No particular problems were encountered with mounting the mux120 black on either intel board or the amd board i tried it on. For the unfamiliar, thermalright has offered quite a few ultra 120 models. The ultra 120 extreme features a patentpending design of the fins. Thermalright true spirit 140 power page 88 overclock. Thermalright ultra120 extreme installation questions. Featuring more heatpipes, a larger fin area and better heat dissipation, the extreme is compatible with both intels socket 775 and amds socket am2 right out of the box no accessories needed. Thermalright ultra120 extreme processor heatsink specs.
It should also be possible to mount the ultra 120 on a socket 478 system by using. I had a thermalright ultra 120 in retirement for at least 5 years until iearned of this bracket. Include both boltthruboard retention brackets for intel and amd. This product is made well like all thermalright products. Apr 07, 2012 it is inadvisable to use the stock fan for the i7 processor, for that reason i decided to go with the thermalright ultra 120 cooler. Thermalright ultra 120 extreme am2 bolt mounting kit. Ultra120 extreme, intel lga775 cpu heatpipe heatsink.
Thermalright s iconic ultra 120 extreme true cpu cooler has a new revision. More specifically, true black 120 includes the new chill factor 2, the upgraded version of the original thermal paste, the chill factor. Thermalright ultra120 extreme processor heatsink overview and full product specs on cnet. Can be covered entirely by a 120mm fan to absorb all incoming air flow. I now have 2 ultra120 extremes and a regular ultra120. Thermalright apparently ships the latest ultra 120s with an adapter for am2, but its not clear exactly which one, as there are several listed at the bottom of thermalright s accessories page. It also has an extra set of fan wire clips for a pushpull, two fan installation.
Product overview the extreme intel bp is xtremely quiet and powerful cooling due to multiple heat pipes soldered to base nickel plated and fins for optimum heat transfer for intel 775, 66, 11561155 cpus now with added thermalright lga 1156 boltthrukit included for 1156 socket support dimension. It doesnt matter if you are using a single core, dual core, or quad core processor, there is nothing our ultra120 extreme. I may consider the northbridge in the loops as well. At computex 2008, thermalright displayed three versions of the ultra120 extreme. A plastic retention frame must first be attached to the board. Extravagant packaging is by no means a requirement, but it does attract the consumers attention. Since the release of ultra 120 extreme, it has become the standard, or as the one to beat in a lot of major cpu cooler comparisons. I have a basic 120m fan on my thermalright ultra extreme and it keeps my 3. Now you can strap on any 120mm fan and watch those high cpu. The second securing screw was a pain in the arseeeeeeeeee. Most of its 52 aluminum fins barring the top one have a vshaped cutting in the center. Aug 05, 20 a brown box with the thermalright brand in the centre is something which we have become accustom to.
I was trying to find a suitable cooler for a freenas server i was building based on a xeon e3 1225v2 cpu lga 115x got the bracket, bolted to up to the server motherboard. My goal isnt max oc, but a decent one, as well as silence. Installing thermalright ultra 120 cpu cooler youtube. Included with the mounting hardware is of course installation sheets, clips for 120mm and 92mm fans, silicone or rubber fan silencers that attach to the cooler and even a small wrench to help mount the ultima 90. When idle, the thermalright ultra 120 extreme kept the cpu temperature down at 28c, and under load held it to 45c, which is excellent.
I had a 10c drop in temp over a cheap cooler i was. The main feature of the cooler is the ultralow height of just 60 mm 73 mm with the fan included. I have the same problem, i had the ultra 120 on my lga1156 mobo, upgraded to the i5 2500k with lga1155, and now the holes for the bracket dont line up. As we have done in the past, thermalright is happy to announce free amd ryzen upgrade kits to owners of our coolers who are upgrading their systems to am4 cpus.
Thermalright has a long tradition of making excellent heatsinks with simple, aesthetically pleasing designs. True black ultra120 extreme cpu heatsink, socket 775am2. Thermalright ultra 120 extreme vs watercooling hardforum. C quiet and powerful cooling due to multiple heat pipes and large aluminum fin area. Your good reputation wont last forever if you keep doing this. Indeed, the cooler deserves its ultra and extreme titles in technical terms the working medium consists of a copper base 39x42x5 mm, six copper heat pipes 6 mm in diameter, and a. Today we will be looking at a totally new design, the true spirit 140. Its previous flagship cpu cooler, the massive aluminum tower ultra 120, gave the low airflow champ scythe ninja a serious run for its money. The main differences between ultra120 extreme and true black 120 are in the color and additional accessories. Thermalright ultra 120 extreme gets revised techpowerup. It should also be possible to mount the ultra120 on a socket 478 system by using. Nov 27, 2007 the ifx14 main cooler provides approximately twice the heat dissipation surface area as thermalrights popular ultra120, the current reigning champ among cpu aircoolers.
