Thermalright IFX-14

[Operandi]

LINK

 

[VinDSL]

ughhhh ooohhh... is right!

Where the hell is the back-side HS gonna go? On the under-side of the mobo?

Hrm... guess so!

Man, this is gonna be something!!! Fin density looks great, and it's got fat pipes... 😀

Heh!

2x140mm fans up front and an 80mm on the back-side is not a problem for guys like me, with Mountain Mod U2-UFO cases, but what are you normal ppl gonna do?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

I wanna Tuniq. I wanna Tuniq. Wa Wa Waaaahh...I wan, wan, wamma Tuniq. *sniff snort*

Do any of yous guy know where I can find a Tuniq Tower...Please help me. *blows own nose* *dries own eyes*

:laugh:

I love ThermaRight, I just wish all their bases were dead flat. 😉

 

[JEDIYoda]

Heatsink Body
- Dimension : L146.2 x W124 x H161 mm (heatsink only)
- Weigh t: 790g (heatsink only)
- Recommended Fan : All 120mm & 140mm Fan

Back-side Heatsink
- Dimension : L134.5 x W163.5 x H112.6 mm (heatsink only)
- Weight : 130g (heatsink only)
- Recommended Fan : All 80mm & 70mm Fan


Compatibility
- INTEL: All Intel Socket LGA775 processors
- AMD: Athlon64 / FX / X2 / Opteron Socket AM2 processors



920 GRAMS TOTAL WEIGHT NOT INCLUDING A FAN

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: VinDSL
ughhhh ooohhh... is right!

Where the hell is the back-side HS gonna go? On the under-side of the mobo?

Hrm... guess so!

Man, this is gonna be something!!! Fin density looks great, and it's got fat pipes... 😀

Heh!

2x140mm fans up front and an 80mm on the back-side is not a problem for guys like me, with Mountain Mod U2-UFO cases, but what are you normal ppl gonna do?

correct me if im wrong, but most UFO-U2 users are on water, or something higher. There investing over 300 in a case, so why wouldnt they go water. Plus i think vin your the only exception ive seen on a UFO user NOT on water. 😛

Anyhow, YAY for more torque on the board!

Im waiting for this thread to come out soon.

I banged my computer slightly and Snaped my board <--- as HSF's seem to get bigger and bigger each year :X

 

[RallyMaster]

I'm thinking maybe I should get myself a Cooler Master Gemini and mount two Yate Loons on it 😛

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: VinDSL
ughhhh ooohhh... is right!

Where the hell is the back-side HS gonna go? On the under-side of the mobo?

Hrm... guess so!

Man, this is gonna be something!!! Fin density looks great, and it's got fat pipes... 😀

Heh!

2x140mm fans up front and an 80mm on the back-side is not a problem for guys like me, with Mountain Mod U2-UFO cases, but what are you normal ppl gonna do?

correct me if im wrong, but most UFO-U2 users are on water, or something higher. There investing over 300 in a case, so why wouldnt they go water. Plus i think vin your the only exception ive seen on a UFO user NOT on water. 😛

Anyhow, YAY for more torque on the board!

Im waiting for this thread to come out soon.

I banged my computer slightly and Snaped my board <--- as HSF's seem to get bigger and bigger each year :X

isn`t that the truth...look for a heatsink in the near future to come out with a telescoping brace than can be adjusted to the bottom of your case...lolol

 

[skubidoobie]

Put that on your CPU and cut a long hole across your case for a 10000BTU air conditioner input and you'll be set!

 

[cyburzaki]

Bozo Galora posted this link in the other IFX-14 thread, but thought I'd add it here in case anyone missed it: http://www.us.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=23485

 

[aigomorla]

NAh, i gave up on air cooling. Expecially sicne i got this 680i board.

I can say honestly, and directly:

NO 680i board, EVGA, ASUS, I dont know about DFI yet..

has made a proper MCP SPP cooler, that can cool these hot monsters to stable levels when overclocking.


Even mine under water refuses to go below 35C.

Talk about a serious Stuck up BIYATCH~ <looking at my computer>


But yikes the price on it.... it costed the same as my ApogeeGTX. And i thought that was dayam expensive for a non sub ambient cooling solution on the CPU.

 

[cyburzaki]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
NO 680i board, EVGA, ASUS, I dont know about DFI yet..
has made a proper MCP SPP cooler...

Hopefully DFI's 680i LT northbridge heatsink will be an improvement. It looks Thermalright-inspired--and who knows, maybe it's even TR-made.

 

[cyburzaki]

HardOCP put up a IFX-14 review five days back: LINK

But they compared it only to the stock Intel heatsink. It was effective, but I expected to see a much greater performance spread between the two.

 

[GFORCE100]

Originally posted by: cyburzaki
HardOCP put up a IFX-14 review five days back: LINK

But they compared it only to the stock Intel heatsink. It was effective, but I expected to see a much greater performance spread between the two.

True but it doesn't seem very effective really, a 3GHz E6300 and already just shy of 60C? A second fan will do what? 5C lower at most?

They should have tested it with a quad core and I bet the temp would be 70C or so at least under load.

Cooling the dual core Conroe's isn't overly hard unless it's extreme overclocks, cooling the quad cores is however and if a high-end cooler can't do that then perhaps it shouldn't be classified as such and cost $79.

 

[cyburzaki]

When I said "effective," I only meant that it bested the stock cooler by a significant margin. But you're right, compared to, say, what a Tuniq or U120X can do, Hard's results seem disappointing. In fact, from my highly anticipatory vantage point, almost radically so.

Just discovered Corporate Thug already posted a link to the Hard review, but under the title, FX-14. Someone in that thread feels the Hard review points to the IFX-14 outperforming, even without its backside plate, the Ultra 120 eXtreme. I don't see anything in those results to convince me of that--in fact, I'd be tempted to conclude the opposite--but guess we'll have to wait for more tests....