Review: Phanteks PH-TC14PE

Published by Marc Büchel on 03.08.12
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Conclusion

General   + -
With the PH-TC14PE, Phanteks really shows a remarkable cooler. In terms of cooling capacity this cooler has been able to set a benchmark for others to come. But it's not only the performance that is on a very high level, also the build qulity of the PH-TC14PE is excelent. Furthemore we also like that you can get this cooler in five different colors, which are white, black, red, blue and orange.   - Performance
- Colors
 
       
Installation   + -
The installation process is easy and you can mount the cooler quickly. In fact we could mount it perfectly well without even looking at the manual. This means that unexperienced users should also have no problems installing this cooler. Furthermore Phanteks provides mounting brackets for all recent Intel and AMD sockets which makes this cooler a good allrounder.   - Easy and robust - Compatible with Intel and AMD sockets  
       
Performance   + -

In our tests we used the two fans included in the package and also a third fan (same model, PH-F140). At 12V the fans are slightly noisy while to 7V are completely silent. With only one fan set at 7V we reached 67 °C on our CPU, but adding the other two fans the heatsink has reached the top of the chart. Excellent results in both situations, at 12V and 7V. The ambient temperature was 29° C.

  - Excellent cooling capacity  
       
Recommendation   + -

If you're looking for an extremely well performing CPU cooler, then you'll do everything right if you go for the PH-TC14PE from Phanteks. Furhtermore also the price of the entire package is very competitive. For 99 Swiss Francs (est. 83 Euros).

  - Enthusiast
- Gamer
- Overclocker
 



Page 1 - Introduction Page 6 - Testsystem
Page 2 - Preview Page 7 - Results 2.66 GHz 12 volts
Page 3 - Specifications / Delivery Page 8 - Results 2.66 GHz 7 Volts
Page 4 - Construction and Design Page 9 - Conclusion
Page 5 - Mounting  


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