1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:07,520 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the AXP 100 from Thermalite. Now, you 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:14,320 might think of Thermalite as like beastly coolers that are faking huge and 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:16,240 per perform like awesome and stuff like 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:21,119 the Silverero Extreme, which we actually took a look at in a review not that long 5 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:23,840 ago where it actually was pretty darn 6 00:00:21,119 --> 00:00:28,240 close to an H100i in terms of the performance that we were able to squeeze 7 00:00:25,439 --> 00:00:31,840 out of this bad boy with 220 mm fans installed on it. So, you know, 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:36,239 immaculate uh production, manufacturing. That's the 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:41,120 word I was looking for. Uh just, you know, gorgeous designs, very shiny, very 10 00:00:38,239 --> 00:00:45,040 cool looking, but not everyone necessarily has enough room for a cooler 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:49,520 like that. So, that's where the AXP 100 comes in. This is a lowprofile cooler, 12 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:54,399 but built the way that Thermalite builds coolers. So, the mounting hardware alone 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:58,239 weighs about 6 lb. And obviously I'm exaggerating a little bit, but 14 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:04,960 Thermalite does such a good job of mounting hardware. Look at this stuff. I 15 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:07,040 mean, it's built like it's actually 16 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:12,000 designed for the motherboard to be like in a combat zone and the CPU cooler will 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:15,680 not come off no matter what. And I'm going to need a knife to open this up. 18 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:19,680 And there are a billion little pieces. But the good news is Thermal Write also 19 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:23,360 does a pretty good job of documenting where all the little pieces go so that 20 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:26,080 you shouldn't have too much trouble. I mean, here's what I want you to see more 21 00:01:24,799 --> 00:01:31,920 than anything else. Like, look at this hold down plate. Like, look at this 22 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,960 thing. It's like, look at this. This is 23 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:38,000 like solid metal. Look how thick it is. 24 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:39,280 We'll do an HTC 8X size comparison 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,920 because everyone knows how big these are. There you go. Hilarious, right? No 26 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:47,920 one knows. Uh, but don't worry about it. It's basically as thick as the as the 27 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,799 glass pieces on either side of an iPhone 4. I just know that from memory. I can't 28 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:55,119 hold one up for you because I don't have it anymore. So, there's the back plate. Again, same thing. Super thick piece of 29 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:59,680 metal. I'm not going to dwell on this for too long. Let's move along to the 30 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:04,880 cooler itself. So, they include what looks like about a 90 mm fan, probably 31 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:11,280 100 millimeter based on the name of the product, and in a military style themed 32 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:17,120 color sort of finish. So, that's kind of interesting. So, this will look great in 33 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:19,760 your Vengeance C70 or uh you know, other 34 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:23,200 kind of, you know, military themed sort of build in like if you're doing a 35 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:28,000 themed build, then that could be a good thing. Otherwise, you could get a different 100 millimeter fan. It's 36 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:33,040 totally up to you. And there it is, the AXP 100. We're almost going to need like 37 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:39,440 a phone size comparison for this. So, for the sake of just being a troll, 38 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:40,959 here's an HTC 8X size comparison again. 39 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:46,800 So, there's the thickness. So, this is an extremely lowprofile cooler that once 40 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:49,680 you go ahead and install that 100 mm fan 41 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:55,040 on, actually isn't much taller than a stock cooler. So, check this out. Here's 42 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:58,080 an LG 1155 stock cooler. So, it's about 43 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:00,879 that tall. Here is the AXP 100, which I 44 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:05,840 can tell you just based on looking at it how much metal is in there. I mean, look 45 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:10,560 at this thing. Will just destroy this stock cooler in terms of performance. 