My new Venus 12+ Themal Take arrived...

[Duvie]

This thing is a beast...If it didn't show it fits in the stock retnetion clip I would swear it didn't fit....

I am going with manual control setup with the dial I will place in the 5-1/4 bay.....It has a straight full blow method, temperature controled mode, or manual....


The fan is a very deep 80mm fan....

The thing is the heavier then my old alpha or my swiftech. I hope this retention clip is sturdy....

2628mhz (292x9) at 10 hours of Prime95

Edit: that is my stock opteron cooler (actually Mark's)...I hope to improve on those numbers and get it into the high 40's....

Then I will crack into the northbridge chipset which is a POS hsf combo if you ask me...I am sure it is dying for a decent appliaction of thermal paste

 

[Bubbasuwannee]

Got that thing on there yet? I'm not impressed with my Thermaltake Tower112 thus far and thinking about getting something else. Know anything about it? Thanks.

Christian J. Grest

 

[nitenichiryu1]

hey duvie. what kind of ram are you using? and what is your vdimm? curious to know, because my vcore seems to be the same as yours, but my ram settings may differ from yours. thanks

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Bubbasuwannee
Got that thing on there yet? I'm not impressed with my Thermaltake Tower112 thus far and thinking about getting something else. Know anything about it? Thanks.

Christian J. Grest

I have been using the Venus12 nearly a year now and it is a great price/performer. It fits very snuggly so you will not be breaking T.I.M. lock by twisting should it occur. Use the proper amount of a silver based compound and that won't be an issue. here is what it looks like installed big, beefy, takes seconds to mount, and does not have clearance issues.

 

[Duvie]

So far not impressed....fan blowing per dersign and I have higher temps at idle and load then stock all ALU hsf....

I flipped it to suck and pull air away froim fan and I get 2-3c cooler at idle but maybe only 1-2c at load...IThat is running at near same 3300 rpm...any faster besides the noise gains nothing.....The fan has a huge dead zone and the fan guard on the hsf has too small of an opening based on where the air is tleaving the fan...It basically blocks it...



Dapunisher YHPM....

 

[nitenichiryu1]

maybe im asking in the wrong post, but yea. what kind of timings and voltages are set to ur ram, duvie? and btw, i have a zalman 7000balcu, works great and its almost the same price.

 

[Duvie]

Ram is 133 divider for 390ddr cas 2,3,3,8 with 2.7 vdimm

 

[nitenichiryu1]

oh nice nice. thanks

 

[Thorn1001]

Yeah i just got the venus 12 and this thing sounds like a vacuum at full speed.I havent needed it yet at full speed so its nbice and quiet running at 3000rpm.I have a amd 64 3500+ with a gig of ocz dual ddr plat rev 2 along with a k8neo3 plat

 

[mgsvr]

I love the Zalman....

 

[clarkey01]

Is there a new revision coming in jan next year ? the "second wave". I might hold out till then and get one and overclock. I was thinking of getting the 3000 and following Duive, but i'll wait. See if the new ones have more headroom.

 

[Zebo]

What a banshee. You really ought to got thermalright XP-90 paired w 92mm panaflo. The blade design combined with bore size makes this a very innefcient cooler, not much better than Stock HSF.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/im...2267&ts=1073969935
The kiddies like the pretty colors and phat fan though.

I never liked thermaltake. Using hyped words like "Highest Performance Copper CPU Cooler" and "silent boost" in thier advertising while thier HSFs continually rank near the bottom in scientific testing.

I love the Zalman....

Another excellent choice if you mean CNPS7000-Cu

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Zebo
What a banshee. You really ought to got thermalright XP-90 paired w 92mm panaflo. The blade design combined with bore size makes this a very innefcient cooler, not much better than Stock HSF.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/im...2267&ts=1073969935
The kiddies like the pretty colors and phat fan though.

I never liked thermaltake. Using hyped words like "Highest Performance Copper CPU Cooler" and "silent boost" in thier advertising while thier HSFs continually rank near the bottom in scientific testing.

<cartman> Hey! Shut up hippie! I like my V12! Screw you guys! I'm going home!</>

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: Zebo
What a banshee. You really ought to got thermalright XP-90 paired w 92mm panaflo. The blade design combined with bore size makes this a very innefcient cooler, not much better than Stock HSF.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/im...2267&amp;ts=1073969935
The kiddies like the pretty colors and phat fan though.

I never liked thermaltake. Using hyped words like "Highest Performance Copper CPU Cooler" and "silent boost" in thier advertising while thier HSFs continually rank near the bottom in scientific testing.

I love the Zalman....

Another excellent choice if you mean CNPS7000-Cu

zalman7000-alcu here.. magnificent heatsink and totally quiet.

 

[Markfw]

I love my Thermaltake Silent Boost K8's(all three of them). Cools well, and very quiet. I could care less what it looks like......:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer: