One thing that’s immediately noticeable is the fact that the heatsink is not of your standard design. The Dr. Thermal consists of a radial fin heatsink that is designed for maximum airflow both over and through the area surrounding the copper core. The copper core is present to absorb heat from the cpu. I like this aspect of the design in that while copper is very functional as the primary interface to the cpu itself, it has a tendency to retain heat. The Dr. Thermal solves this problem by limiting the copper to a central core and allowing the heat to transfer to the aluminum radial fins, allowing for quicker heat dissipation. Or at least that’s what I think they’re up to. Seems to work pretty well. Let’s take a look at just how well.

For reference I tested the Ti-V77 against an Thermalright SK-6 HS equipped with a 60mm Delta 38cfm fan. You know the one. It’s the fan that sounds like a weed whacker is under your desk! Uh huh, that one. I wanted to use a rather extreme solution for comparison in that the latest AMD XP+ processors aren’t really great overclockers unless you really have a nice HS and lay some HEAVY air on them. At least that’s my findings to this point. I wanted to see how the 70mm fan of the Ti-V77N performed in an overclocked environment against the venerable SK-6 / Delta combo. The results may surprise you.