• Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad

News

Thermalright Ultra-120 Copper Hitting Shelves This Month

The highly popular Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme will soon have a new heavyweight counterpart. Expreview have received notification that a copper version of the enthusiast CPU cooler will be available this month for a price of $100-110... Read more

Latest Reviews & Articles

ATI Stream: Finally, CUDA Has Competition

ATI Stream: Finally, CUDA Has Competition

You've already seen our coverage of apps optimized for Nvidia's CUDA technology. Now we're taking a look at the performance of AMD's Stream framework, which was recently revamped in a Catalyst 9.5 driver hotfix. We even sneak in an interview with ATI. Read more

Cryostasis: From Russia, With An Appetite For Fast Hardware

Cryostasis: From Russia, With An Appetite For Fast Hardware

We recently had the chance to play a bit of Cryostasis, the latest title supporting Nvidia's PhysX technology. In fact, we played the game on five different hardware configurations. Want to play this one? We'll tell you what you need in order to enjoy it. Read more

Hard Drives, Yesterday And Today: From 500 GB To 1.5 TB

Hard Drives, Yesterday And Today: From 500 GB To 1.5 TB

Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM instead of 7,200. We looked at three generations of Samsung hard drives to analyze the performance ramifications. Read more

Best Graphics Cards For The Money: June '09

Best Graphics Cards For The Money: June '09

This month, ATI's new Radeon HD 4770 is missing in action, since online stores are not only unable to keep it in stock, but also de-listing it completely. With violent movements in pricing, though, it'd have been taken off the recommended list anyway. Read more

All the Reviews & Articles
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > CPUs > swapping Zalman 9500 for Ultra120 extreme, much better temps?

swapping Zalman 9500 for Ultra120 extreme, much better temps?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
goodie   01-13-2008 at 07:21:28 PM

i have a zalman 9500, i want better cooling but dont want to replace if its not going to be dramatically better,
also im unsure if the base on my 9500 is uneven because my temps idle are 40, 38, 33, 36,
i read here that tightening screws in a certain way can even contact but zalman only has 2
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=131481

------------------------------ Maximus Formula | Q6600 G0 @ 3.4ghz | T.R.U.E.
8800GT(700/1750/950)HR-03 GT | 4gb Dominator 1066 555-15 | Corsair HX620
Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
nzxtlexa   01-13-2008 at 08:13:38 PM
- 0 +

You probably would see a bit of a temperature drop by going to an ultra 120. It also appears that 2 cores are hotter that the other 2 cores at the moment which means that yes the heatsink could be sitting enevenly. One screw may be slightly tighter than the other. Its not a major issue though.

------------------------------ DD Water Box Plus, QX9650 @ 3.9ghz, eVGA 780i, 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800(2x2gb), WD Raptor 150gb, 500gb Seagate Barracuda, BFG 8800GTX 620/2000 x 2 SLI, Tagan BZ 1300w PSU, Custom 120.2 Water Cooling
 Reply to nzxtlexa
cnumartyr   01-13-2008 at 08:16:36 PM
- 0 +

That's not even how the cores are laid out.

It's more like this:

01
23

With the dot facing to the bottom right as if you were standing it up in a tower.

TRUE does better than Zalman, but don't expect miracles. You will prolly see high 20s at idle.

Message quoted 1 times
------------------------------ TeamBAG Member
 Reply to cnumartyr
nzxtlexa   01-13-2008 at 08:32:46 PM
- 0 +

agreed but still means you could overclock a bit more

------------------------------ DD Water Box Plus, QX9650 @ 3.9ghz, eVGA 780i, 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800(2x2gb), WD Raptor 150gb, 500gb Seagate Barracuda, BFG 8800GTX 620/2000 x 2 SLI, Tagan BZ 1300w PSU, Custom 120.2 Water Cooling
 Reply to nzxtlexa
goodie   01-13-2008 at 08:46:03 PM
- 0 +

cnumartyr wrote :


TRUE does better than Zalman, but don't expect miracles. You will prolly see high 20s at idle.


you mean instead of high 30's or are you taking stock temps?
if im looking at -10 degrees then thats dramatic enough for me!

------------------------------ Maximus Formula | Q6600 G0 @ 3.4ghz | T.R.U.E.
8800GT(700/1750/950)HR-03 GT | 4gb Dominator 1066 555-15 | Corsair HX620
 Reply to goodie
cnumartyr   01-13-2008 at 08:48:47 PM
- 0 +

My CPU is idling at 25C.

Cores are 35/35/38/38. (2 of mine have always idled higher).

This is with a lapped TRUE/Proc and an undervolted Ultra Kaze prolly pushing around 60-70 CFM. The processor is running at 3.6 GHz w/ 1.416vCore pushing through it.

------------------------------ TeamBAG Member
 Reply to cnumartyr
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > CPUs > swapping Zalman 9500 for Ultra120 extreme, much better temps?
Go to:

There are 532 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.226 seconds
You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months. If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread. Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links