| Monday, November 10 2008 |
Thermalright, better known for aluminum fin blocks based coolers, is ready with a Core i7 supportive variant of the Ultra-120 eXtreme cooler. The cooler comes with the same Ultra-120 eXtreme heatsink, consisting of 52 aluminum fins across six heat-pipes, with the required bolt-through retention module for LGA-1366 socket, along with the fluid-dynamic bearing fan which operates at ~1600 rpm with a noise level of 29 dBA.
Thermalright will be announcing this cooler shortly.
Source: TechConnect Magazine
Thermalright will be announcing this cooler shortly.
Source: TechConnect Magazine
User comments
bolt through is nice, in this push pin era.
Interesting that they provided a fan this time - what a strange mounting method too.
Interesting that they provided a fan this time - what a strange mounting method too.
Not too strange. Reminds me of the Zalman 9xxx cpu coolers.
by: Bingei'm talking about the clips that hold the fan onto the heatsink
Not too strange. Reminds me of the Zalman 9xxx cpu coolers.
So am I. :toast:
So can we buy the new retention bracket seperately if we already have the heatsink?
by: buggalugsI think yes. This cooler comes with just the LGA-1366 RM, so you can't use it on LGA-775/AM2.
So can we buy the new retention bracket seperately if we already have the heatsink?
looks like you can cut your hair with it, trim a beard or moustache` :D
by: Binge
Not too strange. Reminds me of the Zalman 9xxx cpu coolers.
If you mean the 9500 and 9700, I think you might want to go look them up again :ohwell:
by: eidairaman1
looks like you can cut your hair with it, trim a beard or moustache` :D
:laugh: you're right, the fan mount does make it look like a hair clipper!
hell the heatsink looks like a beard trimmer, the fan doesnt help matters either :roll:
Whats the fuss? Why to bother with aftermarket cooling if its limited to specific heat output, that stock cooler should be designed to handle. And these who can afford 965 probably will use water coonling.
by: theJesusIt's not strange at all for sinks to use a bridge that puts pressure on the center of the cooler... you see it on a lot more sinks than just the Zalman 9500 and 9700. I own a 9500 with a central bracket and that's why I made the comment. :ohwell:
If you mean the 9500 and 9700, I think you might want to go look them up again :ohwell:
by: MusselsWell, I got a pair HR-01 X's last week, they come with two pieces of preshaped wire to mount fans. They're too short, don't work at all. I ended up tie-wrapping a fan to the sink. Cools well though.
bolt through is nice, in this push pin era.
Interesting that they provided a fan this time - what a strange mounting method too.
Apart from that, the cooler seems mostly the same again. Just a different retention bracket. So nothing new there.
Hope the base is flat this time.. TRUE 120 and the black as well as the IFX-14 have convexed base :( lousy
by: Bjorn_Of_IcelandThats because the IHS on cpu's isn't perfectly flat either, they bow in the middle slightly.
Hope the base is flat this time.. TRUE 120 and the black as well as the IFX-14 have convexed base :( lousy
by: Binge
It's not strange at all for sinks to use a bridge that puts pressure on the center of the cooler... you see it on a lot more sinks than just the Zalman 9500 and 9700. I own a 9500 with a central bracket and that's why I made the comment. :ohwell:
I'm totally confused. We're talking about the way the fan mounts, correct? How is that at all similar to the way the fan on this cooler mounts?
Thermalright 1366 Bolt Thru Kit
Yeah I might have to get one of these for my HR-01.
Compatibility
Thermalright all Ultra series / HR-01 Plus / HR-01 4U / HR-01 3U / Ultima 90
by: Bjorn_Of_Icelandaccording to thermalright they are made that way on purpose as apart of the retention mech. Also several tests have been done on lapped and unlapped Trues and lapping makes little difference.
Hope the base is flat this time.. TRUE 120 and the black as well as the IFX-14 have convexed base :( lousy
good stuff but they aren't gonna get far without HDT.
by: trt740the problem is that several intel CPU's came out with convex IHS's.
according to thermalright they are made that way on purpose as apart of the retention mech. Also several tests have been done on lapped and unlapped Trues and lapping makes little difference.
WIth two flat ones you get
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with one flat side you get
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with two non-flat you get
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I had that, i had to lap both my CPU and my IHS in order to get good temps - two of my cores were 10C hotter than the other two.
by: Mussels
the problem is that several intel CPU's came out with convex IHS's.
WIth two flat ones you get
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with one flat side you get
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with two non-flat you get
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I had that, i had to lap both my CPU and my IHS in order to get good temps - two of my cores were 10C hotter than the other two.
I don't think Thermalright cares about Intel's heat shield, as I said they make the base of the True slightly curved as apart of the retention mech. What Intel does is up to them. I emailed the techs at Thermalright and they assured me that when they make a heat sink worth 50.00 to 100.00 depending on the model they know what they are doing and that if they thought a flat bases was needed they would produce one. They also states a lapped True doesn't perform any better then one thats unlapped. Then they went on to say the base of the True is made the way it is on purpose. Don't kill the messenger but this info came right from the company.
my point was just that because on X CPU lapping made no differnce, doesnt mean that on Y CPU it wont make a huge difference.
by: Musselsthat could be true aswell.
my point was just that because on X CPU lapping made no differnce, doesnt mean that on Y CPU it wont make a huge difference.
by: panchomanThat might be because Xig holds a patent on the HDT tech.
good stuff but they aren't gonna get far without HDT.
it is touch pips or not
by: hayder.masterno it's not but it is best air cooler made direct touch or not.
it is touch pips or not