a large retailer and acquire a high quality case of a well known manufacturer, but with price as most important factor. The Soprano RS series delivers the quality we are used to getting from Thermaltake, while replacing the expensive parts like aluminum front with solid plastic. The Soprano RS will be available as a large or mid tower, called Soprano RS 100 and RS 101 respectively. The variant without the front door will go as the Swing RS 100.
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In addition, Thermaltake has decided to offer simple case series with a flat front. This enclosure is called the Wing RS 100 in black/silver and RS 100 for the black case with a slightly different front. To round things up, a 400W power supply, called Litepower, will also be available to offer low cost, but high quality to customers.
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Thermaltake is well known for cooling and notebooks are getting hotter with every generation. A lot of different manufacturers are offering notebook coolers. The NBCool T1000 is made out of plastic and available in three different colors. The second variant is a cloth based cooling pad. The iXoft works in a very simple matter: inside the cloth is a chemical which is solid at room temperature, if a hot laptop is placed on the pad, the cloth and its contents absorb the heat, which is used to liquify the chemical. Such a process requires energy which is taken in as heat from the notebook.
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The third notebook cooler made of aluminum and fan-less as well. The pad acts as a large cooler with heat pipes placed at strategic locations under the notebook. These help spread any heat.
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We reviewed the Muse LanDisk HDD enclosure here (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/MuseLanDisk/), which did quite well. Thermaltake is now offering the Max4 as the newest enclosure in different variants. The enclosure is similar to the Akasa fusion in structure and features an 8 cm fan to keep the hard drive cool. The Muse-X Duo RAID is the little brother of the large NAS array and can fit two hard drives instead of four. This reduces cost and makes it more attractive to home users.
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The next area in which Thermaltake is offering new products are power supplies. While it may not be brand new, the semi fan-less Dual Power is present. Another very interesting PSU is the Purepower RX Ion, which ionizes the air around the workplace. The TR2-RX series is aimed at DIY builders who are looking for a solid power supply, without spending a fortune. As you may have noticed, Thermaltake is adapting their entire PSU lineup to utilize 14 cm fans. The TR2-RX has already undergone that transition.
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At the high-end, there is the ToughPower series. All of these already feature a 14 cm fan. The QFan 650W is an especially silent solution. The ToughPower 1000W and 1200W are much larger than the usual PSU but deliver enough for any system these days. If 1200W is not enough, how 'bout 1500W? The ToughPower 1500W is Thermaltake's new flagship PSU and should be enough for any system that money can buy.
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Last but not least, the Power Express makes a comeback. We reviewed the first incarnation with 250W here (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/PowerExpress/). The new model which fits into a single 5.25 inch drive bay can now handle 450W and comes with the new 8 pin PCIe power connector. As you can see the front power switch has disappeared. The new top model should be enough to power two R600s as it can deliver 650W of dedicated power to your graphic cards. This unit is about as large as a normal power supply and fills two 5.25 inch drive bays.
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Thermaltake has a beautiful booth at CeBIT and they are showing off a lot of new things. Let's start small: the Blue Orb is now available as the Blue Orb FX which features a fan with LEDs that can display the current temperature and noise level with the help of LEDs on the blade.
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The first of Thermaltake's new air coolers is simply called the V1. The name goes with the v-shape of the HSF. The fins are seamlessly attached to the four heat pipes, while a 110 mm fan pulls air through them. Due to the design a fan in the rear of the case further increases the cooling performance as it is in line with the heatsinks own fan.
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The second addition to the air cooler line-up is the MaxOrb, which is Thermaltake's current flagship offering. It has a whooping six independent heat pipes, which are located under the cooling fan, so the fan is actually blowing onto the pipes and the surrounding fins. Due to the sheer size of the HSF surrounding components on the mainboard will be cooled as well.
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Thermaltake ships all three coolers in large card board boxes with windows. For comparison, the original BlueOrb comes in a welded plastic casing. The company is also displaying heat pipe based memory heat sinks. The fins can be adjusted to be closer together or further apart, just as needed.
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Two new GPU water cooling models are being shown. The first is the AT4 which will fit on a R600. Considering the size of the reference R600 HSF, this seems to be a great alternative. the second GPU liquid cooling system goes under the name of ND4 and fits on the 8800GTX. These GPU blocks can be used with the Tide Water Plus. ASUS is using this setup on their GeForce 8800GTX.
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The newest addition to the big Water Series is called the Big Water 760i. The pump, reservoir, radiator and 12 cm fan have been placed in a 5.25 inch enclosure which takes up two drive bays. It features 9.5 mm tubing a 500l/h pump and 130cc water reservoir. The CPU block is made out of copper and is only 6.8 mm thick. The optional LCS monitoring system displays all important information like pump flow rate per hour and in percent, CPU temperature, as well as the current fan speed.
