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Rating: | (4.4 out of 5 stars) |
Reviews: | 21 Amazon Reviews |
Product Name: | Thermalright FS140 White V3 CPU Cooler 140mm Dual Towers, 4 Heat Pipes, TL-C12W and TL-D14W PWM Fan, Aluminium Heatsink Cover, AGHP Technology, for AMD AM4/Intel 1150/1151/1155/1156/1200/2011/2066 |
Manufacturer: | THERMALRIGHT |
Product SKU: | B0C4D2TMW9 |
UPC: | 601968330378 |
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Mostly a brand or aesthetics preference at this point. Would be nice if the fans were white instead of grey, though.
It has one more heat pipe.
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and now there is a phantom spirit 120 EVO, which apparently is even better performing
Downside was how difficult it was for me to mount the 140mm fan on the heatsink. That was hard.
I also have veetro V5 in my other builds and happy with them as well.
There is a reason Noctua high end series cost what they do and all the reviews on Gamers Nexus will prove what I'm saying.
Just for your knowledge. My OC'd 5950x never cracked 60c even prime95 on my Noctua. So again. Not close.
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That extra 10% can mean the difference in an overclock though.
That extra 10% can mean the difference in an overclock though.
Gamers Nexus disagrees.
gamers nexus disagrees.
There is a reason Noctua high end series cost what they do and all the reviews on Gamers Nexus will prove what I'm saying.
Just for your knowledge. My OC'd 5950x never cracked 60c even prime95 on my Noctua. So again. Not close.
Their products aren't bad but I don't think I've ever seen Noctua stuff on SD because even on sale they're never really worth the money.
It has one more heat pipe.
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Initial thoughts were it's pretty impressive what your money gets you here. It looks awesome. It is designed in such a way that I can just barely pull and insert sticks of memory without needing to move the cooler out of the way. That's a plus.
A few words of caution (I have 20+ years of IT experience, primarily building and managing servers):
1. This cooler uses a spring tension mounting system... Typically with this type of setup, you would simply tighten the mounting screws until they bottom out... it is then the spring's job to provide the correct tension. In this case, that is not correct. Be very careful when mounting and setting the tension. Unfortunately, the springs just make this more difficult to determine. I broke traces rendering my motherboard garbage while mounting the cooler to my 7700k (unfortunately, a common problem with LGA1151 sockets). I did not have this problem with the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo V2 cooler that the ThermalRight was replacing. Needless to say, I was a little upset and had to replace the motherboard as it is now nothing more than wall art.
2. The stock fans are junk. The coil whine noise they produce is unbearable. Just anticipate replacing them if your desktop sits in the same room as you do.
3. I still was not able to put much of an OC on my CPU due to thermal limits. It was not a worthwhile upgrade.
4. I wish I had just sucked it up and bought a Noctua. It provides better performance right out of the box, would not have cost me a motherboard, would not have needed to replace the fans, and would perform better allowing me to get a higher OC.
Their products aren't bad but I don't think I've ever seen Noctua stuff on SD because even on sale they're never really worth the money.
Noctua coolers are definitely over priced but these are the reasons I'd still buy them
1) The fans they come with are high quality. They usually do not have any clicking or whining noises at any RPM.
2) The mounting mechanism is usually very simple to use and Noctua will also send you a new mount whenever you buy a new socket/motherboard that your cooler previously did not work with
3) They have a very long warranty. I think its 6-8 years? They'll replace your fans, mounting kits, heatsink, or whatever you need fairly quickly
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Initial thoughts were it's pretty impressive what your money gets you here. It looks awesome. It is designed in such a way that I can just barely pull and insert sticks of memory without needing to move the cooler out of the way. That's a plus.
A few words of caution (I have 20+ years of IT experience, primarily building and managing servers):
1. This cooler uses a spring tension mounting system... Typically with this type of setup, you would simply tighten the mounting screws until they bottom out... it is then the spring's job to provide the correct tension. In this case, that is not correct. Be very careful when mounting and setting the tension. Unfortunately, the springs just make this more difficult to determine. I broke traces rendering my motherboard garbage while mounting the cooler to my 7700k (unfortunately, a common problem with LGA1151 sockets). I did not have this problem with the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo V2 cooler that the ThermalRight was replacing. Needless to say, I was a little upset and had to replace the motherboard as it is now nothing more than wall art.
2. The stock fans are junk. The coil whine noise they produce is unbearable. Just anticipate replacing them if your desktop sits in the same room as you do.
3. I still was not able to put much of an OC on my CPU due to thermal limits. It was not a worthwhile upgrade.
4. I wish I had just sucked it up and bought a Noctua. It provides better performance right out of the box, would not have cost me a motherboard, would not have needed to replace the fans, and would perform better allowing me to get a higher OC.