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Arctucas · Feb 2, 2009

@EastCoasthandle,

Thank you for adding me, but I actually have the regular TRUE and you have me under the TRUE Black.

EastCoasthandle · Feb 2, 2009

Arctucas said:
@EastCoasthandle,

Thank you for adding me, but I actually have the regular TRUE and you have me under the TRUE Black.

fixed

Yukikaze · Feb 2, 2009

EastCoastHandle, thanks for updating my other cooler too :toast:

EastCoasthandle · Feb 2, 2009

Yukikaze said:
EastCoastHandle, thanks for updating my other cooler too

NP

King Wookie · Feb 2, 2009

Eastcoasthandle, you do good work bro! :respect:

Here's the links to the rest of Vapor's reviews. Don't know if there are any others.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=137832
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=193125
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=193646
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=188846

EastCoasthandle · Feb 2, 2009

King Wookie said:
Eastcoasthandle, you do good work bro!

Here's the links to the rest of Vapor's reviews. Don't know if there are any others.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=137832
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=193125
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=193646
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=188846

Thanks for the links, it has been added. :toast:

Duffman · Feb 2, 2009

Are we gonna add NB/SB coolers as well?

I can attest to the Silenx fans. I have an 80mm low profile (15mm) attatched to my Thermalright NB cooler. Very quiet for the most part but is starting to whine a bit now. it's been on for about a year now.

EastCoasthandle · Feb 2, 2009

If you want to discussing them and provide links in this thread be more then welcome. As far as me adding them, I'm not sure at this time. Right now, after market chipset heat sinks can be very tedious to remove and replace. For example some:
-use thermal compound that has glue like quality that needs to be either heated or frozen to remove

-some motherboards require the use of a backplate which can be very hard to find. If your motherboard comes with it you may need to re-drill holes if it doesn't use the same screws

-motherboards require both north and southbridge heatsinks because OEM version covers both in 1 unit. This can greatly increase build time and overall cost as you now have to buy (in some cases) 2 separate heatsinks

-are simply not enough variety in after market chipset heatsinks to accommodate the plethora of different motherboards people use between Intel and AMD IMO

-and others I don't recall at this time

As you can see, changing those chipset HS can be very cumbersome to say the least. This is why I haven't added them to the OP. The best I've seen that works best is the re-applications of thermal compound and add a fan to OEM heatsink . However, don't take this as means of not discussing it in this thread if you have pertinent information about them.

Duffman · Feb 2, 2009

No problem. I changed the one on my Maximus formula out and saw big drops in both NB and SB temps.

EastCoasthandle · Feb 8, 2009

Duffman said:
No problem. I changed the one on my Maximus formula out and saw big drops in both NB and SB temps.

Hmm, what are you using now? Did you just add a fan or are you using a different hs?

BloodTotal · Feb 8, 2009

don't add me, but I will give my 2 cents

mx-2 is one of the best thermal pastes, and is the most readily availabe + it is non-conductive so that makes it one of the best choices for thermal paste if not the best.

The OCZ vandetta 2 one of the top 3 heatsinks (the other ones being Noctua, and the S183), its price tag is amazing, and is also readily available anywhere, which makes it a damn good choice for a heatsink. It sucks because you have to spill blood if you want to put it on (me as well as my friend who put ours on our rigs both spilled blood trying to get the pins pushed in (my name is blood, ironic.. I wondered if I keep the blood in there)

oh and, don't buy ultra kazes (3000rpm), they will cut your hand, and they are twice or 3 times as loud as my antec 900 fans on max

frankie827 · Feb 8, 2009

where would be a good site to buy a thermalright true black? i know newegg and tigerdirect dont sell them....also, how much do they usually go for? its either the thermalright or the xigmatek hdt s1283

and another question lol
could someone suggest a good fan to replace the stock xigmatek? like could you post a newegg link?

thanks alot guys!

ShadowFold · Feb 8, 2009

The S1283 is half the price and definitely better when you get the bolt through kit with it.

RadeonX2 · Feb 8, 2009

I have the TRUE black with MX-2 but TRUE black is just to pricy I had bought the TRUE black as the shop didn't have any other options and the best performer would be the TRUE

frankie827 · Feb 8, 2009

wait...what about the tuniq tower?

i'm still really confused as to what i should get

i know that if i got the tuniq tower, i would have to remove 2 of my 4 side fans

kyle2020 · Feb 8, 2009

Tuniq towers are left in the water compared to the TRUE and the S1283.

