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  • nowayout99 - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    Thermalright Ultra 120 from 2007 still going strong. (30/60 idle/load)
  • shabby - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    On a core2duo?
  • nowayout99 - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    8700k. Just had to get their $15 adapter kit so it would fit on everything after socket 775.
  • IVIauricius - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    Yeah! I’ve got mine on a 1700X! Same $15 bracket on the Crosshair VI that has the AM3 holes on it!
  • Qasar - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    i bought 2 Noctua NH-D15's, contacted Noctua about the socket 1366 mounting brackets.. and they sent me both, no charge :-) works much better then the stock, and same Ultra 120 i had on the 2 1366 cpu's... the Ultra 120 is no slouch after all these years though.... also used one to cool my Athlon 64 FX60
  • Byte - Saturday, March 23, 2019 - link

    Got an adapter for the original big boy dual tower, IFX14 for my Ryzen 7 1700. Hits 4GHz and nothing can get it over 75C. The mount only fits horizontally, not optimal, but destroys all the $50 and under range coolers iv'e tried.
  • Showtime - Sunday, March 24, 2019 - link

    Yeah, glad to see Thermalright going strong. I still have their XP-90 (1st heatpipe), and their older all copper unit which was like 10 degrees cooler than the all copper fin thermaltake it replaced. After upgrading to the D14, I basically couldn't upgrade again. Wonder how this revision will compare to the d15. More heatpipes, but the fin area...
  • Dribble - Monday, March 25, 2019 - link

    Still got one of them on a 2500k, still works fine.
  • deil - Monday, March 25, 2019 - link

    only thing that can stop working is that fan. 12 years is already a lot for it.
    other than that metal is metal, simple heat capacity of that 0.5 KG of aluminum does the magic.
    12 years of difference is ~10% of aerodynamics improvements & fan electrical efficiency. Nothing else.
  • MrRuckus - Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - link

    Same! On a 4790k here! Cooler started on an AMD X4 for me, then X6, then i7. Had to also buy the bracket. Great cooler.
  • tamalero - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    and what happened with the threadripper variants that were promised?
  • KateH - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    LGA 775 support? up to 320W? finally a beast that can handle an overclocked Pentium D!
  • Samus - Sunday, March 24, 2019 - link

    Ohh the days of Preshott
  • Death666Angel - Sunday, March 24, 2019 - link

    I kinda missed those. Had a friend who had a P4 (prebuilt Aldi computer or something), but I was rocking self built Athlon XPs (1800+ OCed to 2200+ and then some X2's). Much cheaper and pretty comparable in performance, I think. Didn't need any fancy cooling either, just some Arctic Cooling 64 92mm tower cooler thingy.
  • Samus - Monday, March 25, 2019 - link

    It's funny how AMD has come full circle and essentially has the more efficient architecture again.

    And the great thing about CPU coolers, like cases, they don't really age-out technologically. There have been no real breakthrough in thermal cooling or case design (I'd argue the later has actually declined in quality over the last decade) so that stuff just keeps getting reused. I'm still rocking a 12 year old Silverstone FT01, and the only upgrade I've done to it is the USB 3.0 port replacement on the top. And like others here, I'm still running an ancient Thermalright tower cooler with a 120mm fan.
  • mode_13h - Monday, March 25, 2019 - link

    Regarding breakthroughs, there was that "Sandia" cooler from years ago. I guess it got mired in some legal fight, with some business school boys who sold it without actually owning the rights to it.

    I was also hopeful about 3D vapor chambers, but I guess those haven't really caught on. I think this guy could use a vapor chamber - especially since it doesn't even have direct-touch heatpipes.
  • dromoxen - Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - link

    iirc they produced a sandia cooler and it was reviewd by Linus torvalds on Youtube .. found to be very inadequate. Noctua FTW lx65w on 8600k
  • mode_13h - Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - link

    Thanks. I guess I do remember reading about that. Here's the vid you're talking about (and it's Linus Sebastian - Linus Torvalds is the Linux kernel creator/maintainer):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCghRn2Zae4

    IMO, that was not the best possible implementation of the idea. For one thing, what the heck is that thing on the bottom that he pries off at 1:10? Considering how far the heat has to travel to get into any of the fins (static or moving), I'll bet that thing would work so much better with a vapor chamber in the base.

