Thermalright to launch Venomous X, new flagship heatsink

[zalbard]

Source: http://www.fudzilla.com/

Over the past few years, Thermalright has proven itself an unprecedented leader in high-performance cooling solutions for PC hardware consumers around the globe. With the outstanding achievements of quality manufacturing and engineering innovation on its side, the company continues to seek further improvement in its enthusiast lineup of air cooling products for the most demanding of overclocking circumstances.

As such, the company is in progress once again at improving its flagship Thermalright Ultra Extreme (TRUE) series heatsinks to the highest level that modern thermodynamic applications have the ability to overcome. During Computex 2009 back in June, the company unveiled a prototype of its upcoming successor to the Ultra 120-Extreme. The new performance crown carrier will be known as Venomous X, and it’s compatible with the full range of Intel socket LGA 775 / LGA 1156 / LGA 1366 processors as well as AMD socket AM2 / AM2+ processors. In terms of mass, the heatsink measures in at 132mm (D) x 63mm (W) x 160mm (H) and weighs 785g (1.73lbs) and is almost identical in dimensions compared to the Ultra 120-Extreme, which measures 132mm (D) x 63.44mm (W) x 160.5mm (H) and weighs 790g (1.74lbs).


Our friends at Expreview were able to obtain several photographs of the prototype during Computex, which can be found here.


Thermalright has recently posted a mysterious image to its official site homepage, one suggesting that the Venom X flagship heatsink is “Coming Soon!” and should hopefully launch before the holidays arrive, according to our sources. We will definitely be keeping watch on this heatsink as it paves the way for a new era of thermodynamic competition in the heatsink manufacturing business sector.

I'd like to see the test results!

[Manicdan]

a new era of thermodynamic competition?

heatsinks have had almost no change in the last few years. and this looks near identical and will only give maybe 1C better temps

[Helmore]

According to NordicHardware, Thermalright has redesigned their Venomous X heatsink since Computex and there is no known information about what it will actually look like as of now. http://www.nordichardware.com/news,10377.html

[Mungri]

It hardly looks any different or better than current CPU coolers.

[Trouffman]

it looks.. almost exactly like the Ultra 120- E xD

[Kuroimaho]

So it takes them more than half a year to put a True with holes on the fins on the market. No wonder I am still waiting for the case and the coolers they show on Computex 2008.

[Origin_Unknown]

looks like the TRUE with more heat pipes?

[BenchZowner]

looks like the TRUE with more heat pipes?

TRUE already has 6 heatpipes

The cooler in the picture looks exactly like an Ultra 120 Extreme to me...

[Helmore]

TRUE already has 6 heatpipes

The cooler in the picture looks exactly like an Ultra 120 Extreme to me...

That second picture is probably not what it will look like. As NordicHardware stated, the Computex version of the Venomous X is not what the end product will be and that's the reason why it is taking them so long to launch it. They have revised the heatsink since Computex hence the delay. That is, if NordicHardware is correct. That teaser picture from Thermalright itself does look quite a bit like the TRUE though. We will just have to be patient.

[tdream]

If they manage to convince people this is a new flagship heatsink, that will be impressive for something that looks exactly the same.

[XS Janus]

This proves that heatsink is developed to its max.
We need new design ideas... that will fail miserably at first, but maybe lead to something...
Another 1-2C better results... that are 1-2C different if you remount the cooler.

[XSAlliN]

How many more successors to the Ultra 120-Extreme we'll see next?!

[Manicdan]

next up comes the TRUER: Thermal-Right Ultra ExtremeR, the difference is just the R, cause its more extreme, or is it?

[v0dka]

This proves that heatsink is developed to its max.
We need new design ideas... that will fail miserably at first, but maybe lead to something...
Another 1-2C better results... that are 1-2C different if you remount the cooler.

Developed to the max? You can easily add surface area. So your statement is only true if the limiting factor is the ability to transfer the heat to that extra cooling surface. As long as adding airflow reduces temps, which has a similar effect as adding surface area while keeping airflow the same, the ability to transfer the heat to the cooling area is not the limiting factor.

From my limited point of view, it seems quite simple to improve the TRUE. It could easily get more surface area. Keep the design and give it a 14cm x 14cm body. We KNOW that 14cm fans move more air at the same rpm and noise.

I think the problem is that returns get smaller, while the cost for production rises. Take the Noctua DH14 that costs €80 over here. But making a 14cm TRUE or even bigger, will give better temps.

[LedHed]

lets wait until we hear from a review site before we start ripping Thermalright (the top air heat sink manufacturer)

[deathman20]

Looking forward to it. Course only time will tell how good it will actually be. I love my Thermalright heatsinks, and have used them for years with no regrets. Hope they pull through with a newer heatsink.

[pissdrunx1987]

looks exactly like the true rev. c

look at this first review:
http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community...d.php?t=664210

for me its the same. but lets see what thermalright will release.

[clayton]

Meh the future is integrated WC like h50. We need an upgraded version of that instead.

[zalbard]

Wonder if the only difference is the decent (flat!) base!

[iTravis]

We'll be screwed if every company follows the renaming, rebranding scheme like Nvidia. But hey it's a new trend right

[revogamer]

opps..

[Manicdan]

^that dont look too bad at all. but its also not much better looking, like an extra 5% more surface area

[ripken204]

We'll be screwed if every company follows the renaming, rebranding scheme like Nvidia. But hey it's a new trend right

what's funny is that as i was halfway through reading your post, i knew you were talking about nvidia. what a bad rep.

[lkiller123]

opps..

Wait, wait, wait..

That's the new cooler?

[Frag Maniac]

I'm more interested in what Prolimatech will come up with next, and for now, it appears the Noctua NH-D14 rules in air cooling. This one looks to resist what the engineers that left TR tried to get them to do yet again. The pipes are still staggered vs aligned, and the fin stack so tightly spaced now that between the two it will take a very loud, high CFM fan to push through it. Tight fin stacks are also a pain to clean.