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GooD
15 Apr 2005, 5:09pm
Hi !

I'm actually searching for a GREAT performance heatsink and then i found the Thermalright XP-120. It seems to be the top for an air cooler. Its a great side-solution to an H20 cooling system for perforamance, but it's HUGE. Installation does not seem to be "easy" too.

Im planning to get an AMD computer with a DFI LANPARTY Ultra-D motherboard... Does this heatsink will fit on this ? I don't want to realise later that it doesn't fit :p

Do you recommand me to buy one of will i have probleme with this huge sized heatsink ? I've never install one before so if it's realy difficult to install i'll probably change my mind about this sutff.

Thankx
GHoosdum
15 Apr 2005, 5:14pm
According to the compatibility section of Thermalright's website, the first PCI-e slot is blocked by the XP-120's heatpipes. If that's a problem for you, I'd recommend the XP-90 or XP-90C.
TheLostSwede
15 Apr 2005, 5:25pm
It fits and it doesn't block any pci slots actually. However, you need to use ram without heatspreader as the pipes is hanging over the ramslots. I would rather get the XP-90 to be sure as it cools just about as good.
GooD
15 Apr 2005, 6:08pm
So The XP-90 is smaller ? If it's the case i'll go with it for sure... One smaller heatsink is better than a huge that doesn't fit ;)
lemonlime
15 Apr 2005, 6:31pm
Check out the XP-90C model, Same as the XP-90, but made with copper instead of Al. With a high-flow fan, it may cool a little better.
GooD
15 Apr 2005, 7:04pm
Thank you for the advice lemonlime, i was actually thinking that the C model was cheaper made or something like that. I'll go for the XP-90C then :)

Hope another post will not make me change my mind again hah ;D
GooD
15 Apr 2005, 7:32pm
Man, you were right ! The XP-90C rocks !

I've just read some reviews of this one and the result are quite impressive. It's even beating the XP-120 in the cooling performance benchtest. :D

It's smaller, it's better, it will be mine :thumbsup:

The only negative point is the weigth of this thing, but to have an all-cooper hardware piece this is the price to pay i think, and i'll gladly pay it :)
Thrax
15 Apr 2005, 8:19pm
The weight is a non-issue.