You can refer to frostytech Top 10 HSF chart here http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm


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TRUE is definitely the best for i7. I've used CCF and just changed to TRUE120. The temp difference between those two are huge. Here are the proofs. All the tests were done in a control environment where the aircond temperature was set to 23C in a closed 8 x 10 ft room and the ambient temperature was 25C (taken from my Raytek hand held temperature probe, model Raynger ST2L ). Both HSFs were applied with Tuniq TX2. Prim95 9 (small fft) was used to make all 4 cores of the i7 load to 100%. All the temps were taken after running prime95 for an hour. I took the maximum value temp readings monitored by Real Temp 3.0. I didn't bother to take the idle temperatures for all the cores as the 100% load temperatures across all the 4 cores were the objective in these tests. In addtion I also ran LinX 0.5.6 as this application produce more heat than prime95.

Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer


Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120


Summary in Graph with Maximum Temperature recorded by Real Temp 3.0


From the summary above running prime95 small fft, TRUE beats CCF in average of 6.25C.

CCF with LinX 20 passes


TRUE 120 with LinX 20 passes


Summary in Graph with Maximum Temperature recorded by Real Temp 3.0


From the summary above running LinX, TRUE beats CCF in average of 7.5C.

Conclusion, I was a fool on believing frostytech. I should have bought TRUE120 in the first place.

Too lazy to do that right now... Maybe later when I'm in the mood of doing it...

If you're not going to overclock the i7, I would say CCF is value for money but like me I want the lowest temperature possible while getting the highest overclock speed on air, TRUE120 is indeed worth every single cent.

@tkh, have you tried to compare CCF and TRUE yourself? Since you're using TRUE on your system and selling CCF. Why don't you do the test on C2Q system and share the results here.

Another update from me. When I used CCF, I can boot to windows with 4.2Ghz but it will BSOD on me in less than 5 minutes running prime95 because of the temperature has exceeded the TjMax value, i.e 100C but with TRUE-120 I can prime my system with no problem. Here's the screenshot of my i7 920 at 4.2Ghz running prime95 (small fft) after an hour. I'll keep it running for another few hours. TRUE-120 is truly an awesome cooler . Seriously for ppl who want to build an i7 rig get the TRUE-120, it's really worth it.

5C drop is really worth it to do the lapping.

We're not twins lah... that penguin avatars you can download them...got many themes...Ok I just found out that my TRUE-120 is not the really secured/tight enough. I can still twist it. I found out that a washer mod need to be done on the TRUE to make it more tighten and the temp will decrease more....tomorrow I'll go out to find suitable washer.

This cooler is as good as CCF with push n pull config, otherwise CCF beats Ice Blade Pro. I've used both coolers before on my i7 920.

Just flip back a few pages, I've posted temp between TRUE 120 and CCF. Ice Blade Pro and CCF temps more or less were the same. Since you're going to use Phenom II, you can't compare with i7 temps.