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The Thermaltake SwordM is one of the most sophisticated cases at the show. While the case is being manufactured by automated equipment, they are fine-tuned by hand. Due to the complexity in manufacturing, the SwordM will only be produced in limited numbers. The top, back and sides of the case can be opened up to give direct access to the components. It can either be used without additional cooling, but the side door features space for four 12 cm fans or a very large radiator which is powered by two fans. Heat sink plates can be found all over the enclosure, these aid in cooling everything. The front of the case even features an eSATA port and eSATA power port in addition to the usual USB 2.0, Firewire and audio connectors. The very bottom of the front houses a compartment to store tools in.
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The side of the case has air vents and also acts as a heat sink. Thermaltake used the new V1 CPU cooler in this setup. As you can see, the rear fan aids the airflow of the CPU cooler.
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An addition to the Soprano line-up can be viewed as well. Thermaltake combined the chassis of the Armor with all the drive bays with the front of the Soprano DX to create the Soprano FX. The two modded cases are just display models and will not be available for sale.
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There a few additions to existing cases. The Mozart TX is now available in black. Thermaltake has taken the LanBox (read our review here (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/LanBox/)) chassis and created two new cases: the Lanbox HT which is an HTPC case and features a flat aluminum front and iMON VFD as well as the Lanbox Lite, which is available in two colors. Expect the review of the Lanbox Lite here on techPowerUp! soon.
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Every case manufacturer is concentrating more and more on HTPC cases and Thermaltake is no exception. They are displaying a very small ITX based case, which should go great with Albatron's R690 ITX board. The other case is the Mozart IP. It features an iPOD dock so that you can listen to your music from the Apple device in your living room without any additional hardware. The Mozart IP also has a VFD to display song information among other things.
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Thermaltake does not stop there. They have two additional HTPC cases in different variants. These cases are meant for everyone wanting to put the newest hardware like SLI and Crossfire with a lot of hard drives inside their HTPC. The DH-102 and DH-101 are roughly the size of a mid tower, placed on its side. The main difference between the two lies in the display used. The DH-102 features an LCD, while the DH-101 utilizes a VFD. The DH-104 and DH-103 can only be described as huge. Thermaltake has basically taken a big tower and created an HTPC case. The same differentiation applies with these two. The DH-104 features the iMON Touch LCD while the DH-103 has a Soundgraph VFD.
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One obstacle which Thermaltake is trying to overcome is the association of a high price to the brand. They have realized that a large percentage of people would like to walk into a large retailer and acquire a high quality case of a well known manufacturer, but with price as most important factor. The Soprano RS series delivers the quality we are used to getting from Thermaltake, while replacing the expensive parts like aluminum front with solid plastic. The Soprano RS will be available as a large or mid tower, called Soprano RS 100 and RS 101 respectively. The variant without the front door will go as the Swing RS 100.
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In addition, Thermaltake has decided to offer simple case series with a flat front. This enclosure is called the Wing RS 100 in black/silver and RS 100 for the black case with a slightly different front. To round things up, a 400W power supply, called Litepower, will also be available to offer low cost, but high quality to customers.
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Thermaltake is well known for cooling and notebooks are getting hotter with every generation. A lot of different manufacturers are offering notebook coolers. The NBCool T1000 is made out of plastic and available in three different colors. The second variant is a cloth based cooling pad. The iXoft works in a very simple matter: inside the cloth is a chemical which is solid at room temperature, if a hot laptop is placed on the pad, the cloth and its contents absorb the heat, which is used to liquify the chemical. Such a process requires energy which is taken in as heat from the notebook.
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The third notebook cooler made of aluminum and fan-less as well. The pad acts as a large cooler with heat pipes placed at strategic locations under the notebook. These help spread any heat.
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We reviewed the Muse LanDisk HDD enclosure here (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/MuseLanDisk/), which did quite well. Thermaltake is now offering the Max4 as the newest enclosure in different variants. The enclosure is similar to the Akasa fusion in structure and features an 8 cm fan to keep the hard drive cool. The Muse-X Duo RAID is the little brother of the large NAS array and can fit two hard drives instead of four. This reduces cost and makes it more attractive to home users.
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The next area in which Thermaltake is offering new products are power supplies. While it may not be brand new, the semi fan-less Dual Power is present. Another very interesting PSU is the Purepower RX Ion, which ionizes the air around the workplace. The TR2-RX series is aimed at DIY builders who are looking for a solid power supply, without spending a fortune. As you may have noticed, Thermaltake is adapting their entire PSU lineup to utilize 14 cm fans. The TR2-RX has already undergone that transition.
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At the high-end, there is the ToughPower series. All of these already feature a 14 cm fan. The QFan 650W is an especially silent solution. The ToughPower 1000W and 1200W are much larger than the usual PSU but deliver enough for any system these days. If 1200W is not enough, how 'bout 1500W? The ToughPower 1500W is Thermaltake's new flagship PSU and should be enough for any system that money can buy.
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Last but not least, the Power Express makes a comeback. We reviewed the first incarnation with 250W here (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/PowerExpress/). The new model which fits into a single 5.25 inch drive bay can now handle 450W and comes with the new 8 pin PCIe power connector. As you can see the front power switch has disappeared. The new top model should be enough to power two R600s as it can deliver 650W of dedicated power to your graphic cards. This unit is about as large as a normal power supply and fills two 5.25 inch drive bays.