Noctua NH-U12P SE2 VS Thermal right Ultra 120 Extreme

[shravankale]

any ideas or experience with them...which one is better ??....in terms of performance:silence ratio

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I have the original Thermalright Ultra 120. I used it in several of my own personal builds. It worked for me. Results were excellent. I am not familiar with the Noctua heatsink.

 

[shravankale]

I have the original Thermalright Ultra 120. I used it in several of my own personal builds. It worked for me. Results were excellent. I am not familiar with the Noctua heatsink.

Heard something about lapping it ?? to give better performance?? any ideas about that

 

[JohnnyLucky]

There is a sticky at the very top of the Cooler and Heatsink section of this forum about lapping a heatsink and cpu:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252168-29-heatsink-lapping-guides

I lapped my 120 and an AMD cpu. I did not need to do it. I just did it to see if I could. My cpu core temperatures dropped a little bit less than 2C after lapping. Other veterans report similar results. Sometimes temperatures do not drop.

For the typical user or gamer it is not worth doing. A temperature drop of 2C is insignificant. In addition, lapping will void the cpu and hetasink warranties. It might make a difference for an ultra hardcore gamer or enthusiast into very serious overclocking.

 

[shravankale]

There is a sticky at the very top of the Cooler and Heatsink section of this forum about lapping a heatsink and cpu:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252168-29-heatsink-lapping-guides

I lapped my 120 and an AMD cpu. I did not need to do it. I just did to see if I could. My cpu core temperatures dropped a little bit less than 2C after lapping. Other veterans report similar results. Sometimes temperatures do not drop.

For the typical user or gamer it is not worth doing. A temperature drop of 2C is insignificant. In addition, lapping will void the cpu and hetasink warranties. It might make a difference for an ultra hardcore gamer or enthusiast into very serious overclocking.

Thank... won't do the lapping if the drop is so insignificant

 

[shravankale]

Best answer selected by shravankale.