The battle of the CPU Coolers is a close one. Thermalright have released the monster Silver Arrow. How does it fare against the reigning champ?
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OC3D Review Noctua vs Thermalright - The Big Fight!
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alienware
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Oh god oh god please please put the link in... *goes to look at main page*
Haha ! p*ss off thermalright !
I took one look at those clips and thought "oh no, oh god no !". And the heat pipes look like dildos
And I think that's why it fails. With the Noctua as you crank and crank the temps just don't seem to change. My 940 didn't refuse to boot due to heat I was just scared of blowing it up.
I might have missed the actual price of this but if it's around £50 why are they charging the same for that stupid shaman GPU cooler? This thing has two fans on and is bigger.
Nothing to worry about there for Noctua then. It'll be a bloody long time before any one can beat the NH and by the time they do it'll be too late.
Was talking to Stepy about this last night. The Noctua was just pure American right from the start. I could just visualise two yanks (Cleetus and Bubba) saying "Holy sheep sh*t, let's make the biggest dog garn cooler we can fit on a motherboard !" and then speccing it out like a V12 Aston. Once you reach that level all others can merely copy you, but with little chance of beating you. I mean, how the hell do you make a bigger cooler than the NH?
I wouldn't mind but TR seem to have simply stolen the NH and made a poorer cooler. I mean look at them
I do like the look of the fans on the TR tho, would look cool on a Gigabyte
Noctua threw the first punch. So it was game over. It really was hard to appreciate just how enormous the NH was until I had one in my PC.
Haha ! p*ss off thermalright !
I took one look at those clips and thought "oh no, oh god no !". And the heat pipes look like dildos
And I think that's why it fails. With the Noctua as you crank and crank the temps just don't seem to change. My 940 didn't refuse to boot due to heat I was just scared of blowing it up.
I might have missed the actual price of this but if it's around £50 why are they charging the same for that stupid shaman GPU cooler? This thing has two fans on and is bigger.
Nothing to worry about there for Noctua then. It'll be a bloody long time before any one can beat the NH and by the time they do it'll be too late.
Was talking to Stepy about this last night. The Noctua was just pure American right from the start. I could just visualise two yanks (Cleetus and Bubba) saying "Holy sheep sh*t, let's make the biggest dog garn cooler we can fit on a motherboard !" and then speccing it out like a V12 Aston. Once you reach that level all others can merely copy you, but with little chance of beating you. I mean, how the hell do you make a bigger cooler than the NH?
I wouldn't mind but TR seem to have simply stolen the NH and made a poorer cooler. I mean look at them
I do like the look of the fans on the TR tho, would look cool on a Gigabyte
Noctua threw the first punch. So it was game over. It really was hard to appreciate just how enormous the NH was until I had one in my PC.
delusion77
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I actually thought the noctua was going to loose this one. but i guess another1 bite the dust!
siravarice
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What case is that? it looks badass
Bitfenix survivor.
And I now hate Tom more than ever
You did that on purpose didn't you?
Maybe
Might use it as the static test case for heatsinks now
Xbit labs got different results. I haven't compared them closely, but at 4.4GHz 1.44375v they had the Silver Arrow at under 80C. What the reason for the different findings? I noticed Xbit used an open case, was the survivor opened as well during testing?
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-silver-arrow_5.html#
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-silver-arrow_5.html#
No the Survivor was closed during the test from what Tom said in the YouTube video. Well not really closed since he had to tape the sidepanel on in order for the Thermalright to fit
alienware
Banned
Don’t like the fan Clips either
They do indeed look very sweary. I think they would possibly be even more sweary than Noctua's original clips !
thestepster
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if the clips are anything like the true then they are utter murder was a good cooler in its time but a total pain in the ahole to install then get the clips on in the case!
Tested IN a case as it would have been for a normal user, when ever I tested in open air before people moaned it wasnt a true reflection of performance!
You lot are just never happy
The results are bang on though, thats why i videod it all.
Case was sealed though hence the tape, there was only a few mm in it at the fixing points at the back of the case.
alienware
Banned
I don't understand why people want to see test rig results. It's stupid.
When I read that Radeon 5770s idled at 23c I was bloody well pleased. Imagine my annoyance when I got one in there and it actually idled at 35. I thought it was chuffing broken.
Honestly, no disrespect Tom but reviews where the cards/coolers are on a test bed are absolutely useless to the end user. (Edit. Temps obs)
So kudos from me for showing us what actual coolers do in actual use in actual cases in people's actual computers.
When I read that Radeon 5770s idled at 23c I was bloody well pleased. Imagine my annoyance when I got one in there and it actually idled at 35. I thought it was chuffing broken.
Honestly, no disrespect Tom but reviews where the cards/coolers are on a test bed are absolutely useless to the end user. (Edit. Temps obs)
So kudos from me for showing us what actual coolers do in actual use in actual cases in people's actual computers.