46 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:14,480 It's a not a very dense fin arrangement. So, you can see here that they're quite 47 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:19,920 loose, which is necessary when you have a slim lowprofile fan like this. This is 48 00:03:17,519 --> 00:03:25,120 a half uh I think this is probably what, like 15 ms thick. So, it's not as thick 49 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:28,560 as a standard 25 mm fan. So, you're not able to generate as much pressure as 50 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:33,280 easily. So, you need to make sure that it's able to push air through the cooler 51 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:37,200 itself, but it still packs six heat pipes. Check that out. Six heat pipes 52 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:41,200 running off the base and a very tight bend up to this cooler which is 53 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:44,959 terminated with oh check that out. Nice little finishing touch. Little Thermal 54 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:48,879 Wright logos on the end of each one of the heat pipe caps. It's absolutely 55 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:53,840 beautiful. I mean it feels incredibly solid which I've come to expect again 56 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:56,319 from Thermalite coolers. And no way. 57 00:03:53,840 --> 00:04:00,879 What are these? Are these heat pipe? They couldn't be. No, those can't be 58 00:03:58,799 --> 00:04:04,400 heat pipes. They're too small. But uh whatever. So, there's two little clips 59 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:10,080 here that sort of make it more more rigid. So, I want to compare this to 60 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:11,840 something like the uh Fantex lowprofile 61 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:17,040 cooler. So, in terms of the actual profile of it, they're pretty similar. 62 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:23,919 So, I think we can all say out of a stock cooler, a competing solution, and 63 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:27,280 the AXP 100 which one makes the most 64 00:04:23,919 --> 00:04:29,120 sense for your sort of small form factor 65 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:34,160 installation. Now, I did a build in a Lean Lee PCQ8, 66 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:39,120 I believe is the case, and I ended up using an older SilX cooler of all 67 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:43,360 things. I can tell you guys right now that I would definitely, if I could get 68 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:47,440 the case open and actually access the CPU socket, because that's how tight it 69 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:51,600 is, replace it with this in a second. Because what's great about a design like 70 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:56,320 this is it's much broader, which is fine because as long as it's tall enough to 71 00:04:53,440 --> 00:05:00,960 get past the the RAM slots or if it doesn't go into the no zone on the CPU 72 00:04:58,479 --> 00:05:04,479 design manufacturer uh on the CPU design guidelines, then it's big enough that as 73 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,600 long as you have a power supply over top of it, you could probably actually 74 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:11,440 passively cool your CPU. Although, don't quote me on that. You might at least 75 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,800 need like a like a cardboard shroud. You can build one yourself. Um, that was 76 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:22,000 something that I tried to do with the one that I have, but the CPU cooler is not good enough. So, there you go. I I'm 77 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:26,400 gonna do the obligatory finger shot on the bottom here. Thermal rate does such 78 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:30,639 a good job of the uh the manufacturing on their I mean, look at this thing. 79 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:34,960 Remember guys, again, the obligatory finger shot does not necessarily 80 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:38,720 indicate how flat the surface is or how well the cooler will perform, but it's 81 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:41,680 just the kind of care and attention that goes into the products. In fact, if I 82 00:05:40,479 --> 00:05:46,800 angled this just right, you could probably catch Diesel in his camera over 83 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:51,840 there. No, he's giving me He's giving me the headshake. That either means it's 84 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:53,440 not working or don't do it. Um, I think 85 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:57,680 that pretty much covers it. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and first 86 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:01,759 look at the AXP 100 from Thermalite. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech 87 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:04,960 Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And I'm just 88 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:10,400 gonna try and figure out why the heck they sent this fan because this doesn't 89 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:15,759 seem to have anything to do with the AXP 100. But there you go. It's the TY41 fan 90 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:23,680 from Thermalite. It has been unboxed as well. It has a sleeved cable and it is a 91 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:25,440 140 mm fan that has a 120 mm clearance 92 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:31,840 on this side by the look of things and 140 mm on this side and uses 120 mm 93 00:06:28,479 --> 00:06:33,680 mounting holes and big broad blades for 94 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:37,680 looks like optimized pressure optimized fan. Don't forget to subscribe to Lest 95 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:41,280 Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.