The first cooler to examine is ultra 120 extreme the brightest representative of vanguard cooling systems of extra class from thermalright. The main differences between ultra 120 extreme and true black 120 are in the color and additional accessories. The thermalright true black ultra 120 extreme cpu heatsink is an upgrade on the highly accoladed ultra 120. The ultra120 extreme also includes spring loaded bolt screws to ensure a tight and secure heatsink installation on the socket. Here is yet another example of how bigger can be better. Use a heatsink compound for the install of your cpu cooler. In this installation, the cpu used for testing was the intel core 2 duo 6600, running overclocked to 3ghz which puts out a good amount of heat. Utilizing larger than normal heatpipes, this cooler is a beast. A offers the ideal compromise between performance and compact dimensions. Installation and testing thermalright ultra 120 cooler. The ultra120 heatsink extends thermalrights position as one of the best low noise heatsink manufactures in the market.
The ultima 90 itself sort of resembles the thermalright ultra 120, but obviously smaller in size. The thermalright ultra 120 extreme has been around for awhile now, and continues to be one of the. Thermalright apparently ships the latest ultra120s with an adapter for am2, but its not clear exactly which one, as there are several listed at the bottom of thermalrights accessories page. I know that during the installation the hs was moving around on me allot and the aftermath is same idle temps and maybe 5 degrees cooler on load than my previous hs, zalman 9300. Installation on intel motherboards is a bit more complicated. Introduction heatsink coolers for computer hardware components have been around for ages now. At computex 2008, thermalright displayed three versions of the ultra 120 extreme. I need to buy a bolt through kit so it fits the am3 motherboard, thing is that this kit is. Thermalright has been using these rubber strips on their heatsinks for quite a while now. Both of my ultra 120 extremes required lots of sweat, wetdry sandpaper, and time time spent lapping to get the heatsink bases flat. A great cooler for those who dont have the room or the budget for the ultra 120 or extreme, but still want thermalright quality.
It began with the excellent thermalright ultra 120, a 48 ratio heatpipe cooler that easily made a name for itself due to its extremely competitive performance. Thermalright xtremely silent cpu cooler ultra 120 extreme. B brings along a small design change that the company claims improves its cooling performance a little. True black 120 thermalright the thermalright true black ultra120 extreme cpu heatsink is an upgrade on the highly accoladed ultra120. Lga 1156 and 1155 are supposed to have the same hole spacing and coolers are supposed to be 100% compatible between the two. Almost two months ago the prototype for what became known as the thermalright ultra120 extreme showed up on our doorstep. Im aware the ultra 120 can beat poor kits, but im wondering how it might stand up to something with a dtek fuzion block and only a single 120mm radiator, not the black ice gtx or the thermochill. Now all the thermalright products that supporting lga 115x can be used directly on the lga 1200 thermalright overclocking aircooler ready to. Oct 12, 2007 thermalright has a long tradition of making excellent heatsinks with simple, aesthetically pleasing designs. The cooler utilizes the same winglet design of the ultra120 helping to minimize air resistance and maximize air flow. Yet the thermalright ultra 120 applies only fairly simple cooling technologies. Cpu cooler roundup 22 models tackle our qx6850 techgage. Features quiet and powerful cooling due to multiple heat pipes and large aluminum fin area proprietary bent winglet design to minimize airflow resistance heat pipes soldered to base nickel plated and fins for optimum heat transfer stack of 48 pieces of aluminum fins, the most over any other heatsinks in. A brown box with the thermalright brand in the centre is something which we have become accustom to.