EastCoasthandle · Feb 8, 2009

frankie827 said:
where would be a good site to buy a thermalright true black? i know newegg and tigerdirect dont sell them....also, how much do they usually go for? its either the thermalright or the xigmatek hdt s1283

and another question lol
could someone suggest a good fan to replace the stock xigmatek? like could you post a newegg link?

thanks alot guys!

sidewinder
frozen CPU
Xoxide
heatsink factory

EastCoasthandle · Feb 8, 2009

Hmm whatever happened to the Thermaltake Big Typhoon

frankie827 · Feb 8, 2009

kyle2020 said:
Tuniq towers are left in the water compared to the TRUE and the S1283.

sorry, i feel like an idiot today. what do you mean by that? the tuniq tower isnt that great compared to the true and the s1283?

kyle2020 · Feb 8, 2009

frankie827 said:
sorry, i feel like an idiot today. what do you mean by that? the tuniq tower isnt that great compared to the true and the s1283?

correct. Plus they cost a lot more (atleast in the UK they do).

frankie827 · Feb 8, 2009

ok, so its definately the xigmatek for me

what do you all think about a fan to replace the stock fan that comes with it?
i'd love it if you could post a link from newegg.

kyle2020 · Feb 8, 2009

frankie827 said:
ok, so its definately the xigmatek for me

what do you all think about a fan to replace the stock fan that comes with it?
i'd love it if you could post a link from newegg.

the fan that comes with it is pretty good really.

frankie827 · Feb 8, 2009

kyle2020 said:
the fan that comes with it is pretty good really.

how do you think it will perform with my b3 q6600?
right now i use an arctic cooling freezer 7 pro...i use the voltage in my system specs to go oc to 3.2 (my vid is 1.3) and my idle temps are around 34*C....and i think my load temps are around 48-50*C

kyle2020 · Feb 8, 2009

I idle @ 3.6Ghz, 1.38V at like 25 - 30 degrees across all the cores - with yours being a B3 Im guessing you wont idle as low, however you will most deffinately notice a load temperature drop.

frankie827 · Feb 8, 2009

kyle2020 said:
I idle @ 3.6Ghz, 1.38V at like 25 - 30 degrees across all the cores - with yours being a B3 Im guessing you wont idle as low, however you will most deffinately notice a load temperature drop.

ok

thanks for the all the help everyone

i'm going to order the xigmatek at 8pm EST
so if anyone has any objections they have 6.5 hours to post

System Name	It's just a computer
Processor	i9-14900K Direct Die
Motherboard	MSI Z790 ACE MAX
Cooling	4X D5T Vario, 2X HK Res, 3X Nemesis GTR560, NF-A14-iPPC3000PWM, NF-A14-iPPC2000PWM, IceMan DD
Memory	TEAMGROUP FFXD548G8000HC38EDC01
Video Card(s)	MSI 4070 Ti Super w/Alphacool Eisblock Aurora RTX 4070TI Ventus with Backplate :13724
Storage	Samsung 990 PRO 1TB M.2
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F
Case	Custom open frame chassis
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G/Z-5500
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime PX-1300
Mouse	Logitech MX700
Keyboard	Logitech LX700
Software	Win11PRO

System Name	MY PC
Processor	E8400 @ 3.80Ghz > Q9650 3.60Ghz
Motherboard	Maximus Formula
Cooling	D5, 7/16" ID Tubing, Maze4 with Fuzion CPU WB
Memory	XMS 8500C5D @ 1066MHz
Video Card(s)	HD 2900 XT 858/900 to 4870 to 5870 (Keep Vreg area clean)
Storage	2
Display(s)	24"
Case	P180
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Plantinum
Power Supply	Silencer 750
Software	XP Pro SP3 to Windows 7
Benchmark Scores	This varies from one driver to another.

System Name	Dire Wolf IV
Processor	Intel Core i9 14900K
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z790-I GAMING WIFI
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 w/Thermalright Contact Frame
Memory	2x24GB Corsair DDR5-6600
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX4080 FE
Storage	AORUS Gen4 7300 1TB + Western Digital SN750 500GB
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DWF (QD-OLED, 3440x1440, 165hz)
Case	Corsair Airflow 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair SF1000L
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard	Chuangquan CQ84
Software	Windows 11 Professional

System Name	MY PC
Processor	E8400 @ 3.80Ghz > Q9650 3.60Ghz
Motherboard	Maximus Formula
Cooling	D5, 7/16" ID Tubing, Maze4 with Fuzion CPU WB
Memory	XMS 8500C5D @ 1066MHz
Video Card(s)	HD 2900 XT 858/900 to 4870 to 5870 (Keep Vreg area clean)
Storage	2
Display(s)	24"
Case	P180
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Plantinum
Power Supply	Silencer 750
Software	XP Pro SP3 to Windows 7
Benchmark Scores	This varies from one driver to another.

