Anyone have this cooler?

[Bacon]

Thermalright IFX-10

Only reason I ask is I'm considering getting one and theres really no good reviews on it. So I'm hoping to get some info from someone that owns one. Also, I know this cooler is paired with the Thermalright IFX-14, but hopefully there will be someone that tried the heatsink without the back cooler for a comparison or is like me and bought it separate for a different cooler.

Thanks for any help in advance!

 

[ganzey]

first off, im just making sure that u know that u have to have BOTH of those. because the first one is just an addition. but paired, im sure this would be a great cooler. but, a simpler solution would be to get a cooler master v8

 

[bomberboysk]

I dont see it making that much of a difference to be honest, as the cpu heat is mainly on the top, the only way for heat to transfer to the back is through 775 little pins,though the motherboard PCB, then through a thermal pad. I highly doubt you would see it making any difference in temperatures.

 

[The_Other_One]

That's pretty much how a laptop heatsink would look if you removed it...just much more compact. But I suspect that'd work very well if you could get it setup right. Line it up right with your exhaust fan and have it blowing the hot air outside the case, it'd probably help a fair amount. Though I do sometimes wonder how effective such long heatpipes are.

 

[Bacon]

first off, im just making sure that u know that u have to have BOTH of those. because the first one is just an addition. but paired, im sure this would be a great cooler. but, a simpler solution would be to get a cooler master v8

You don't have to have both.. I took this straight off the Thermalright website.

They sell it separately, take a look. http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/cpu/ifx-10/product_cpu_cooler_ifx-10.html
By the way, my current Heatsink alone stomps the V8.

I dont see it making that much of a difference to be honest, as the cpu heat is mainly on the top, the only way for heat to transfer to the back is through 775 little pins,though the motherboard PCB, then through a thermal pad. I highly doubt you would see it making any difference in temperatures.

See thats what I thought, but the sites that reviewed it showed a 3-4C drop in load temps, idle varied from 0-1C drop and I wasn't sure if I was ready to believe them or not.

That's pretty much how a laptop heatsink would look if you removed it...just much more compact. But I suspect that'd work very well if you could get it setup right. Line it up right with your exhaust fan and have it blowing the hot air outside the case, it'd probably help a fair amount. Though I do sometimes wonder how effective such long heatpipes are.

The heatsink itself would be lined up pretty well with my top exhaust fan, so it would have a good airflow.. I just dunno about it.




A side note. If I was to install this heatsink it is said to dissipate heat from the motherboard is well, but I'm a bit skeptical on that, only thing I see it dissipating heat from are my RAM sticks, but I suppose every bit helps..

 

[bomberboysk]

You could probably see better results getting yourself some scythe ultra kaze or scythe slipstream fans.

Edit: Oh yeah, and also lapping it would help temperatures.

 

[Vizy]

I coudn't figure out what it was. From what bomber said, i assume it's cooling at the back of the motherboard?

Just my 2 cents, i have a 6000 x2 and when i installed a fan on the back of the motherboard (the cm690 rules btw), the temps dropped almost 7 C.

I was happy until the fan broke. It was a nice silenX one too. That bastard.

 

[Bacon]

You could probably see better results getting yourself some scythe ultra kaze or scythe slipstream fans.

Edit: Oh yeah, and also lapping it would help temperatures.

Great I ordered a lapping kit earlier today, question I had though. I'm obviously planning on using it on the heatsink, but I've also heard of people lapping their CPUs, is that something I should look into? Also I'll look into those fans, atm I'm using Yate Loons running at 1600rpms, they aren't too bad, but still..


Thanks again for all the help guys. Please keep it coming!


Edit: Don't most Graphics cards have heatsinks on both sides?

 

[bomberboysk]

Lapping your cpu works good aswell, basically you want both surfaces as flat as possible. Also, grab yourself some high end thermal compound such as X23-7783D or G751.

And no, graphics cards are only cooled on the same side as the GPU itself.

 

[Bacon]

Also, grab yourself some high end thermal compound such as X23-7783D or G751.

I don't really know much about types of thermal compounds, is Arctic Silver good? If not I'll use it for now and pick up what you suggested a little later.

Just thought of something else.. Anyone know of a good guide on lapping? Because I've never done it before and I've heard that there are some use full tricks to get it just right.

Edit: Normally I would just google things like this, but I want to make sure it is a good guide that shows how to properly lap a heatsink. So if I was to google it I run the risk of using a guide that doesn't work or does it improperly, that is why I ask.

 

[Twist86]

Lapping to a good degree will take 3-4 hours to do. I never done it myself cept on a old Athlon system (I never wanted to do it on a $180-$220 processor)

Do know it WILL void your warranty and if your not careful you can seriously damage and screw up your chip if you don't do it right.


The video I used was this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKEsODxfXwA


I liked the fact he took so many precautions...a lot of sites I did some reading on never suggested taping the sides of the CPU with the protective casing to prevent issue.