Wednesday, October 29th 2008
Thermalright Ultra 120 True Copper Cooling Performance Tested
It did surprise people, when Thermalright decided to release a full-copper version of its iconic Ultra 120 CPU cooler, with one of the highlights being that this cooler tips the scales at close to 1.9 kg (roughly 4.19 lbs), while the other being that it's a limited edition product, priced at a little over $100.
Expreview got a hold of one of these coolers, and put it to test. The test-bed consisted of an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 overclocked to 3.60 GHz running on an ASUS Maximus Extreme motherboard. With the machine idling, the cooler did not show any improvements over the cooling performance of the aluminum-built Ultra 120E. At load, the temperatures dropped by 4 °C, from 71 °C to 67 °C, a minor improvement. This leaves the looks of the cooler and its exclusiveness of being one in 3000 (being limited-edition) to justify its price tag.
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Expreview got a hold of one of these coolers, and put it to test. The test-bed consisted of an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 overclocked to 3.60 GHz running on an ASUS Maximus Extreme motherboard. With the machine idling, the cooler did not show any improvements over the cooling performance of the aluminum-built Ultra 120E. At load, the temperatures dropped by 4 °C, from 71 °C to 67 °C, a minor improvement. This leaves the looks of the cooler and its exclusiveness of being one in 3000 (being limited-edition) to justify its price tag.
45 Comments on Thermalright Ultra 120 True Copper Cooling Performance Tested
i don't get thermalright... do they think there is no competition? or is their motto "there's a sucker born every minute"? does it even come with fan?
2 kg for that thing is laughable... Or plain sad, depending on how you look at it.
Any one that buys it, deserves to be ripped of.
www.metalprices.com/FreeSite/metals/cu/cu.asp
And yes, this is a rip off, 4 C is nice, but not worth double the price.
www.metalprices.com/FreeSite/metals/al/al.asp
Copper is $2.0051/lb as of today.
They are both rip off's if you consider the cost of the raw metal alone ;)
Still, $100+ for an air cooler is just too much. Soon or later this cooler will go in to mass production for half the price.