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Thermalright Ultra 120-E or Tuniq Tower for Q6600?

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RobertR1

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My new rig will be as such:
8800GTX
Q6600
Asus P5K deluxe with WiFi
4x1GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 RAM
OCZ 600PSU (exisitng) rig
Thermaltake Kandalf case

My goals is to OC the Q6600 to a comfortable 3.0-3.2 for everyday use and then tighten the RAM timings. I'll only be using this for gaming at 1920x1200 and basic net surfing. The mobo will be sitting vertical. I also don't feel comfortable with lapping so it'll be plug and play.

I saw that with 120UE and a 120mmfan is about $100 where as the Tuniq is about $45 with Fan.

For my situation, would a Tuniq Tower 120 suffice? If anyone has this with a similar setup to mine, are there any clearance issues?

Thanks!
Robert.
 
First of all, a TRU120E w/120mm fan is about $60, and the Tuniq Tower would be fine.

And about the lapping, even if a heatsink was marketed as having the flattest base ever, I would still lap both the heatsink and the CPU just to be sure. Lapping isn't that big of a deal. It is pretty hard to mess up your hardware unless you dip your cpu in a glass of water. So basically, if you have downsyndrome, dont lap your CPU. Otherwise, read a how-to and buy $5 worth of sandpaper.

I went with a TRU120E lapped and it keeps my q6600 as cool as the other side of the pillow.
 
You might consider the Scythe Ninja Plus for a little over $40. You can passively cool without a fan or come close to the best overclocks with a fan. While gaming you would want to have a fan cooling it.
 
Originally posted by: jeffw2767602
First of all, a TRU120E w/120mm fan is about $60, and the Tuniq Tower would be fine.

And about the lapping, even if a heatsink was marketed as having the flattest base ever, I would still lap both the heatsink and the CPU just to be sure. Lapping isn't that big of a deal. It is pretty hard to mess up your hardware unless you dip your cpu in a glass of water. So basically, if you have downsyndrome, dont lap your CPU. Otherwise, read a how-to and buy $5 worth of sandpaper.

I went with a TRU120E lapped and it keeps my q6600 as cool as the other side of the pillow.
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Did you lap the chip?
 
Both will work really really well. They are at the top of the HSF food chain. The Thermalrite does perform better than the Tuniq, but only slightly. The Tuniq is cheaper but also much larger. You have to make sure you have room for the Tuniq.
 
Originally posted by: conehead433
You might consider the Scythe Ninja Plus for a little over $40. You can passively cool without a fan or come close to the best overclocks with a fan. While gaming you would want to have a fan cooling it.
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I find it hard to believe a Ninja could cool a Q6600 passively.. Definitely not a B3. Maybe a G0?
 
On the flipside Tuniq customer service is atrocious. If Thermalrite provides any sort of customer service then it's a viable option, and I noticed that unlike Tuniq they offer replacement parts.
 
I'm also considering a Tuniq so why not ask this embarrassing question here...

How do you know which way to install it so the fan would blow into the rear fan of the case? Fans can go clockwise and counter clockwise, looking at the new egg pic the Tuniq has the fan right in the middle of the heat sink, would make it sort of hard to tell... 😱

*runs*
 
Originally posted by: GeneralOreo
I'm also considering a Tuniq so why not ask this embarrassing question here...

How do you know which way to install it so the fan would blow into the rear fan of the case? Fans can go clockwise and counter clockwise, looking at the new egg pic the Tuniq has the fan right in the middle of the heat sink, would make it sort of hard to tell... 😱

*runs*
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Look at one of the blades of the fan. It has a curvature, right?
Think of a spoon. The fan spins such that the fan blades spoon the air!
So, air moves away from that side of the fan that the inside of the blades face.

You are absolutely correct that if the fan spins in the opposite direction, the air movement direction switches too.
However, at the same RPM, a fan always moves more air as I said. In the other direction, it would have a much lower efficiency.
 
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