anyone wrong with Tuniq Towers out of the box?

[LOUISSSSS]

Just got my Tuniq installed in the front-rear orientation with the fan blowing straight toward my rear exhaust fan
I was afraid that it wouldn't fit at first due to my case divider in LL V1000 case, but indeed it does with about 2Cm to spare on the bottom. currently idling at 7-8C less than my Freezer 7 Pro.
Didn't really get much stress testing in yet, Primed for about 30 mins and temps went up to about 60C.

installation took about an hour since i had to remove all wiring + motherboard, then install Tuniq (without permanently gluing the backplate to my MB) then reinstall everything and manage some cables.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
installation took about an hour since i had to remove all wiring + motherboard, then install Tuniq (without permanently gluing the backplate to my MB) then reinstall everything and manage some cables.

Why the weak knees, bro?

You'll never find a better HSF!

Glue the backplate to the mobo! Either that, or fight with the screws... your choice...

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
Just got my Tuniq installed in the front-rear orientation with the fan blowing straight toward my rear exhaust fan
I was afraid that it wouldn't fit at first due to my case divider in LL V1000 case, but indeed it does with about 2Cm to spare on the bottom. currently idling at 7-8C less than my Freezer 7 Pro.
Didn't really get much stress testing in yet, Primed for about 30 mins and temps went up to about 60C.

installation took about an hour since i had to remove all wiring + motherboard, then install Tuniq (without permanently gluing the backplate to my MB) then reinstall everything and manage some cables.

Sorry you are not allowed to join the 3.6 club, it is reserved for those of us that bought the Tuniq from the get go. Move along nothing to see here.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
Just got my Tuniq installed in the front-rear orientation with the fan blowing straight toward my rear exhaust fan
I was afraid that it wouldn't fit at first due to my case divider in LL V1000 case, but indeed it does with about 2Cm to spare on the bottom. currently idling at 7-8C less than my Freezer 7 Pro.
Didn't really get much stress testing in yet, Primed for about 30 mins and temps went up to about 60C.

installation took about an hour since i had to remove all wiring + motherboard, then install Tuniq (without permanently gluing the backplate to my MB) then reinstall everything and manage some cables.

Sorry you are not allowed to join the 3.6 club, it is reserved for those of us that bought the Tuniq from the get go. Move along nothing to see here.

what?

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

what?

Allow me to translate...

I *think* he's basically calling you a undeserving wimp, for being so late to the game - not a true Tower 120 foot soldier!

It's like you just discovered the best HSF, when it's been sitting under your nose for 2+ ^%$& years... Hello?!?!

You're asking the same tired questions that everyone else has asked 1000 times before you...

Moreover, you're all too willing to march in the parade, now that the war is over - having never fired a shot!

Something like that...

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
Just got my Tuniq installed in the front-rear orientation with the fan blowing straight toward my rear exhaust fan
I was afraid that it wouldn't fit at first due to my case divider in LL V1000 case, but indeed it does with about 2Cm to spare on the bottom. currently idling at 7-8C less than my Freezer 7 Pro.
Didn't really get much stress testing in yet, Primed for about 30 mins and temps went up to about 60C.

installation took about an hour since i had to remove all wiring + motherboard, then install Tuniq (without permanently gluing the backplate to my MB) then reinstall everything and manage some cables.

Sorry you are not allowed to join the 3.6 club, it is reserved for those of us that bought the Tuniq from the get go. Move along nothing to see here.

what?

You were talking about reaching 3.6 and I was just giving you a hard time since you didnt buy the Tuniq from the get go.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

why would i buy a $60+ cooler from the get go when i was running an amd 4800+ when it came out?

