Oh Geeky!!!

RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
edited May 2004 in Hardware
.............Check out this big SOB from Thermalright :wow:


Thermalright XP120

http://www.systemcooling.com/thermalright_xp120-01.html

Comments

  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited May 2004
    Wonder how it'll compare to the SP-94. The thing is aluminum. The SP-94 is all copper. The sheer size of the thing will probably own it though.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    good god ...
    /me gets the bucket to catch his spit and uses a vice to keep his jaw shut
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    Bah. I just bought a Thermaltake Tower 112. It's sitting on my desk now. When thermalright comes out with a version with a copper base, I'll be more interested. It should beat the crap out of the SP-94 even being all aluminum, though. It's nice to see that I'm not the only one that's been wanting a 120mm cpu fan, too. :D I've been dreaming about using one on an athlon since my 1.4 TBird.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    geeky...if you get this / one with a copper base, promise me you'll buy two and ship one to me at half price :D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    No. :p
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited May 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    No. :p

    Where's the love man! LOL!

    You guys realize that if the fans on these machines get much larger we're gonna have to to put tail numbers on our PCs, and register them as aircraft!
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    What, at 120mm? Bah. You haven't seen my big fans yet. I've got 4 Comair-Rotron Major DC 172x150x52mm/235cfm 24vdc fans that I'm going to use for something. What, I don't know yet.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited May 2004
    OMG, the SP-97 look so small next to that beast.
    Thats one heck of a cooler.
    Wonder what it would weigh if it was pure copper?
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited May 2004
    my god, thats incredibly large.

    i want one
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    I think you people have forgotten that Thermalright's ALX-800, the aluminum SLK-800 was better <i>than</i> the SLK-800.

    That said, I wouldn't bother waiting for a copper version.
    TheBaron wrote:
    my god, thats incredibly large.

    i want one


    Compensation? ;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    And I think that there are sufficient differences between the SLK-800 and the ALX-800 to explain that. Copper has a higher thermal conductivity than aluminum. You take any two identical (except for material) heatsinks- one made of copper, the other aluminum, the copper heatsink will cool better every time.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited May 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    I think you people have forgotten that Thermalright's ALX-800, the aluminum SLK-800 was better <i>than</i> the SLK-800.

    That said, I wouldn't bother waiting for a copper version.




    Compensation? ;D

    possibly, but that won't stop me from using the power of plastic ;D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    And I think that there are sufficient differences between the SLK-800 and the ALX-800 to explain that. Copper has a higher thermal conductivity than aluminum. You take any two identical (except for material) heatsinks- one made of copper, the other aluminum, the copper heatsink will cool better every time.

    In fact they were structured identically, Geeky.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited May 2004
    In the article they state that the new heatsink weighs almost 250 gr. less than the SP-97, therefore the XP-120 has to weigh apprx. 335 gr.

    A pure copper version of the XP-120, without any design changes, will weigh in at 1105.5 gr. :eek2:
    Copper weighs 3.3 times more than aluminum. (at least according to my information)
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited May 2004
    Sometimes you introduce an absolutley ridiculous product just to get noticed and because you can. I know that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to drop their PC case...just a couple of inches...a minor bump...and there is going to be a

    *snap-clunk*

    sound as the heatsink snaps off the socket. I sure hope I saw that it had the motherboard mounts.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    The Aerocool DP-102 is heavy enough (500g? 600? I don't remember for sure) to do that already.
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited May 2004
    Yah...I've been bugging Aerocool for one. I want to hear the sound of ripping metal..err..silicon.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    I can give you a verdict right now. 9/10. :D

    Not the highest performing cooler anymore (I don't think) but it's a sweet heatsink anyhow. I've got 2 DP-101s, and they outperform SLK-800As, even only using 20cfm 60mm fans.
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