Thermalright Ultima 90 Release Date?

[deusex]

Does anyone know it? ....on retailers like 'egg.......

Any other specs would help - this seems like a great cooler...comparable with the 120

 

[IcY18]

Already in stock at

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/thulforinso7.html
http://www.jab-tech.com/Thermalright-Ultima-90-pr-3852.html
http://www.coolerguys.com/840556081425.html
http://www.acousticpc.com/thermalright_ultima901_cpu_cooler.html
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/Thermalright-Ultima-90-CPU-Cooler-p-16614.html

 

[deusex]

Thanks!


Still wondering when at egg...though ...

Is this almost as good as the 120 ultra extreme?

 

[texasnightowl]

I'm thinking of picking this one up too...any recs for a fan to pair with it?

 

[deusex]

I'm getting a Scythe SFlex from a friend for free....heard it was the best for the thermalrights..

 

[IcY18]

The Ultima 90 performs very well for the price, the performance gain of the 120ex wouldn't be worth it to me, but for some the best is the best.

Scythe S-flex are good fans, but there are better ones out there like Panaflo, Sharkoon Silent Eagle, and San Ace.

 

[texasnightowl]

Well, I just ordered from jab-tech. The Ultima 90 and a couple of fans to choose from. Got a 92 Panaflo (H1A) and 2 120's to try...Scythe SFlex and a Yate Loon.

 

[deusex]

Scythe S-flex are good fans, but there are better ones out there like Panaflo, Sharkoon Silent Eagle, and San Ace.

Well, I can't especially say that the Panaflo/Silent Eagle is better, excellent cooling fans for the budget minded, but certainly not performance-wise better. The SFLex seem to be better paired, but that's only my personal experience (and seems to be anands,as well!)

 

[IcY18]

Anand hasn't tested any fans, they have only gone with other conclusions. Overall the Scythe is the most widely available fan that performs, but take a look here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=137832 and you see that there are more fans out there that perform better than don't carry the names Scythe, Thermaltake or SilenX(!!!)

 

[jpgonz]

I picked this heatsink as well. I decided to pick up the Yate Loon Silent 120. Might pick up the Scythe Sflex also in case the cooling isnt up to par.

 

[Hatman]

Im about 5secs away from ordering it to replace my Freezer 7 Pro, it really doesnt cool my quad at 3.2gig well enough it keeps making it crash! Temps almost at 60!

This one should do the trick hehe.

 

[texasnightowl]

Mine is supposedly out for delivery so I'll be able to give it a try tonight or tomorrow.

 

[texasnightowl]

Update: Got it today and wrestled it in. Early results are temps 8 degrees lower at idle and 12-15 lower at load.

With STOCK hs/f my temps were:
tcase: 31 idle, 57 load
cores: 39 idle, 64 load

(Load = 10 minutes of Orthos Small FFT's at Priority 9)

Tonight with the Ultima 90 and a Panaflo 92 fan:
tcase: 23 idle, 45 load
cores: 31 idle, 49 load

I may work back thru the calibration steps to confirm, but the temps from speedfan for the cores DID match coretempbeta's readings. Ambient in both cases is about 24.

I am much happier with a 49 at load than a 64! Though still seems high to me considering temps others post.

I suppose my next options are to either 1) try the Scythe 120 fan I also ordered instead of the Panaflo or 2) lap the hs and cpu (but I don't think I'm ready for that).

I may also consider undervolting the vcore since I am not OC'ing and running stock speeds.

Anyway, that is where it stands currently.

 

[jpgonz]

Decent temps! Waiting for mine to come in sometime next week. Keep us posted on your temps/fans and I'll be doing the same. Btw, have you tried to use 2 fans in a push-pull config? I'm wondering what effect that might have.

 

[Hatman]

Mine comes tuesday muahahah!

Idk if it can have 2 fans mate I thought there was only one connector, im going to use a push pull with my back case fan though it lines up perfectly.

It may just be a while before the thermal paste burns in, then ull get a lot les degrees under load.

Also, does it come with its own thermal paste?

 

[texasnightowl]

In my case there is not a lot of room from the hs to the rear exhaust so I have no plans to mount one as a pull. The exhaust is close enough.

There was a tube of thermal paste included buy I still have a tube of AS5 that I'm trying to use up.

I will probably go back in and re-apply the AS5. I have a tendency to use too much, so I will take the hs/f off and check how much got pushed out to the edges and try to re-apply a little bit less.

 

[deusex]

Where'd you guys order?

 

[texasnightowl]

I ordered from jab-tech. They shipped within 2 hrs of my order.

 

[Hatman]

overclockers.co.uk

 

[jpgonz]

xoxide.com

 

[Hatman]

8x400 at 3.2ghz, running idle at 36degrees, and thermal paste has no way optimized itself yet. About to run vigorous stress tests, I got a feeling im going to be upping this voltage.

EDIT: Vcore now at 1.33, 36degrees idle and 62degrees load.

 

[jpgonz]

Anyone lapped the Ultima-90? Was tossing around the idea since I got a few days before installing. Waiting on my new PSU and fans

 

[Hatman]

Paste has pretty much burned in now, been raising and lowering temps.

Idle is 35 - 40degrees, normal load is about 50degrees and max temp its got to is 58degrees.

This is with 9x333 for 3ghz and 1.34vcore.

Yes, I do need that much to get mine COMPLETY stable at 3ghz. It seems quite high, only takes 1.28 to boot into windows tho, probably even less, its mad.

 

[vertigo2]

For you Canadians out there interested in an Ultima-90, I grabbed mine for $37.80 (Canadian) from Direct Canada.

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=14650AC9039&vpn=Ultima-90&manufacture=THERMALRIGHT

Hopefully it comes tomorrow, this stock Intel HSF sucks (as you're all aware).

 

[akelkar]

This smaller brother of the Ultra 120 eXtreme is what I'm thinking of getting. Less heavy, and more or less the same temps in stock and overclocked CPUs. and 10-15 USD cheaper than the ultra. Also, not heard of any complaints of it being unstable when mounted onto the CPU. Fits like a glove.