 

[JimiP]

Ahh, such a nice cooler. Terrible for shipping systems though! LOL

We had this instance at work one time where we shipped a Q6800, 4GB DDR2-1066, 2x150GB Raptor X's, 2x8800Ultra, Thermaltake Armor Full, and we installed the Tuniq because it is hands down one of the best, if not the best air cooler you can get. Well, we received a call from the purchaser that the PC had come in with the socket RIPPED OFF THE MOTHERBOARD because of rough handling. C'mon UPS! Not entirely the Tuniq's fault though. lol

 

[LOUISSSSS]

yea i dont think i'll ever ship a computer whole lol...

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
Just got my Tuniq installed in the front-rear orientation with the fan blowing straight toward my rear exhaust fan
I was afraid that it wouldn't fit at first due to my case divider in LL V1000 case, but indeed it does with about 2Cm to spare on the bottom. currently idling at 7-8C less than my Freezer 7 Pro.
Didn't really get much stress testing in yet, Primed for about 30 mins and temps went up to about 60C.

installation took about an hour since i had to remove all wiring + motherboard, then install Tuniq (without permanently gluing the backplate to my MB) then reinstall everything and manage some cables.

I am sure everyone case/PSU will be different, but for me I decided to try mounting my Tuniq both ways just to see if there was a noteworthy difference.

I have a Gigabyte P35 DS3L with a CoolMax 650W PSU in a Cooler Master Centurion 534+ case.

With the Tuniq oriented such that is blew air straight up into the grill of the PSU my Q6600 G0 temps were 63-65°C at full-load with Prime95 small FFT at 9x367 (3.3GHz).

With the Tuniq oriented such that is blew air straight back into the rear exhaust fan of the Cooler Master case my Q6600 G0 temps are 56-58°C at full-load with Prime95 small FFT at 9x367 (3.3GHz).

Everything else was identical between the two configurations (software, BIOS settings, and remaining hardware).

Needless to say I became convinced that the orientation matters for my specific hardware combination.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: JimiP
Ahh, such a nice cooler. Terrible for shipping systems though! LOL

We had this instance at work one time where we shipped a Q6800, 4GB DDR2-1066, 2x150GB Raptor X's, 2x8800Ultra, Thermaltake Armor Full, and we installed the Tuniq because it is hands down one of the best, if not the best air cooler you can get. Well, we received a call from the purchaser that the PC had come in with the socket RIPPED OFF THE MOTHERBOARD because of rough handling. C'mon UPS! Not entirely the Tuniq's fault though. lol

Sorry, sport! I'm calliing BS on that 'story'...

Tower 120s don't attach to the CPU socket! As a matter of fact, they sandwich the socket between the cooler and the mobo...

Save your playground fables for your GF or someone that doesn't know any better!

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
yea i dont think i'll ever ship a computer whole lol...

What's wrong with your <shift> key?

More to the point, when did you ever "ship a computer" somewhere?

You've been using that Lian-Li whatever, ever since I've been on this site, and I don't remember you complaining about amy shipping damage!

Did you really buy a Tuniq Tower, or is this just a hoax?

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
yea i dont think i'll ever ship a computer whole lol...

What's wrong with your <shift> key?

More to the point, when did you ever "ship a computer" somewhere?

You've been using that Lian-Li whatever, ever since I've been on this site, and I don't remember you complaining about amy shipping damage!

Did you really buy a Tuniq Tower, or is this just a hoax?

what is this guy talking about? he really doesn't make much sense in some of his comments when hess notbraggina about the tuniq

 

[JimiP]

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: JimiP
Ahh, such a nice cooler. Terrible for shipping systems though! LOL

We had this instance at work one time where we shipped a Q6800, 4GB DDR2-1066, 2x150GB Raptor X's, 2x8800Ultra, Thermaltake Armor Full, and we installed the Tuniq because it is hands down one of the best, if not the best air cooler you can get. Well, we received a call from the purchaser that the PC had come in with the socket RIPPED OFF THE MOTHERBOARD because of rough handling. C'mon UPS! Not entirely the Tuniq's fault though. lol

Sorry, sport! I'm calliing BS on that 'story'...

