Tom's Hardware has just finished a mega CPU cooler round up and our cooler, IFX-14 took the top honor. Please read all about it at below link.

MEGA TEST

The choices of heatsink weren't very good imo.

how to clean my dusty ultra 120? can i dip it in a bucket of water?

I clean my IFX-14 by spraying water at the fins. Just dry it up nicely before mounting back to the motherboard.

I dumped it into a bail of soap water for couple minutes and then cleaned with clean tap water ..

afterward lave on a piece of cloth and use hair dryer to vaporized water drops away ... so that it doesn't leave any water mark behind keeping it shine like a newly bought one ..

I used hair dryer blowing hot air to dry my Noctua before. Biggest mistake i did. I touched the fins and base during drying and it oxidised. Had to use Brasso to polish the copper.

before that, i plan to buy thermalright THERMALRIGHT Ultra-120 Extreme , but after i read this, i wonder the same thing if happen to me then how... anyone hv read before?
http://forums.pureoverclock.com/showthread.php?p=10292

wow, just 1 person complained u make the decision not to buy Thermalright products

that person could be working with other cooler manufacturer company

let's make a post count, who satisfy/regret buying Thermalright product please post ur experience

let me start: bought XP-90C, Ultra 120 (bought for friend, manage to test 1 week, HR-01, XP-120)

satisfaction guaran-damn-teed


Satisfied Customer = 1
Unsatisfied Customer = 0

wht i mean is, he point out a good reasoning said, no all product will be perform same / no consistantly of quanlity since so many heat fin there, one or 2 many broke... or rust..
i wont judge he is a spy from other company, or wht so even reason of commencial, i just note out this point, which is a good point also. plus review site sometimes cant trust also, since this review site once become famous, will attact many marketing ppl to help to promote on the site ony..
i wonder how many review site, is realy professionl ppl to test it out or just techincial or normal person, who know right

if i buy also i base on the feel of good look to my pc, since my casing can look through inside, for show-off gua.. heheh. i mean not realy care about quality lor. who know which realy best right everyone.

that's the purpose of warranty ma

u can always 1-to-1 exchange the cooler say didn't perform expectedly

even in Thermalright website stated warranty, but i don't think the warranty covers fans, coz Thermalright didn't sell fans along with their coolers (some Thermalright model got la)

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Feb 24 2008, 10:30 PM

Many thermalright users are satisfied with their cooler.

This post has been edited by tomatos: Feb 25 2008, 12:17 AM

i had been using below cooler :

XP-90
XP-90C
XP-120
U120ex

and all of them perform well, and i'm much satisfied .

rgds

another satisfied user here as well.... XP-120 and IFX-14

when buying heatsinks i usually dont bother looking at other brands except thermalright.

yeah and someone is still looking for a SI-128

I've tested both Ultra 120E and the Ultima 90i. No doubt at all about the performance for TR. I would say, its almost certain that the stocks we getting locally are of the best quality. Each and everyone that I sold were inspected, mostly had near perfect finishing. Yet to receive any complaints. But, when sell other coolers, really shakehead when need to check the condition b4 sending out on courier or COD. Best part for the TR stuffs, their pipes never condensation, if thats what it calls to describe the phenomenan when the heatpipes turns white-ish color. Others like Thermaltake, Evercool, Coolermaster their heatpipe whether copper or nickel plated will still turn white-ish color. Irritating.

Very satisfied user of Thermalright Ultima-90i. My only qualms is that Thermalright should start producing fans on their own or at least, liase with a good company that does (NMB-MAT or something). If you want to personally chechk the hardware, why not go Lowyat and have a look before buying? Got mine at MyPC. Very nice folks there. Or you can get it from jy14 here. Very nice seller of which I've closed deals with on many times. (Didn't know you were selling TR stuffs until I got my Ultima-90i )

Bro, i think u mean oxidation?
Condensation is when water vapour in the air turns into water droplets when it meets colder temperature.
Anyway, i agree with what you stated.
My IFX-14 Heatpipes are still so sexy, the fins could use some soap water or vinegar or maybe coca-cola bath...

Agreed. JY14 is a good seller...
Ultima-90i, one of the best performing 90mm heatsinks around.
Another thing, the reason why TR do not bundle fans is because they allow users to choose their own fan to match the heatsink.
Everyone has different criterias to fulfil, some wants dead silent setup, some wants powerful setup and noise is not of a problem. With TR u have the flexibility.

Me, use of TR-XP90 and TR IFX-14.
I have some issues on the IFX14 though, suspect contact not very good. Lapped, but it might be an issue of pressure.
Will try a trick shared on other forums to increase pressure on the Proc and see if anything changes.

clayclws & @meno: Thanks for the compliments. U guys were great buyers too.

@meno: Yes oxidation. haha, sorry my physics and chem thing all gave back to the lecturers oledi. haha I'm very surprise that those heatpipe can survive the oxidation while others just either bcome white for the silver color ones or bcome black for the copper.

So, quality is the word to descibe TR stuffs. Best part too is the heatsinks can b "bathed".

I thought the material used to make the heatsink is "anti-oxidization"? I can see the copper (base of my IFX-14) oxidizing as I lapped it. Bad move

Anti-oxidation is due to their coating. Thermalright heatpipes and base is coated with nickel which oxidise in air at high temperature.

The fins of thermalright heatsink do oxidise in air though. They are non-coated aluminium fins.