Titan Fenrir

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Part Number: TTC-NK85TZ
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Availability: Limited in Canada
Price: ~$50 USD


The Fenrir is built from the ground up to not only challenge the best of the best but also BE the best of the best. As such, it uses four massive 8mm heat pipes in direct contact with the CPU to help keep it cool and is backed up by an impressive looking fin array. To help it become the best on multiple systems, Titan has included mounting equipment for both Intel 775 & 1366 as well as AMD systems. On paper this sounds like one hell of a powerful cooling solution.

Unfortunately, the Titan Fenrir is almost impossible to find in Canada right now and about the easiest place to find it is from an e-tailer located in the US. If by chance some major deity takes a liking to you and intercedes on your behalf and you do find the Fenrir in Canada, expect to pay about $55 to $60 since goes for about $53USD right now from FrozenCPU. This is actually not too much coin to ask for a CPU cooling solution of this (supposed) calibre but it is not exactly inexpensive either.

While the Fenrir does sport 8mm heatpipes, the devil is in the details as performance of HDT coolers really comes down to execution. After all, we have be disappointed in the past by ill-refined yet massively built HDT coolers so while this cooling solution has great potential on paper, things could go horribly wrong.

Titan Skalli

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Part Number: TTC-NC05TZ
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Availability: limited
Price: ~$39 USD


While the Fenrir is all about being the biggest and the best, the Titan Skalli is more about refinement, ease of use and silence. While it “only” sports two heatpipes in direct contact with the CPU they are the massive 8mm units and as such may surprise us when once the rubber meets the road. Also unlike its massive brother. this cooler supports not only AMD, Intel 775 & 1366 but also the new 1156 systems (1156 is sported by the new V2 Fenrir but our sample was the older, original model).

The Titan Skalli is also as rare as hen teeth here in Canada and once again your best bet is to look south of the border. Since Titan seems to be a forward thinking company we would not be too surprised if this availability issue changed sometime in the future but as it stands, you can find it in American e-tailers for about $39 USD. This is in the high end of the budget orientated price range and it has some fierce competition coming from every angle. The big question we have is how well is it going to do and is it worth not only your hard earned money over better known competitors.

We really wonder if its dual heatpipes (8mm or not) backed up by a much smaller fin array with a smaller fan have what it takes to make the grade. While we will not be holding it to the same level of expectation as the Fenrir, it still has to perform on the testbed or we are not going to be impressed.