Tower 120s don't attach to the CPU socket! As a matter of fact, they sandwich the socket between the cooler and the mobo...

Save your playground fables for your GF or someone that doesn't know any better!

If you don't believe me, that's ok. I'm not really trying to make or prove a point at all. I'm simply stating that there was an incident where a Tuniq Tower 120 was shipped in a system that was handled very poorly by U**.

I know how the Tuniq is installed on a motherboard. I have about four or five Tuniq's sitting right behind me on a shelf waiting to be installed. Quite frankly, it doesn't matter how a heatsink is attached to the socket/motherboard... If there is enough force applied, that tall and heavy heatsink will have some pull and with enough pull, it will start to put a lot of stress on the socket. Add a bumpy ride to the mix and you have a very bad problem.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: JimiP

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: JimiP
Ahh, such a nice cooler. Terrible for shipping systems though! LOL

We had this instance at work one time where we shipped a Q6800, 4GB DDR2-1066, 2x150GB Raptor X's, 2x8800Ultra, Thermaltake Armor Full, and we installed the Tuniq because it is hands down one of the best, if not the best air cooler you can get. Well, we received a call from the purchaser that the PC had come in with the socket RIPPED OFF THE MOTHERBOARD because of rough handling. C'mon UPS! Not entirely the Tuniq's fault though. lol

Sorry, sport! I'm calliing BS on that 'story'...

Tower 120s don't attach to the CPU socket! As a matter of fact, they sandwich the socket between the cooler and the mobo...

Save your playground fables for your GF or someone that doesn't know any better!

If you don't believe me, that's ok. I'm not really trying to make or prove a point at all. I'm simply stating that there was an incident where a Tuniq Tower 120 was shipped in a system that was handled very poorly by U**.

I know how the Tuniq is installed on a motherboard. I have about four or five Tuniq's sitting right behind me on a shelf waiting to be installed. Quite frankly, it doesn't matter how a heatsink is attached to the socket/motherboard... If there is enough force applied, that tall and heavy heatsink will have some pull and with enough pull, it will start to put a lot of stress on the socket. Add a bumpy ride to the mix and you have a very bad problem.

If I worked for UPS/Fedex/DHL every day for the kind of pay they pull-down (ooohhh and don't forget the respect they command!) then I too would subsidize my self-esteem by banging a few boxes around just for kicks and sadistic enjoyment of other's misfortune.

I had about 15 boxes delivered to my house right before xmas and one of them was completey smashed...it must have been pretty amazing whatever happened to it because someone in UPS pushed the "contents" back inside the box and attempted to tape/repair up the side of the box.

When I walked up to the UPS truck (to help them get the stuff to my door, there were a lot of boxes) the guy inside the truck didn't see me and he was laughing his head off to the other guy over "I guess someone isn't going to have a happy christmas". I actually found it funny because it was pretty hilarious in all.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

does the tuniq stock fan allow for mb controlled changing of the fan speed? how can i do that? i have speedfan

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
does the tuniq stock fan allow for mb controlled changing of the fan speed? how can i do that? i have speedfan

LOUISSSSS I have my Tuniqs plugged into the DS3L's CPU fan header and the mobo automatically varies the rpms between 800 and 1900 depending on my CPU temp.

I can monitor the tuniq fan speed in Speedfan, but have not needed to vary the speed myself as the mobo does an excellent job.

Don't forget you must plug the tuniq manual speedcontrol cable into the fan switch even if you don't intend to use the manual fan switch to control your tuniq's fan speed.

If you leave that cable unplugged then the tuniq fan will not power-on or spin (detect open circuit, assumes you intended for this and does not spin the fan).

I discovered this "experimentally". What I do is plug the manual fanspeed control cable into the controller plate that comes with the Tuniq and I set the controller plate to "High" and leave it be. Let the mobo vary the speed for you if you prefer (as I did).