best heat sink for a quad

[gamerxx13]

what is the best heat sink for a quad?

I was looking at either a Thermalright Ultra-120 EXTREME or a Thermalright IFX-14.

But cant really choose which one is better, what do you guys think?

 

[Quiksilver]

I was looking at either a Thermalright Ultra-120 EXTREME or a Tuniq Tower

Fixed, and use search and look for the other 800 threads related to this.

IFX-14 performance is worse than TRU12-E

 

[gamerxx13]

what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: gamerxx13
what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

not really. Only if you exceed more in heat output. So in sense, its better as the delta gets greater. Otherwise its only 1-2C off from the extreme.

Also best cooler, has to be chilled water or phase cooling for extremist. 😛 But if your taking about air, ultra120extreme or tuniq tower is your best choice.


i take that back the best cooling is LN bomb. A raw hallow copper tube filled with LN2 used for insane suicide runs at uber clock speed. 😛

 

[Totenkampf]

Here's a nice review:

http://www.madshrimps.be/?acti...tpage=2996&articID=633

I went with the Utlra-120 Extreme and a Scythe S-Flex 120mm fan combo myself. Its pretty quiet and works well although I havent OC'd my Q6600 yet.

 

[Sheninat0r]

The IFX-14 is overpriced for not a lot more cooling. If you have the space and the money, then sure, you could get it... but the Ultra-120 eXtreme is still better price/performance wise, and the Tuniq Tower 120 is up there too.

 

[JSK07]

I went with the Tuniq tower for $45 shipped from Newegg. I thought about the Ultra-120 but for $65 plus the cost of buying the fan to go with it I just didn't want to spend the extra cash. I'm sure it outperforms the Tuniq but for me I only did a modest overclock so I didn't think the extra $25+ was justifiable.

 

[trOver]

another vote for the tuniq

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: gamerxx13
what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

not really. Only if you exceed more in heat output. So in sense, its better as the delta gets greater. Otherwise its only 1-2C off from the extreme.

Also best cooler, has to be chilled water or phase cooling for extremist. 😛 But if your taking about air, ultra120extreme or tuniq tower is your best choice.


i take that back the best cooling is LN bomb. A raw hallow copper tube filled with LN2 used for insane suicide runs at uber clock speed. 😛

Eh? But is that temp where differences show close to the limit of the G0 quads? Because my Ultra-120 does 69 degrees at 1.5v 3.81GHz currently, and if at that temp the IFX-14 is better then I would like to get it.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: jmmtn4aj

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: gamerxx13
what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

not really. Only if you exceed more in heat output. So in sense, its better as the delta gets greater. Otherwise its only 1-2C off from the extreme.

Also best cooler, has to be chilled water or phase cooling for extremist. 😛 But if your taking about air, ultra120extreme or tuniq tower is your best choice.


i take that back the best cooling is LN bomb. A raw hallow copper tube filled with LN2 used for insane suicide runs at uber clock speed. 😛

Eh? But is that temp where differences show close to the limit of the G0 quads? Because my Ultra-120 does 69 degrees at 1.5v 3.81GHz currently, and if at that temp the IFX-14 is better then I would like to get it.

Except it's only 1-2 degrees better and in some cases worse.
Besides that at 1.5vCore you really should be on water not air.

Reviews:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/...=reviews&id=666&page=1
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/rev...s/thermalright-ifx-14/

 

[EvixKeth]

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: jmmtn4aj

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: gamerxx13
what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

not really. Only if you exceed more in heat output. So in sense, its better as the delta gets greater. Otherwise its only 1-2C off from the extreme.

Also best cooler, has to be chilled water or phase cooling for extremist. 😛 But if your taking about air, ultra120extreme or tuniq tower is your best choice.


i take that back the best cooling is LN bomb. A raw hallow copper tube filled with LN2 used for insane suicide runs at uber clock speed. 😛

Eh? But is that temp where differences show close to the limit of the G0 quads? Because my Ultra-120 does 69 degrees at 1.5v 3.81GHz currently, and if at that temp the IFX-14 is better then I would like to get it.

Except it's only 1-2 degrees better and in some cases worse.
Besides that at 1.5vCore you really should be on water not air.

Reviews:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/...=reviews&id=666&page=1
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/rev...s/thermalright-ifx-14/

Kind of an old thread, but what the hell.

I have the IFX-14 on a Q6600, overclocked to 3.60 GHz, 1.456 Vcore, and I'm idling at 32-33 degrees celsius, core temps from 38-48, depending on load.
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/bbb33f28.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/c39f104e.jpg

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: EvixKeth

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: jmmtn4aj

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: gamerxx13
what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

not really. Only if you exceed more in heat output. So in sense, its better as the delta gets greater. Otherwise its only 1-2C off from the extreme.

Also best cooler, has to be chilled water or phase cooling for extremist. 😛 But if your taking about air, ultra120extreme or tuniq tower is your best choice.


i take that back the best cooling is LN bomb. A raw hallow copper tube filled with LN2 used for insane suicide runs at uber clock speed. 😛

Eh? But is that temp where differences show close to the limit of the G0 quads? Because my Ultra-120 does 69 degrees at 1.5v 3.81GHz currently, and if at that temp the IFX-14 is better then I would like to get it.

Except it's only 1-2 degrees better and in some cases worse.
Besides that at 1.5vCore you really should be on water not air.

Reviews:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/...=reviews&id=666&page=1
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/rev...s/thermalright-ifx-14/

Kind of an old thread, but what the hell.