    Anyway, speaking of vapor chambers, I think top-end CPUs should use them (similar to high-end GPUs), instead of the current type of heat spreaders. If they could somehow build a vapor chamber where the die would literally form the bottom half of it, that would be far more efficient than even using solder to attach a conventional IHS. Pair that with direct-touch heat pipes and you could certainly dissipate 320 W on smaller air coolers than this.
  • flyingpants265 - Sunday, March 31, 2019 - link

    That's called a scam
  • Ashinjuka - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    I'd be interested to see some testing of these styles of multi-fan coolers with variation of the fan placement. My gut tells me that having a single fan in the middle of the 2 arrays of fins would be optimal, with it pulling air through the front fins and pushing it through the back without the need of a 2nd fan. Anyone know of an article out there testing this sort of thing?
  • nevcairiel - Sunday, March 24, 2019 - link

    For cooling performance, using both fans is best. If you want to trade cooling vs noise, then one central fan might be good.

    I know that I've read an article like that, or at the very least saw a YouTube video on it, but I can't remember anymore from which site/channel that was.
  • flyingpants265 - Monday, April 1, 2019 - link

    Good question. There are a few articles like that, but nothing comprehensive.

    I am going to guess single fan exhaust would be worst, because it doesn't affect heatsink #1 unless it's ducted. Also has the disadvantage of not cooling any onboard components.

    Single fan center would be 2nd worst, the airflow is too restricted and the deadzone is too high on both heatsinks.

    Single fan front is probably best. 100% unrestricted ambient temp air, deadzone disappears a bit on heatsink 2, turbulence can introduce some fresh air onto heatsink 2. This is why even giant single towers have some gaps and cuts in them, so some of the hot air has a chance to escape before hitting the rest of the heatsink.

    These results will depend heavily on casefan setup, also.
  • XelaChang - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    Have been using Silver Arrow (not the extreme version) on a 3770K @ 4.5 since 2013. Handles hours of rendering with no problems.
  • FXi - Friday, March 22, 2019 - link

    Still have a True Copper on a shelf just to look at. TR makes some fantastic coolers.
  • sonny73n - Saturday, March 23, 2019 - link

    Add some more fins, It’ll be called Super Extreme. Together with one more heat pipe -> Ultra Super Extreme, one more fan -> Wonder Ultra Super Extreme, some colorful LED -> WUSE Mark II.

    It’s about time they admit that they’ve been stuck with a same old design for the last few decades and incapable of creating a new one.
  • XelaChang - Saturday, March 23, 2019 - link

    A new design for the sake of a new design? You love marketing gimmicks, don't you?

    This one still does a perfect job and has good looks.
  • flyingpants265 - Sunday, March 31, 2019 - link

    There may be something else they can do, besides just making it bigger.
  • flyingpants265 - Monday, April 1, 2019 - link

    Best overall heatsink design would probably be:
    -heatpiped to the back of the case, this is the design we are missing, so the heat is exhausted out instead of raising ambient temp by 1-5 degrees and requiring a second exhaust fan, haha!
    -partially-ducted heatsink to seal in some of the airflow, but not all
    -fan with no deadzone, tip-driven or pulled-back motor
    -fan with no connecting rods (arctic cooling-style)
    -maybe thicker, like 38mm
    -mounted with slight spacer for maximum airflow and contact.

    Also, a 6x120mm version heatpiped to the top of the case. I.e, around 3 of these, but slightly smaller. Max cooling capacity would be what... 750W? more? No need for leaky AIOs with failing pumps.
  • Soulkeeper - Saturday, March 23, 2019 - link

    I've always liked thermalright.
    Too bad this wasn't out a year ago, I'd have gotten it instead of noctua.

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