Thermalright Ultra120 Extreme CPU Cooler

Ultra120 Extreme, the King of Silent Air (so far)

Strengths: Supreme silent air cooling performance. Quality construction. Easy and secure mounting system.

Weakness: Heavy. Expensive. Doesn't come with a fan. Size may be an issue for smaller computers.

Initially, I was worried about the hefty weight of this cooler, and that's why I opted for the Scythe Ninja Rev. B. However, the Ninja's poor mounting system proved to be a major drawback for heat transference, especially when the CPU is overclocked. I finally bit on this cooler because I really wanted to overclock my E6600 (which turns out to be a poor overclocker that chews up voltage...

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The BEST, if not for the QC issue

Strengths: One of the best, if not the best (air cooled) heatsink on the market.

Weakness: One of the most expensive (air cooled) heatsink on the market and no fan. Big & heavy. Most importantly, poor QC; you need to waste even more time get the surface nice and even.

I have bought 2 of these for my computer builds. These are undoutably the best performing air cooled heatsink on the market. The unit is big and heavy, not to mention pricy (and doesnt even come with a fan like Tuniq Tower 120). But they are sacrifices you'd need to make for the best. However, in no way would these make up for the poor QC on the units I have received (the main reason for...

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Nice

Strengths: Very fast cooling, cools moy overclocked dual core intel conroe beautifully, from 2.66 to 3.4 ghz per core.

Weakness: the mounting bracket allows the unit to turm when you push it

It does not fit well in my apevia full tower, and i dislike the monting bracket, but for cooling linked with a 120mm fan it rocks. the cores never go over 41 degrees C, even when maxed out a little over an hour straight

Thermalright Ultra120 Extreme CPU Cooler

Strengths: This is the best as far as air cooling is concerned.

Weakness: The instruction diagrams are unclear.

I bought this for my Q6600. It works so well that you could use it w/o a fan or thermal compound--with well ventilated case, of course. It's that good. This is the best as far as air cooling is concerned. The only problem I had with it was during installation. The diagram illustrating the fan mounting clips was unclear.

Extreme cooling

Strengths: Superior cooling, top of the line heatsink. Used on socket LGA775, back plate lined up perfectly.

Weakness: Need to remove motherboard to install back plate. Had to slightly turn head sink to clear north bridge heat sink on ABIT IP35 Pro motherboard. Even after screws are tight heat sink can be turned with little effort. LGA775 bracket could have fit heat sink

Even though it has some cons because of it's size, weight and LGA775 bracket, I'd still highly recommend this heat sink, for superior cooling w/120mm fan. Running Q6600 oc to 3.4Ghz at 1.3v I idle at 27C. Running four instances of Prime95 stressing the cpu to the max, it toped out at 58C, and cools back down in a hurry when stopped. Gaming I might get to 42C. Well within the limits of the 62C max...

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Ultra 120 IS THE BEST HEAT DESIPATOR ON THE MARKET...

Strengths: Excellent cooling that is just as good as phase change. Very economical.

Weakness: If your environment gets hot, cooling is reduced.

This Thermalright Ultra 120 is an excellent heatsink for the price and ranks right up with phase change for its cooling capacity when you strap on 2 120mm fans. After comparing several reviews on multiple heat sinks and even phase change units, I noticed that this heat sink is the best air cooled heatsink on the planet. It also does just as well if not better than some of the phase change units...

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Thermalright Ultra 120

Strengths: The BEST CPU cooling for your gaming PC

Weakness: Base moves slightly, heavy, fan clips a little unstable

I bought this CPU cooler for my budding gaming PC in May 2007 and it definitely does the job, even in tropical environments where the temps in my house during the day can easily top 30C (86F). I currently have an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2GHz)I get 40C at stock speeds it doesn't cross 44C with a stable overclock to 2.65GHz while doing 'typical' stuff like internet and documents. Obviously the...

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One of the best CPU Cooler

Strengths: Extremely efficient, keeps my Intel Core 2 Duo processor at very low temps

Weakness: Doesn't come with Fan

This is a huge cpu cooler. Please make sure that you have enough space in your case to fit this monster. I am extremely happy with the way this performs keeping my CPU at very low temperatures. Had they provided a 120 mm fan with this cooler, I would have give all 5 in every dept(and more). But I had to purchase an extra 120mm fan (low noise and have under volted) to run very quite and move less...

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Ultra120 Extreme CPU Cooler

Strengths: Huge Surface Area for cooling, Super Quiet (with the right fan), excellent build quality

Weakness: none

This CPU cooler is the king of all heatsinks! It is the best air heat sink around! Pair it with a good quality quiet fan, and you can barely hear it run. Allows for great overclocks. I haven't pushed my system too far yet, since I am breaking in new components, but it should be up for the task.

Very good, but very big air cooler

Strengths: Great air cooling.

Weakness: Massive, no fan, somewhat expensive.

Probably one of the best air coolers you can buy but you will pay for the privilege. This thing is huge and barely fit into my full tower case so be sure to check sizing before purchase.