Thermalright Ultra-120 Copper Hitting Shelves This Month

[randomizer]

The highly popular Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme will soon have a new heavyweight counterpart. Expreview have received notification that a copper version of the enthusiast CPU cooler will be available this month for a price of $100-110...

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[Guest]

Thing actually looks pretty cool. The regular Ultra 120 Extreme is called too heavy already. I disagree, but this thing might be a little too heavy.

I don't have the need to upgrade to one, but if I didn't have an Extreme already I might go for this...

 

[pbrigido]

With the all copper composition and the huge surface area of the fins, I can't think of a heatsink that will top this one!

 

[gm0n3y]

I guess you could always just lay your case on its side, of course this fucks with the airflow design (heat rising) so the gains over the aluminum version might be negligible.

 

[Jchan192]

$100-$110 .... thats a lot if you ask me for a air cooler

 

[randomizer]

What did you expect? It costs more to manufacture than an aluminium heatsink and Thermalright won't absorb the cost.

 

[byebye]

I would like to get it if it works better...
Hay TomsHardware are you guys going to test it out???

 

[smalltime0]

[citation][nom]Jchan192[/nom]$100-$110 .... thats a lot if you ask me for a air cooler[/citation]
Have you noticed the price of copper these days?

 

[gsteacy]

[citation][nom]byebye[/nom]Hay TomsHardware are you guys going to test it out???[/citation]
I'm hoping so (although I won't be testing it myself 🙁) I'll make the suggestion

 

[starhoof]

I dont know, mabye if you find a good backplate for it, the weight will be evenly distributed, so it wouldnt be a big problem, lets hope Im right

 

[falchard]

I am worried about Heavy Heatsinks damaging a vertically positioned motherboard. Hopefully it will come with a way to better secure it so it isn't causing stress on the motherboard but the tray.

Still looks cool. I hope it comes with a quality premium.

 

[Pixels303]

So many different ways of making a CPU cooler and so many different versions Patented in such a way that people end up inventing more inefficient ways of cooling your computer. Thermaltake has some even better designs. I like the designs where the fins originate from the center and in a circular fashion fan outwards with a fan in the center. No need for fancy heat pipes that way, and in the end air movement is more efficiently distributed over your main-board components and has a lower profile.
I give this one a 2/5 for ergonomic and efficient design.

 

[sdcaliceli]

Waste of copper. I'm surprised this doesn't cost more considering copper is becoming scarce.

 

[hannibal]

Maybe we will see custon fit computer case, where the other end of this mammuth is on motherboear and other get support from the case itself...

I am sure, that this is good heat reducer, but if you go to this heavy solution, the water cooler may be your way to go. But if you can somehow support the weigth of this, it may be really usefull, if you don't like water coolers. Maybe you can solder some support frame system, to the case...

 

[cyborg28]

Copper costs about $3 per lb, how does $12 of copper translate into a $120 cpu cooler (that is double the price of the aluminum option)? You are paying for a "custom" cooler, not nec. a copper cooler!

 

[neiroatopelcc]

I hope this won't be released until next month some time! It's just got to go onto my christmas wishlist!
I've got the 'extreme' one at home, and been rather happy with it. It replaced a ninja back then, and I was amazed by it's superior cooling. I gotta have this one! would be a great looking match for my ds4 ...