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Old New Coolers from Zalman, Tuniq, Noctua and Thermaltake for the Overclocked Yorkfield Processor (page 6)

Category: Coolers

by Sergey Lepilov

[ 04/29/2008 | 06:44 PM ]

Installation Tips

The cooler may be installed onto LGA 775 and Socket 754/939/940/AM2 platforms. In the latter case you will use a simple clip catching to the standard socket bracket. As it usually happens with Intel processors, you will have to remove the mainboard from the system case before installing the cooler, because you will have to tighten it up to the back plate at the bottom of the PCB:

The cooler is pressed very firmly to the processor heat-spreader, so you shouldn’t apply too much force here, even though the cooler uses a backpate. I would also like to say that the heatsinks is pretty high above the cooler base (it measures about 55mm to the lower plate), so even very tall heatsinks on mainboard power elements shouldn’t prevent you from installing Tuniq Tower 120-LFB onto your platform.

The cooler looks monumentally inside a system case:

As I have already said, the fan is highlighted, however, since it is inside the whole structure, you can only see the blue lighting at the bottom of the cooler.

I conclusion I have to say that Tuniq Tower 120-LBF is priced at about $40.