Viagra of hardware cooling

StealthGirl · Post by **StealthGirl** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:11 pm

You have GOT to be kidding me!

Well, this recent article finally did it for me ... I had to de-cloak to post this message. OMG! I really can NOT believe this ... talk about OVER-kill. Rated at over 150 watts of cooling, the OIA (Overclock Intelligence Agency) just posted a review of the Thermaltake 112 "Tower-of-power" ... four pounds of hard, gleaming copper. (Some of you boys are going to have a heartattack just looking at this thing ...)

http://www.ocia.net/reviews/tower112/tower112.shtml

Tell me sex doesn't sell ...

Kate

lenny · Post by **lenny** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:24 pm

What next after a 4 lb behemoth?

munichkid · Post by **munichkid** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:13 pm

HEY how did you get that picture of my case blowhole???? J/K

I would be real hesitant on getting that heatsink. With my luck, I'd move the computer to clean the intake grills and first rip out the cpu then the heatsink would crush my 9800pro.

Dos_Junkie · Post by **Dos_Junkie** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:22 pm

remember the saying "Size does matter..."?

Remeber second line "...until it's so big it falls off"? <--wise thing to know

ChucuSCAD · Post by **ChucuSCAD** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:50 pm

WOW that is one heck of a sink!

I do however question the overall quality of the review(basic lack of standard testing proceedures IE running games and tasks to load the CPU and not CPUburn)......

Good for the pictures though!

chucuSCAD

swivelguy2 · Post by **swivelguy2** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:30 pm

The reviewer seems almost happy to have found a heatsink that broke both of the two motherboards it was tested on.

Yay, it beats the SLK-900. You'll need a new motherboard every few months, but it's worth it for a drop of 2 degrees C.

Thermaltake up to its old tricks again.

mrzed · Post by **mrzed** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:52 pm

I almost thought that was a hoax until I saw how good the pictures were. It would take a very dedicated artist to come up with something that inconceivable.

Sizzle · Post by **Sizzle** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:29 pm

You would have to tie some string or something onto the top and anchor it to the top of the case or something.

Maybe people will start using these as heatsinks

http://www.trane.com/Residential/Produc ... XL19i.aspx

pangit · Post by **pangit** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:32 pm

If somebody tried to pass it off as a hoax nobody would believe them!

It's one of those cases of where the truth is more unbelievable than fiction.

Could this Tower really be a little to heavy for motherboards?

Umm, you don't say............??

Ducky · Post by **Ducky** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:49 pm

Hmmm. This might actually justify an upside-down desktop arrangement in order to not break the motherboard. (i.e. entire motherboard uses the heatsink as a support pillar, CPU face-down in a desktop case.)

Still, though, something that large really should have better support than a few really long screws...

sbabb · Post by **sbabb** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:01 pm

Do you have to cut a hole in the side of your case for that behemoth to stick out through? That thing should have a hood scoop over it!

HammerSandwich · Post by **HammerSandwich** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:49 pm

I am so happy a woman started this thread.

sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:10 pm

I can't believe no one has beaten me to this yet.

Welcome to SPCR!!!

dukla2000 · Post by **dukla2000** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:52 am

Yup - welcome. The 'girl' in your nic and viagra in the title got me reading this thread.

StealthGirl wrote:Some of you boys are going to have a heartattack just looking at this thing ...

Nah - its only 6 inches!

Dos_Junkie wrote:"Size does matter..."

Or "size doesn't matter - its how you use it". In this case it is clear Thermalright are doing nearly as well with 2" and not breaking anything

Inexplicable · Post by **Inexplicable** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:59 am

pangit wrote:
Could this Tower really be a little to heavy for motherboards?
Umm, you don't say............??

Not only is it heavy but it is tall. The torque it exerts on the mobo and CPU must be tremendous. At a guess, maybe 10 times higher than a Zalman 7000Cu.

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