Well my dificulty in installing the heatsink is that i had to apply much force to compress the spring on the screw so that the screw can get connected to the backplate. Another thing is that the 120-Extreme doesnt have the mounting like IFX-14. With IFX-14 one can mount the backplate 1st then fix in the mobo and then screw the IFX-14. It's like the Noctua. And i had difficulty fitting my mobo + U120E into my A05.

This post has been edited by tomatos: Feb 3 2008, 05:23 PM

if you read TR's stand on this, you'd know why most of TR products dont have a flat base.
they believe that it has significant temperature control over other manafacturers, but then again i dont know why couldnt they just make it flat.

yup,the IFX has been travelled so far.
anyway,most of the TR hsf has no flat base,this is due to the heat pipe i think,but i no mind,cause no matter what cooler i get,i'll lap the base until grid 2000 to make sure it has perfect contact.
but even they are not flat,their performance is still good.i got my new TRUE from moderno today,tomolo i'll receive it,maybe switch to IFX-14 again,i sold my IFX-14 cause it cant fit my maximus last time,the pin fin (chipset cooler) blocked it locking mechanism
as for the fan,if u have exhaust fan at the back of ur casing,u put the fan at front or at centre also doesnt matter,i tested,but with normal 12cm fan la,high profile fan might be have the temp drop??
but i do strongly suggest u to use both the same fan to get equal air flow of push and pull.

According to TR, they purposely make the IFX base not flat due to the surface of processor also not flat.

If that is the case, why does the surface of TRUE a lot flatter? Doesn't seem to have consistency on that. Btw, the IFX-14 can only fit in one direction on the MARS due to the NB HSF and I can't put 3 fans

yup thats right

instaslled my TRUE today,the temp are pretty suck this time.

3.0GHz Q6600 1.18vcore with ambient temp of 29 to 30c.

idle:
43c
43c
37c
35c

what are u using to measure the temps?
are you sure you seated the HSF properly?

i seated perfectly with 4 screw in even pressure,i'm using core temp 0.96 to measure the temp.

thats weird. well, i read on XS that there is certain amount of pressure to apply on each side of the proc, but im not particularly sure whether that applies here

looks like i have to lap my TRUE and Intel IHS again

actually, i dont think you have to just yet
try to mount it with diff orientations cause thats what i did earlier on
got a diff of 2-3 degrees actually

YEAH.....THERMALRIGHT IS D BEST.MY CPU TEMP DROP 10C BEFORE OC.

eh, no one worried about idle temps la bro, any good Hsf can give u that. Whats the stress load like? thats the question everyone asks, and that makes a difference between a good one, and not so good one.

well, a good HSF has a low delta on the temp diff
like for instance, for WC, a good kit would have less than 10 degrees delta
for hsf, delta should be about 15 degrees not way more.

OT:when you get your mars, remember who to get from yeah?

This post has been edited by DaRkSyThE: Feb 9 2008, 09:11 AM

@darky
yes yes i know where to get it from la *hint*hint* yeah i get your point. I still feel most HSFs have standard idles depending on ambient temps.

nice cooler man..
thermalright is the best~~
collecting ang pow to get IFX 14..

haha!

Hmm...thermalright ultra 120 extreme, I wonder if this cpu cooler can fit in my case...

better measure it first...the important thing is ur nb height if too high will sangkut lor...anyway thermalrght is good prodct n u wont regret after u buy it ...

lol the TRUE could not effiecently cool my i7 like my normal quad (Q9400) =(.. once i open linpack (all the temp readings go red lol)..

This post has been edited by reiben05: Jul 19 2009, 09:23 PM