Thermalright TRUE Black 120 CPU Cooler Review

by AkG     |     July 31, 2008

E4600 Performance Results



Idle Temperatures






As expected the TRUE Black is not a great performer when it comes to idle temperatures. That thick base takes time to pass on its heat to the heatpipes making the process very inefficient at lower temps. Of course, great idle temps are all well and fine but as we have said in the past it is the average load temps which makes (and breaks) a great CPU cooling solution.


Average Load Temperatures






This level of performance here is much better than the idle temperatures it posted. It appears this cooler has been optimized for heavy thermal loads as its really only start to shine when this relatively cool running e4600 is heavily overclocked (and becomes anything but a cool running chip!).
 
 
 

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