A person who is not familiar with the CPU air-cooling field will hardly understand anything from the title of this article, and medical doctors will even doubt the sanity of the patient who may have written this phrase. Only overclockers with at least four years of experience will understand what we are going to talk about today. Before we start, we would like to explain (just in case) that among the existing CPU coolers there are really legendary solutions such as Scythe Ninja, Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme and Zalman CNPS7xxx. Of course, the famous Thermaltake Big Typhoon that was launched back in early 2005 is also one of them. Since then it has become a beloved favorite of many overclocking fans, some of whom have been using this cooler ever since. Why do we go back to the Big Typhoon in the introduction to our review of Propeller 120 cooler from Tuniq Co. Ltd.? Well, you will understand that shortly.

Package and Accessories

Tuniq Propeller 120 comes in a large box with a plastic carry handle and a colorful external slip-cover made of thin cardboard. There is a huge aircraft carrier on the front side of the box with the cooler photo and list of key features displayed as icons right below it:

It is hard to tell what the connection between Tuniq Propeller 120 and aircraft carrier really is. Maybe the heatsink arrays that seem to be floating on air resemble the front of the aircraft carrier in some way, or maybe there is some other reason for that, but nevertheless, this military ship is the one put on the front of the new cooler box.

The remaining sides of the cooler box are dedicated to more traditional computer related topics:

Tuniq Propeller 120 comes bundled with a universal backplate, two retention kits for Intel and AMD platforms, variable fan rotation speed controller in the form of a rear panel bracket, Tuniq TX-3 thermal paste optimized for coolers using core-contact technology and a booklet with installation instructions:

The cooler is made in China and is priced at $59, which is quite a lot for a top cooler using core-contact technology.