I have the IFX-14 on a Q6600, overclocked to 3.60 GHz, 1.456 Vcore, and I'm idling at 32-33 degrees celsius, core temps from 38-48, depending on load.
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/bbb33f28.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/c39f104e.jpg

...

Lemme know when you fire up orthos and let it run for about 8 hours. Then come back and tell us your temps.

 

[EvixKeth]

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: EvixKeth

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: jmmtn4aj

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: gamerxx13
what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

not really. Only if you exceed more in heat output. So in sense, its better as the delta gets greater. Otherwise its only 1-2C off from the extreme.

Also best cooler, has to be chilled water or phase cooling for extremist. 😛 But if your taking about air, ultra120extreme or tuniq tower is your best choice.


i take that back the best cooling is LN bomb. A raw hallow copper tube filled with LN2 used for insane suicide runs at uber clock speed. 😛

Eh? But is that temp where differences show close to the limit of the G0 quads? Because my Ultra-120 does 69 degrees at 1.5v 3.81GHz currently, and if at that temp the IFX-14 is better then I would like to get it.

Except it's only 1-2 degrees better and in some cases worse.
Besides that at 1.5vCore you really should be on water not air.

Reviews:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/...=reviews&id=666&page=1
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/rev...s/thermalright-ifx-14/

Kind of an old thread, but what the hell.

I have the IFX-14 on a Q6600, overclocked to 3.60 GHz, 1.456 Vcore, and I'm idling at 32-33 degrees celsius, core temps from 38-48, depending on load.
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/bbb33f28.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/c39f104e.jpg

...

Lemme know when you fire up orthos and let it run for about 8 hours. Then come back and tell us your temps.

If you're trying to say I'm a liar, you're not very good at it. Orthos temps get up to around 54C on blend, Core temps being ~65C.

If you read a bit closer, you'd see I said I was idling at 32C.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: EvixKeth

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: EvixKeth

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: jmmtn4aj

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: gamerxx13
what i heard the Thermalright IFX-14 is much better then the extreme...

not really. Only if you exceed more in heat output. So in sense, its better as the delta gets greater. Otherwise its only 1-2C off from the extreme.

Also best cooler, has to be chilled water or phase cooling for extremist. 😛 But if your taking about air, ultra120extreme or tuniq tower is your best choice.


i take that back the best cooling is LN bomb. A raw hallow copper tube filled with LN2 used for insane suicide runs at uber clock speed. 😛

Eh? But is that temp where differences show close to the limit of the G0 quads? Because my Ultra-120 does 69 degrees at 1.5v 3.81GHz currently, and if at that temp the IFX-14 is better then I would like to get it.

Except it's only 1-2 degrees better and in some cases worse.
Besides that at 1.5vCore you really should be on water not air.

Reviews:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/...=reviews&id=666&page=1
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/rev...s/thermalright-ifx-14/

Kind of an old thread, but what the hell.

I have the IFX-14 on a Q6600, overclocked to 3.60 GHz, 1.456 Vcore, and I'm idling at 32-33 degrees celsius, core temps from 38-48, depending on load.
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/bbb33f28.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/c39f104e.jpg

...

Lemme know when you fire up orthos and let it run for about 8 hours. Then come back and tell us your temps.

If you're trying to say I'm a liar, you're not very good at it. Orthos temps get up to around 54C on blend, Core temps being ~65C.

If you read a bit closer, you'd see I said I was idling at 32C.

Actually no, I did not say or hint at you were a liar; you were bragging about your temps which weren't even at full load for several hours. The fact that your core temps are still around 65C just proves what I said about the IFX.

I also could care-less about idle you could idle at 20C for all I care, the more important temperature between the two would be your load temperature.

 

[EvixKeth]

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: EvixKeth

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1

Originally posted by: EvixKeth


Kind of an old thread, but what the hell.

I have the IFX-14 on a Q6600, overclocked to 3.60 GHz, 1.456 Vcore, and I'm idling at 32-33 degrees celsius, core temps from 38-48, depending on load.
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/bbb33f28.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/alb...ro%20Hour/c39f104e.jpg

...

Lemme know when you fire up orthos and let it run for about 8 hours. Then come back and tell us your temps.

If you're trying to say I'm a liar, you're not very good at it. Orthos temps get up to around 54C on blend, Core temps being ~65C.

If you read a bit closer, you'd see I said I was idling at 32C.

Actually no, I did not say or hint at you were a liar; you were bragging about your temps which weren't even at full load for several hours. The fact that your core temps are still around 65C just proves what I said about the IFX.

I also could care-less about idle you could idle at 20C for all I care, the more important temperature between the two would be your load temperature.

The temp one gets on Orthos or Prime95 couldn't mean less to me, because rarely, if ever, am I going to reach that temperature in real-world applications. The IFX does a fine job, in my opinion.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Always pay attention to NB, SB, and PWM when overclocking quads. These chips draw a lot of current and will heat up these components, big time. Fancy heat pipes don't do squat without active cooling. A cool CPU is worthless without a cool NB and PWM. That's why I prefer a quality down-draft CPU cooler with a side duct. Room temperature air will be used to cool the CPU. Performance will be on par with the best tower CPU cooler, but you'll also have much cooler RAMs, NB, PWM, and SB. I recommend two medium speed 120 x 38mm Panaflos with this Gemini II. Cooler is FREE AR with FREE shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...s&Item=N82E16835103026