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Conclusion
We walk away from the results not surprised. While the addition of the 9-blade fan has helped the cooler to achieve better results (just) and at a more comfortable noise level, you have to wonder if its worth swapping your previous Fenrir for the new EVO. Answer; no. While the new fan is a good improvement in an already successful heatsink series, those who were tired of the older models stock fan would have already opted to replace it with something more bearable. The new fan is great and looks to be a cheap knock-off of Scythe’ Gentle Typhoon series both looks and noise. Perhaps a fan many people have swapped for. What we’d love to see Titan do next is release a new Fenrir with a push-pull configuration of fans rather than the owner having to do a make-shift job themselves.
While the colour scheme may not suit everyone’s taste, Titan do provide the standard and Christmas edition looking coolers instead to suit your needs. While they don’t come provided with the new fan, heatsink wise, they are all the same so it would be wise to buy your own fan and pick the colour cooler you desire. What Titan have done however is provide a suitable colour many will adopt to (that being the ever popular blacked out look), with a pretty decent fan at a price costing less to buy a decent 120mm fan and the Fenrir separately. You could call it convenience on the part of Titan to help the buyer out, or you could deem Titan as “milking the market” with its colour range – were half expecting a Halloween themed edition one this year anodized all white like a ghost and a flashing LED fan!
Bottom line – if you already own the Fenrir, your better off buying your own choice of fan or alternatively buying this new fan from Titan separately. For those wanting to dip their pockets in the popular Fenrir series, now has never been a better time with the bang for buck quality cooling that rivals all the elite heatsinks on the market, but with a very quiet and effective fan.
Titan Fenrir EVO receives 9.5/10
Pro’s
- Very decent cooling
- Easy and secure installation
- New quiet and effective fan
- Direct heatpipe base provides direct heat transfer to 8mm thick heatpipes
- Decent bang for buck cooling.
- Supports all current platforms and older AMD platforms.
- Provides user a good fan and even better heatsink for less than it would to buy both seperate.
Con’s
- No push-pull option still
- Colour scheme debatable
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