For those times when you need almost two kilograms of pure awesome.
For over a year Thermalright has led the pack in air cooling with its Ultra 120 Extreme. So when we heard that its boffins had taken that same design, and decided to replace EVERYTHING with copper, we knew we just had to get one in!Standing 15.6cm tall, and glistening all over, it’s easy to see why anyone would love this cooler. A total of six 6mm copper heatpipes are bent into a ‘U’ shape, and meet at a pure copper base (that is so reflective you can use it as a mirror – not to mention that it’s perfectly flat). These carry the heat upwards, meeting the 52 pure copper fins, spreading the heat over a very large surface area.Each part glistens, catching the light and bouncing it off with a light orange glow. If it weren’t for the 1,900g weight, this could almost be called petite. The mounting system for such a huge cooler is the same that the original used, and is compatible with AM2, LGA775, and has an optional bracket for LGA1366. While this is a lot of weight, the mounting system held it relatively secure – though you’d probably be best to use this one with an immobile system, as moving the computer too much might cause damage to your mobo.Performance was, as could be expected, amazing. Just take a look at the table beneath to see that stock speed temperatures were significantly improved, and even overclocking became noticeably cooler. It looks like we have a new performance champ – with only one drawback. They’re only making 2000 of them worldwide, so to get your hands on one you’ll have to plead, beg, and some other third thing just to be able to see one.We love this cooler, (even if no-one else can have one, and it’ll rip a chunk out of your motherboard if you drop your case), and you should too.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012