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Tuniq, TR Ultra 120/Ultra Extreme, Scythe Ninja?

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brencat

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By now, most of us probably agree that these 3 - 4 are among the best air coolers temp wise but I don't know if I've ever seen a poll taken about best fit or most compatibility in a majority of mobos and mid tower cases. I'm considering these for purchase, and would like to know if you prefer one or more based on fit. Reason I ask is it seems that from many pictures of the inside of PC cases forum users sometimes provide, a lot of people have the TR Ultra oriented where the fan is exhausting upwards, rather than the fan exhausting out back. I suppose this is because it's so wide it tends to hit the Northbridge heatsink otherwise? Meanwhile, the Tuniq's perfectly square shape seems to offer more flexibility to exhaust upward or sideways at the user's discretion.

I am still undecided about which one to buy. What say you all?
 
Well here are the sizes of the HSF's.

Tuniq- 131 x 108 x 153mm
Ultra-120- 63.5 x 132 x 160.5mm
Ultra-120 Ex- 63.5 x 132.0 x 160.5mm
Ninja- 125 x 116 x 160mm

1mm=.0394"s

So.... from the looks of it the Thermalright's have them beat in size.

Its pretty much all on the appeal of the buyer which is better. I had the tuniq and it had a back plate that came with a sticky pad. Worst idea of the HSF, i almost broke my mobo taking it off.....

Tyler
 
I would say the TR Ultra120 Extreme. It may hit the NB HS (it does on the eVGA 680i, but it only touches.) but I have it oriented toward the back.
 
Dont forget that only the Tuniq has a fan included in those dimensions (ninja...maybe). Add at least 25mm for a single 120mm fan. This makes the Ultra 120 at least 89x132x160. Same thing goes for the Ninja...I think. Not sure if those dimensions include the fan on the Ninja since it does come with a fan.
 
I would have to say the Ultra-120. I used to have the Thermaltake Big Typhoon and that is not as big as the Tuniq and Ninja and I found the Ultra-120 to be much easier to mount.

Originally posted by: tylerdustin2008
I had the tuniq and it had a back plate that came with a sticky pad. Worst idea of the HSF, i almost broke my mobo taking it off.....

Tyler
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I had the same problem with my Thermaltake Big Typhoon. I had to use a hair dryer to heat up the sticky stuff to make it come off a big easier.
 
I had the tuniq and it had a back plate that came with a sticky pad. Worst idea of the HSF, i almost broke my mobo taking it off.....
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Well...that's NOT cool at all. I guess my concern over the width of the TR and it possibly touching the NB HS is overdone. And it's certainly good to hear that the mounting is easier. So I guess I'll buy the TR then...thanks!
 
Originally posted by: brencat
I am still undecided about which one to buy. What say you all?
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I own two Tuniq Tower 120s! If I was in the market for a HSF today, I'd buy a third... 😀

Ninjas were okay, I guess, but they're like soooo last year now, you know? Kind of embarrassing...

And, Thermalrights are okay too, especially if you like nickel-plating. They use nickel to cover up machine marks, and other imperfections -- kind of like they do with bathroom fixtures -- makes lapping them a real PITA, and you WILL need to lap it -- guaranteed!

To me, the choice is obvious!
 
Sorry! Not spamming, but I just reread the thread...
Originally posted by: brencat
I'm considering these for purchase, and would like to know if you prefer one or more based on fit... the Tuniq's perfectly square shape seems to offer more flexibility to exhaust upward or sideways at the user's discretion.
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Um...

I've never heard a complaint about a Tuniq Tower not 'fitting'. However, I've read a LOT of posts by ppl worrying about it. 😀

And, Tuniqs are NOT perfectly square -- far from it! Better take a look at one before buying it...
 
I would add the Enzotech Ultra-X heatsink to the list.

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2082&page=5
" The Enzotech Ultra-X heatsink was also tested with an 85W heat load. In this situation at stock fan speeds, the heatsink maintains a fantastically low 8.5°C result over ambient temperature! When the fan is again dialed down to 1200RPM, the Ultra-X heatsink reacts in a predictable manner but CPU die temperature rises only to 15.5°C over ambient.

In both these cases, the Enzotech Ultra-X heatsink maintains the lowest temperature of any Intel LGA775 heatsink FrostyTech has tested on the 85W synthetic thermal test platform to date! When tested with a 150W heat load, the Ultra-X is firmly in the Top 10 heatsinks of both AMD and Intel classes. Enzotech and their large parent company have certainly produced a really winner here, the Ultra-X heatsink is one of the coolest running Intel and AMD compatible thermal solutions out there. Recommended."

 
most people buy these monsters heatsinks because of reviews that show them cooling maybe 3-7C than smaller, more functional not to mention less expensive alternatives. when installed they leave little room for an aftermarket heatsink like the HR-05-SLI. your CPU runs at a cool 47C under load and your northbridge at 65C. what do you think will give? i wisened up and stopped buying HSF that cooled a few C better. yes on their own they are great but taken as a whole a smaller quality cpu HSF paired with good chipset HSF results in balanced cooling yielding higher overclocks.
 
Originally posted by: etech
I would add the Enzotech Ultra-X heatsink to the list.
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Ultra-Xs are fly!!! 😀

I would buy one on a heartbeat but I'm running a P4 EE, so no joy except for Tuniq...
 
It is really hard to say for fit and form. While I love my Tuniq, I did have several issues with it. Nothing that a dremel didn't fix, but it only fits in a single orientation on a Gigabyte GA-N680SLA-DQ6 motherboard without modification.

I had to grind out part of the baseplate for it to fit in the orientation I wanted (due to my case), for it to fit over some of the voltage regulators on my board. Once I did that, I am now fine, however, if I hadn't really looked closely at it, I would not have seen the gap created from where it touched the regulators, as it did not look like it was hitting them when I placed the heatsink on the CPU, however, once I had all the screws lined up and started screwing down, it popped over the top of the regulators for proper alignment...

It is not the easiest of heatsinks to install on that motherboard, but then again, the Thermaltakes would not even fit had I used them due to my case (Lian Li PC-201B is inverted, and thus there is absolutely NO room for ANY part of the heatsink to overhang what is normally the "top" of the motherboard).
 
Was away for a few days and hadn't checked my thread here. Many thanks to all of you who replied. I ended up ordering the Tuniq because it seems every place in the U.S. is out of the TR Extreme. That, plus the fact that the last 3 - 4 Newegg reviews of the TR weren't that encouraging...seems they may have a quality control problem.

The Tuniq is tried and true...and cheaper b/c it includes the fan. And I promise I'll be careful with the sticky pad 😉

All the best gang.
 
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