Member Review: XP-120

Review: XP-120

Well, for starters, i will be reviewing the Thermalright XP-120 heatsink.

It fits on sockets: 754,478,939,940, and if you buy a separate retension bracket (5usd) it will fit socket T (LGA 775)

Pros:

its size.

it fits a 120mm fan on top of it!!!!l

It has 5 heatpipes.

no screws are required for a fan either.

light weight

its a thermalright

copper heatpips and copper base

nickel plated

light weight aluminum fins

Cons:

its size. not all motherboards can fit this beast on it, and some require bending of caps on your motherboard and sometimes peope can not use dimm 1. even if it fits on your motherboard, it might not fit in your case.

$50 price tag before a fan.

With this heatsink, i dropped my load temps from 60*c to 40*c on my 3500+ newcastle overclocked to 2.64ghz.

load temps did not increase over 45*C even at 1.675 vcore.

idle temps from 42*c to 29*c

i use this heatsink along with a panaflo medium.

www.sidewindercomputers.com has them for the lowest price i have seen.

;)

so to summarize, this thing is massive, light weight, gets the job done, and costs $50

motherboard compatibility chart is at the bottom of this page
 
you have "its size" as a pro and a con. i dont see how its size in a pro - its huge!! ok it gets the job done but still the weight is tremendous on your mobo. good review bud :) pretty impressive temp drop.
 
name='Dave' said:
you have "its size" as a pro and a con. i dont see how its size in a pro - its huge!! ok it gets the job done but still the weight is tremendous on your mobo. good review bud :) pretty impressive temp drop.

its actually not very heavy... 370g is not that bad. especially when u compare it to the 2lb tower 112!!!! :eek:

size is a pro because surface area is the key to heat dispersion, but its also so big that not all motherboards can fit it. therefore it IS a pro and a con. sounds kinda wierd but thats how i see it ;)
 
Nice review. Maybe go into depth a little more whay its size is an advantage, and if you can try and get a pic of it.

I'll then give you reps for the guide ;)
 
XMS said:
Nice review. Maybe go into depth a little more whay its size is an advantage, and if you can try and get a pic of it.

I'll then give you reps for the guide ;)

I'm with XMS on this one...bit more and a pic...then reps for the muffmeister!

Hey XMS...where was my reps for the NV5 then!?!?! lol ;)
 
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