Whats the best cooler other than the Ultra 120 Extreme?

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I cant buy the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme where I live.

The reviews don't seem to agree with one another. One says that the Tuniq Tower is the best, another says that the Scythe Infinity is the best, and the third says that the Zalman CNPS 9700 is.

So, which one is it?
 
Oh come on, it's an easy one!
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Oh! the guy who knows much more about computers is asking for help 8) you said you had a c2d on 3.8 ghz but you dont know what the best cooler is :roll: didnt ur mum teach u lying is bad?

tuniq tower 120
thermalright ultra-120

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got the scythe infinity in the rig im on right now, i guess its okay but i would go for a tuniq or the ultra-120 if u cant get the extreme.
 
The issue is that the ultra 120's tend to be concave, thus if not mounted properly with enough TiM applied to the cpu/hs the temperatures will be relatively high in comparison to a perfectly flat bottemed ultra 120. In any case, if you really want tip top performance from any of the coolers you mentioned you should lap the surface. Another thing that can help is to check if the CPU's IHS is flat and either lap that or apply the paste so as to fill in the concavity.
 
Didnt you say you lived in Israel? Well, check out www.petrastechshop.com

They have Ultra 120-Extremes there, and they ship internationally i believe.
 
Does anyone know how come the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme is so much better than the Tuniq Tower, and yet its only half it's size?
 
It has more heat pipes and each one is exposed the the full air blast from a fan. On the Scythe Infinity the pipes are all lined up in front of each other, so each pipe behond the first does not get optimal airflow.

Also the aluminium plates on the Scythe infinity and Ninja are further apart than you think, the ultra 120's look much closer together and therfore are denser and therefore a much greater suface area.

Or maybe anandtech had extreme luck in mounting the Thermalrights.

And also they never seem to say what the ambient temps are inside and outside the case. Apartently the Scythe Ninja with a strong fan can cool a X6800 to 27c at idle. My ambient temps are usually 27c and Uguru shows idle temps of around 32c, but Coretemp (which should be the temp you pay attention too) says around 42c.
 
It's not only AnandTech who says it the best air cooler around... Frosty reviewed the ultra 120 (not the extreme) and found it's the best around.

But I also wondering why it seems that no one get any close with what being tested by the review centers.

In regards to your scythe ninja temp difference between the test and the core temp reading, surely the room temperature take some role of your end result. But if the review says that Intel stock air cooler idle at 41 and 56 degree at load, it means probably it will be more than 56 at idle and 71 degree at your current environment. That's pretty hot...
 
What about a Peltier cooler, it supposed to beat air cooling with none of the4 hassle of water cooling.

The THG PC build day three, used this cooler. I couldn't find the THG guide review, but I found this review. The price could be a barrier, but it looks like it would do the job.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/491/8/

Well thats my 2 pennies worth.
 
What about a Peltier cooler, it supposed to beat air cooling with none of the4 hassle of water cooling.

The THG PC build day three, used this cooler. I couldn't find the THG guide review, but I found this review. The price could be a barrier, but it looks like it would do the job.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/491/8/

Well thats my 2 pennies worth.
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Compare to the temps in this review. Even with a faster CPU the temps are lower. I am unimpressed.

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2943&p=4
 
The issue is that the ultra 120's tend to be concave, thus if not mounted properly with enough TiM applied to the cpu/hs the temperatures will be relatively high in comparison to a perfectly flat bottemed ultra 120. In any case, if you really want tip top performance from any of the coolers you mentioned you should lap the surface. Another thing that can help is to check if the CPU's IHS is flat and either lap that or apply the paste so as to fill in the concavity.
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I appreciate the information. Maybe this is responsible for some of the poor reviews out there. I am going to be installing this in about a month and I will check it against a straight edge and lap if needed.
 
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8757.
Although I don't personally agree, but.....
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According to this the Thermalright Ultra 120 sucks.
Anyone agree?

Not agree

It's too strange when some reviewer mark it as a top notch product while other say it's a bad product. I don't believe that Anand make false review, I tend to believe that hexus got one which not concave...

There must be something wrong..., or probably just defective product....
 
is the review at hexus use the fan as an exhaust? It seems that way from the picture... it should blowing the air, not sucking the air....

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Blowing the air towards the heatsink.... while it seems like the setup is sucking the air from the heatsink...
 
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8757.
Although I don't personally agree, but.....
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According to this the Thermalright Ultra 120 sucks.
Anyone agree?I was just going to post that I have a problem reconciling that review with this one.

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2943&p=4

Clearly someone is wrong. I am inclined to believe Anandtech.

Really? I think the Anadtech review is highly un-realistic.

47C LOAD @ 3.9Ghz? Impossible.
 
47C LOAD @ 3.9Ghz? Impossible.
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AnandTech have a good reputation and, as far as I know, don't lie about their tests.
My Ultra 120 X keeps my CPU at about 27C Idle and 41C load with an overclock to 3ghz. My load temps are less than the idle temps of the stock cooler at stock speeds.
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I appears that the temps in the review are quite realistic.
 
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