System Name	Blackbox
Processor	Intel i5 750 @ stock for now
Motherboard	EVGA P55 LE
Cooling	Corsair H50 with 2 x Zalman ZM-F3 push/pull
Memory	2 x 2g team extreem DDR3 2000
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 460 Top
Storage	Seagate 500.12, Seagate 320.11
Display(s)	BenQ FP222W - 22 inches
Case	CM 590 with 5x various fans (Thermalright/Noctua)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX620
Software	XP home SP3

System Name	Black Knight
Processor	Intel Xeon W3520 @4.2Ghz
Motherboard	evga Classified 760
Cooling	Prolimatech Mega Shadow with Dual Noctua NF-P12 fans
Memory	6GB Corsair Dominator GT DDR3 (3gb x 2) 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X
Storage	Corsair P128 SSD for OS, 4 Samsung 500GB in RAID10 For Storage
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster T240HD
Case	Corsair Obsidian 800d Twin Zalman ZM-MFC Plus fan controllers
Audio Device(s)	HT\|OMEGA CLARO
Power Supply	Antec Truepower 1000
Software	Win7 64bit ultimate

System Name	Blood
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q PRO @ stock settings
Cooling	Antec Case fans (max) OCZ Vandetta 2 CPU cooler with a Kaze Jyuni 120mm fan 1200RPM+-100RPM 67.5CFM
Memory	Patriot Viper Series 4GB 2x2GB DDR2 800Mhz 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OC MAXCORE 896MB PCIe 2.0 Core 216 @ stock settings
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s
Display(s)	Acer AL2616Wd 25.5" 1920x1200 800:1 178degrees viewing angle 5ms S-IPS Panel
Case	Antec Nine Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 with a coaxial cable connected to a Logitech z5500
Power Supply	BFG ES-800 800W
Software	Windows Vista (soon to be Windows Xp, Vista, and Windows 7 triple boot)

System Name	Gaming PC
Processor	Core 2 Quad Q6600 B3@3.3ghz @ 1.376V \| VID: 1.313V
Motherboard	Evga Nvidia Nforce 680i LT SLI
Cooling	7x 12cm case fans+Xigmatek HDT-s1283 Dark Knight
Memory	4gb DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2
Video Card(s)	896mb Evga GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (720/1515/1135)
Storage	2x 160gb Seagate Baraccudas + 1x 640gb Western Digital Caviar Green + 1x 1tb Samsung F1
Display(s)	Sceptre 20.1" 1080P Widescreen
Case	NZXT Zero
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE+Creative Fatal1ty Headset/Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround
Power Supply	Silverstone Zeus 750watt
Software	Vista Home Premium 32-Bit
Benchmark Scores	15883 on 3dmark06 w/ windows 7 beta @ 3.3ghz 13188 on 3dmark vantage w/ windows 7 beta @ 3.2ghz

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

Processor	Q6600 @ 3.6GHz \| P4 @ 2.1GHz
Motherboard	Asus Commando ROG (Vdroop mod) \| Asus P4V8X-MX
Cooling	MegaShadow w/ 2x Scythe Slipstream MX-2 Paste + Kama Bay + 4x120mm case fan \| stock Intel
Memory	Kingston 4x1GB DDR2 @ 800MHz w/ OCZ XTC cooler \| 1GB DDR @ 400MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 260 1792mb 448bit @ 713/1458/1116x2 \| GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP8X 64mb 64bit
Storage	640GB WD AACS 250GB Excelstor 160GB Seagate \| 40GB WD
Display(s)	Samsung T220, Samsung 32" 1080P \| LG L1752S
Case	Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 \| Trendsonic mid tower
Audio Device(s)	Asus Supreme FX (Creative Inspire 5.1 speaker), Samsung HT-Z220 \| Onboard audio (2.1 Speaker)
Power Supply	Gigabyte Odin Pro 800W \| 550W generic
Software	Vista Ultimate 64 SP2 \| XP Pro 32 SP3
Benchmark Scores	3Dmark06 - 17,348 Vantage - P13,510 Super PI 1M - 12.765s @ 4.1GHz GenericCPUbench - 6,864 ms 38,

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