Posted on tuesday february 21st, 2017 friday march 22nd, 2019 by thermalright. Like its little brother the ultra90, ultra120 also utilizes the winglet design helping to minimize air resistance and maximize wind air flow. Ever since i can remember, back in the thermalright ultra 120 extreme true days, the packaging has remained the same. In this video i show the full procedure of the installation. Then take a step up to ultra120, the most recent addition to the ultra series from thermalright. Macho 120 reva macho 120 sbm macho direct macho rev. May 04, 2007 almost two months ago the prototype for what became known as the thermalright ultra 120 extreme showed up on our doorstep. I was so glad that they sold this optional mounting kit so i could repurpose my ultra 120 heatsink for my i74770k. The ultra120 extreme features a patentpending design of the fins. It is inadvisable to use the stock fan for the i7 processor, for that reason i decided to go with the thermalright ultra 120 cooler. Coming up today is the second of three new heatsinks thermalright has released recently. Thermalright still has not fixed the quality control problem of not ensuring a flat heatsink base. Thermalright may be best known for their ifx14, ultra 120 extreme, and true black coolers, but if even better performance is wanted and price is no option then they just might have the solution you have been looking for.
Yet the thermalright ultra120 applies only fairly simple cooling technologies. Not one to sit idle, thermalright improved the design by increasing the number of heat pipes. Just installed ultra 120 extreme and lets just say the installation was not the easiest. Thermalrights iconic ultra 120 extreme true cpu cooler has a new revision. Thermalright ultra120 extreme cpu cooler proclockers. How will the widely praised thermalright ultra 120 extreme compare to. Cctu120tc thermalright ultra120 true copper, copper fins. Jan 04, 2008 thermalright ultra 120 extreme manufacturer. The ultra120 extreme inherits all the advantages of its predecessor and at the same time increases its ability to absorb heat faster by having 6 heatpipes. Cctu120tc thermalright ultra120 true copper cpu cooler is available from laptop direct and it is sold as new from our cooling. These additional heatpipes help to transfer the heat away from the cpu even faster, making it thermalrights most effective cpu cooler to date. Cctu120tc thermalright ultra120 true copper, copper. Proprietary bent winglet design to minimize airflow resistance.
Sep 01, 2011 i have the same problem, i had the ultra 120 on my lga1156 mobo, upgraded to the i5 2500k with lga1155, and now the holes for the bracket dont line up. Thermalright ultra120 extreme rev c discontinued items. In every corner of every fin, a winglet is created. Hello, i have a thermalright ultra 120 extreme cpu cooler that i want to take from my other q6600 rig and plug into my asus m4a89td am3 motherboard with a amd phenom ii x6 1090t black edition. The only thing i really have to warn you about is not to remove the waxpaper covering on the foam on the backplate. Just installed ultra120 extreme and lets just say the installation was not the easiest. Since the release of ultra120 extreme, it has become the standard, or as the one to beat in a lot of major cpu cooler comparisons.
Price high to low price low to high name most popular first newest first oldest first only show. This bending of the corners creates an increased air pressure and in return decreases air resistance, so even with a low rpm fan you get massive air flow through the fins. The mounting kit is a bit cumbersome to install, but its well worth the time and effort. Strap on any 120mm fan and watch those high cpu temperatures go down. Features quiet and powerful cooling due to multiple heat pipes and large aluminum fin area proprietary bent winglet design to minimize airflow resistance heat pipes soldered to base nickel plated and fins for optimum heat transfer stack of 48 pieces of aluminum fins, the most over any other heatsinks in the market. The first cooler to examine is ultra120 extreme the brightest representative of vanguard cooling systems of extra class from thermalright. Mar 07, 2007 as testing on the thermalright ultra 120 was nearing completion, thermalright contacted us and asked if we would like to take a look at a new thermalright cooler that was even better than the. My uber chakra case has a large side fan that precludes the use of the 120mm coolers, but this version fits nicely, with about 38 clearance. For reference purposes, the price of r1220 is valid 20200504, and while stocks last, may be valid until 20200531, but this is a guide only.
Hello, i have a thermalright ultra 120 extreme cpu cooler that i want to take from my other q6600 rig and. As testing on the thermalright ultra 120 was nearing completion, thermalright contacted us and asked if we would like to take a look at a new thermalright cooler that was even better than the. A is probably the smallest fan based 120mm tower cooler available, compared to the standard design of 160mm height, making the 120m is 16% shorter. C1100 pure copper nickel plated motherboard to fin.
Thermalright specialises in the design and manufacture of a wide array of cooling systems. The ultra120 extreme edition is thermalrights response to amd and intels release of the new quad core cpus. Thermalright ultra120 extreme processor heatsink specs cnet. The cooler is one of the bestperforming lowprofile coolers specifically designed for powerful htpcsystems. A macho reva bw macho revb macho x2 limited edition silver arrow ibe silver arrow.