Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme-1366 RT

[ONEBADMK8]

Looks a good cooler little stingy not to give two fans for push and pull config though, Noctua's 1366 still looks to be about the best i7 air cooler

Not TRUE at all (no pun intended) Get two Noctua NF-P12 fans push/pull and lap it, then the TRUE blows everything out of the water.

[jalyst]

Who the heck's True? doesn't TR make the best top-end heatsink anymore?

[zalbard]

Who the heck's True? doesn't TR make the best top-end heatsink anymore?

Holy necropost... But nope, not anymore it seems, they are slacking big time.

[jalyst]

Ah I just realised 'TRUE' = "thermalright ultra-120 extreme" Sorry!
So who's the new claimant to the throne Zalbard? "Holy Necropost"... LOL classic! ;-P

[jalyst]

Originally Posted by Mechromancer:
Bulldozer can't show up fast enough either. Bulldozer better live up to THIS: Pic
It will either make history or make AMD history if it doesn't. Intel's thread count is getting higher than Fugger's bed sheets!

Woah that's interesting, time to chase some stories on that!

[zalbard]

Ah I just realised 'TRUE' = "thermalright ultra-120 extreme" Sorry!
So who's the new claimant to the throne Zalbard? "Holy Necropost"... LOL classic! ;-P

Most people prefer Prolimatech Megahalems I believe, although I cannot say that the OC community has a very firm position in this case.

[labs23]

There was the Prolematech Megahalem, "now" is Cogage TRUE Spirit(if those review temps are not just margin of error).

Like zalbard said, I'd prefer a Megahalem too.

[jalyst]

Thanks, I've read a bunch of reviews & am finishing these (oldest to newest)

http://forums.legitreviews.com/about19619.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/coo...-test/comments
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=...&key=%EF%BF%BD
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/...roundup_q309/8
http://forum.benchmarkreviews.com/sh...ad.php?t=13071

The general consensus so far seems to be PM, interesting times in heatsink land!

Some suggest this older HS plus 3 good 120mm fans outdoes the PM, but once you're getting that crazy may as well go WC!
http://www.xoxide.com/thermalright-i...pu-cooler.html

[gatecrasherlok]

Thanks for the links jalyst i'll give then a thorough read. I have also heard that the ifx 14 can be a hard one to beat with 3 fan setup but it also needs lapping too.

[jalyst]

Thanks for the links jalyst i'll give then a thorough read.

You're welcome

I have also heard that the ifx 14 can be a hard one to beat with 3 fan setup but it also needs lapping too.

That's what I said in my post just before yours

[Drunner611]

well i'd like to get my hands on that fan holder the fan clips are killing me

You're not the only one who hopes that fan holder catches on!

[trt740]

I have the TRUE. It's awesome, you DO have to lap it for sure. It's a wobblefest. It's amazing with these companies, all their research, time, money, engineering, advertising/marketing...etc and they can't run a lathe across the bottom of this unit so it will actually do what it is supposed to do? AMAZING! Heres some shots of mine lapped.

If you decide to polish make sure the last step you use some Articlean Thermal Metal Purifier.

Guys Thermalright has addressed the lapped not lapped ,flat not flat issue several times. I emailed them and they said the design was made intentionally that way including the machined base. I was told by Thermalright the machine marks held the thermal paste in place better not allowing air pockets and that the smile shaped base was made that way on purpose to make better contact with certain cpu cores on certain cpus cores. I was also told the base was meant to swivel to allow the heat sink to be angled or moved slightly in any direction to make mounting more compatible. There have been several threads dedicated to lapping tests that say it does next to nothing on most cpus. Do I believe that (not so sure but don't kill the messenger).