WEBVTT 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:07.520 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the AXP 100 from Thermalite. Now, you 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:14.320 might think of Thermalite as like beastly coolers that are faking huge and 00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:16.240 per perform like awesome and stuff like 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:21.119 the Silverero Extreme, which we actually took a look at in a review not that long 00:00:18.080 --> 00:00:23.840 ago where it actually was pretty darn 00:00:21.119 --> 00:00:28.240 close to an H100i in terms of the performance that we were able to squeeze 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:31.840 out of this bad boy with 220 mm fans installed on it. So, you know, 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:36.239 immaculate uh production, manufacturing. That's the 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:41.120 word I was looking for. Uh just, you know, gorgeous designs, very shiny, very 00:00:38.239 --> 00:00:45.040 cool looking, but not everyone necessarily has enough room for a cooler 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:49.520 like that. So, that's where the AXP 100 comes in. This is a lowprofile cooler, 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:54.399 but built the way that Thermalite builds coolers. So, the mounting hardware alone 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:58.239 weighs about 6 lb. And obviously I'm exaggerating a little bit, but 00:00:55.760 --> 00:01:04.960 Thermalite does such a good job of mounting hardware. Look at this stuff. I 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:07.040 mean, it's built like it's actually 00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:12.000 designed for the motherboard to be like in a combat zone and the CPU cooler will 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. 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:19.680 And there are a billion little pieces. But the good news is Thermal Write also 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:23.360 does a pretty good job of documenting where all the little pieces go so that 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 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:31.920 than anything else. Like, look at this hold down plate. Like, look at this 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.960 thing. It's like, look at this. This is 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:38.000 like solid metal. Look how thick it is. 00:01:34.960 --> 00:01:39.280 We'll do an HTC 8X size comparison 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:43.920 because everyone knows how big these are. There you go. Hilarious, right? No 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 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 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 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 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:04.880 cooler itself. So, they include what looks like about a 90 mm fan, probably 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:11.280 100 millimeter based on the name of the product, and in a military style themed 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:17.120 color sort of finish. So, that's kind of interesting. So, this will look great in 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:19.760 your Vengeance C70 or uh you know, other 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:23.200 kind of, you know, military themed sort of build in like if you're doing a 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 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 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:39.440 a phone size comparison for this. So, for the sake of just being a troll, 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:40.959 here's an HTC 8X size comparison again. 00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:46.800 So, there's the thickness. So, this is an extremely lowprofile cooler that once 00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:49.680 you go ahead and install that 100 mm fan 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:55.040 on, actually isn't much taller than a stock cooler. So, check this out. Here's 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:58.080 an LG 1155 stock cooler. So, it's about 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:00.879 that tall. Here is the AXP 100, which I 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 00:03:03.040 --> 00:03:10.560 at this thing. Will just destroy this stock cooler in terms of performance. 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 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:19.920 loose, which is necessary when you have a slim lowprofile fan like this. This is 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 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 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 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:37.200 itself, but it still packs six heat pipes. Check that out. Six heat pipes 00:03:35.760 --> 00:03:41.200 running off the base and a very tight bend up to this cooler which is 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:44.959 terminated with oh check that out. Nice little finishing touch. Little Thermal 00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:48.879 Wright logos on the end of each one of the heat pipe caps. It's absolutely 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:53.840 beautiful. I mean it feels incredibly solid which I've come to expect again 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:56.319 from Thermalite coolers. And no way. 00:03:53.840 --> 00:04:00.879 What are these? Are these heat pipe? They couldn't be. No, those can't be 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:04.400 heat pipes. They're too small. But uh whatever. So, there's two little clips 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:10.080 here that sort of make it more more rigid. So, I want to compare this to 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:11.840 something like the uh Fantex lowprofile 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:17.040 cooler. So, in terms of the actual profile of it, they're pretty similar. 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:23.919 So, I think we can all say out of a stock cooler, a competing solution, and 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:27.280 the AXP 100 which one makes the most 00:04:23.919 --> 00:04:29.120 sense for your sort of small form factor 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:34.160 installation. Now, I did a build in a Lean Lee PCQ8, 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:39.120 I believe is the case, and I ended up using an older SilX cooler of all 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:43.360 things. I can tell you guys right now that I would definitely, if I could get 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:47.440 the case open and actually access the CPU socket, because that's how tight it 00:04:44.960 --> 00:04:51.600 is, replace it with this in a second. Because what's great about a design like 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 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 00:04:58.479 --> 00:05:04.479 design manufacturer uh on the CPU design guidelines, then it's big enough that as 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:07.600 long as you have a power supply over top of it, you could probably actually 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:11.440 passively cool your CPU. Although, don't quote me on that. You might at least 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:14.800 need like a like a cardboard shroud. You can build one yourself. Um, that was 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 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:26.400 gonna do the obligatory finger shot on the bottom here. Thermal rate does such 00:05:23.840 --> 00:05:30.639 a good job of the uh the manufacturing on their I mean, look at this thing. 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:34.960 Remember guys, again, the obligatory finger shot does not necessarily 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:38.720 indicate how flat the surface is or how well the cooler will perform, but it's 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:41.680 just the kind of care and attention that goes into the products. In fact, if I 00:05:40.479 --> 00:05:46.800 angled this just right, you could probably catch Diesel in his camera over 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 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:53.440 not working or don't do it. Um, I think 00:05:51.840 --> 00:05:57.680 that pretty much covers it. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and first 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:01.759 look at the AXP 100 from Thermalite. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:04.960 Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And I'm just 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:10.400 gonna try and figure out why the heck they sent this fan because this doesn't 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 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 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:25.440 140 mm fan that has a 120 mm clearance 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 00:06:28.479 --> 00:06:33.680 mounting holes and big broad blades for 00:06:31.840 --> 00:06:37.680 looks like optimized pressure optimized fan. 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