Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme (Installation Questions)

RottnJP · Dec 22, 2007

FWIW, I've seen quite a few reviews that claim up to 8 deg improvement by lapping base & CPU, and a couple using quads that lapping evened out the temps. Only have seen one that claims 0 deg change, so, meh... I have a 120 extreme on my desk right now, to be lapped when I get back in town.

trt740 · Dec 22, 2007

Don't you think that Thermalright the best air cooling company in the world know how to make there own heatsink? do you really think they made a 70.00 heatsink so it wouldn't function correctly ?

hat · Dec 22, 2007

lol, soon thermalright will let you install windows on your heatsink

RottnJP · Dec 22, 2007

trt740 said:
Don't you think that Thermalright the best air cooling company in the world know how to make there own heatsink? do you really think they made a 70.00 heatsink so it wouldn't function correctly ?

Do you really think you know better than Intel how their chips should be run? Why would they sell you a chip at 3 GHz that can run over 4GHz..

PaulieG · Dec 22, 2007

RottnJP said:
Do you really think you know better than Intel how their chips should be run? Why would they sell you a chip at 3 GHz that can run over 4GHz..

Ignorance...spend a little more time here.. :slap:

EDIT: Just realized the sarcasm.. :toast:

PaulieG · Dec 22, 2007

newtekie1 said:
I now have 2 Ultra-120 Extremes and a regular Ultra-120.

Just follow the directions and you should be fine. The only thing I really have to warn you about is not to remove the wax-paper covering on the foam on the backplate. If you do the foam will stick to the motherboard, and it is virtually impossible to get off(very bad if you want to switch heatsinks, or have to RMA your motherboard).

Also, try to assemble it as much as possible outside of the case, it is a pain to work around once it is in the case, including putting the fan on it.

The socket 775 mounting bracket is kind of stiff at first, and hard to spread out. I had to loosen the screw slightly to make it easier to install.

This has always been annoying to me. I wish heatsink makers would find an adhesive that made it easier to remove the backplate. My workaround (because sticking the backplate makes the install easier) is to email the company for a extra backplate. I know Zerotherm and Swiftech are great about this...

twicksisted · Dec 22, 2007

Hey Guys... I have Intel TAT (Thermal analysis tool) but this only makes a workload for 2 cores... I want to drop a load on all four to see the temps... tried running 2 instances of it but it wont...

What other app can i use to stress 4 cores at once?

newtekie1 · Dec 22, 2007

Paulieg said:
This has always been annoying to me. I wish heatsink makers would find an adhesive that made it easier to remove the backplate. My workaround (because sticking the backplate makes the install easier) is to email the company for a extra backplate. I know Zerotherm and Swiftech are great about this...

Yes, but that doesn't solve the problem of taking the backplate off the motherboard if you need to, to RMA the motherboard for instance.

A little non conductive Scotch Tape hold the backplate on nicely if you are worried about it moving around, but I haven't really had the problem. Just keep the computer on a flat surface when you take the heatsink off and the backplate shouldn't move.

twicksisted said:
Hey Guys... I have Intel TAT (Thermal analysis tool) but this only makes a workload for 2 cores... I want to drop a load on all four to see the temps... tried running 2 instances of it but it wont...

What other app can i use to stress 4 cores at once?

Prime95

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Prime95_d4363.html

twicksisted · Dec 22, 2007

nice one, downloading now.... set the fsb to 333mhz... and want to push it for a while to set it nicely with the AS5...

going to eventually try clocking it to 400mhz fsb 1:1, 3.6ghz... should be do-able with my G0 Q6600 and this cooler.

One more question... the Noctua SF12 fan that I bought is 3pin... the motherboard is 4pin... I am using a molex convertor so that its spinning its fastest, but have to diable halt on errors on the mobo.... if i use 3pin in the 4pin slot, will the motherboard controll the temps automatically, or do I need to plug it straight into the molex 122v line?

newtekie1 · Dec 22, 2007

It depends on the motherboard, but most will just spin the fan at full power.

System Name	Fred
Processor	Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Motherboard	ASUS M3A32 MVP Deluxe WiFi
Cooling	ThermalRight 120 Extreme
Memory	2 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR800
Video Card(s)	Radeon X1900XTX
Storage	Samsung F1 750GB
Display(s)	ViewSonic G220fb
Case	CoolerMaster 690, 4 x 140mm, 2 x 120mm
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Power Supply	CoolerMaster 650w Pro
Software	Win XP 32-bit Home
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 5911 - Baseline

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Storage	Fusion Drive 1 TB
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Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
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Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
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Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
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System Name	Fred
Processor	Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Motherboard	ASUS M3A32 MVP Deluxe WiFi
Cooling	ThermalRight 120 Extreme
Memory	2 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR800
Video Card(s)	Radeon X1900XTX
Storage	Samsung F1 750GB
Display(s)	ViewSonic G220fb
Case	CoolerMaster 690, 4 x 140mm, 2 x 120mm
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Power Supply	CoolerMaster 650w Pro
Software	Win XP 32-bit Home
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 5911 - Baseline

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
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Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
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Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme (Installation Questions)

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Audio Device(s)	Audioengine A5+ Speakers
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Mouse	Logitech G403
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