Thermalright Venomous X vs. Prolimatech Megahalem

abhi_jollyguy

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Which is the best among these two heatsinks?

I am using Thermalright Venomous X with ChillFactor 2 TIM w/ 2xScythe Slipstream 110.31 CFM 1900 RPM in PUSH/PULL Config. I have oc'ed my Q9650 to 3.6 GHz with 1.26250V and the max temp I got while prime95 small FFT's test is 55-58 on the 1st core.

Are these temps any gud?

Can I improve these temps?

The cable management in my cabby is #1 top notch

How can I improve temps if there is any chance to improve?

An early reply is requested

Thanku all
 
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now let me explain how I made my ruling

1. while AS5 is the crowd favorite around here, you have to take note that this stuff is years old, new technology are being pushed through the door constantly, while I admit the AS5 USED to be the king of TIM, its about time this stuff takes the back seat, because the podium is getting a little more crowded.
2. Gelid GC-Extreme, never used, never heard, not enough...

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The PROLIMATECH MEGAHALEMS is a bit better cooler than the Thermalright one. Anyway, both are first line products. If you have a Venomous X, I woudn't buy a Megahalems. In my opinion It would be a waste of money.

Here you have a interesting article about this matter:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=432&Itemid=62

Anyway, take in mind that the air flow inside the case is a very very important aspect. A good case can give you wings.
 

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But in many reviews, it is showing that venomoux X is lil bit better than Megahalem that is why I have chosen Venomous X over Megahalem
 

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ocz freeze is about the same as arctic silver 5, doesnt require any curing time tho, so before arctic silver is fully cured, ocz freeze is better.
 

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I would say OCZ freeze extreme is better than Chillfactor 2, but whenever you are dealing with something like this, its subjective, the results vary from user to user, depends how you applied the paste, how much you've applied, how flat the base of your cooler is, how well its in contact with cpu etc.
whereas one user could make any thermal paste look like crap by applying it the wrong way.
 

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They are very close. Anyway, in my opinion the Megahalems is a better cooler.
 

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cooling performances aside, (because they are very close)

the Megahalem has possibly one of the most genius mounting design, while it doesnt sound like much, but once you really use it, you'll really appreciate how easy it is to set it up and keep asking yourself why nobody else used this method.

mounting the Megahalem is effortless, all can be done with just your fingers (tool-less), and it will not cause leave any chance to possible side-effects to the motherboard, because eveything is either "in" or "not". From past experience I've had my share of crappy cooler designs that nearly destroyed my motherboard, one where you can keep tightening the screws without knowing how "far" you went, and it ended up warping my mobo beyond repair. I've even had those clip-on ones where you can clip em on and noway to take em off.

To tighten the Megahalem, you get 2 spring-loaded screws that you can turn with Ur hand, and the screw simply stops turning at a certain point, it really takes any guess-work out of the process.
 

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Well I have mounted My Venomous X twice and Mounting Venomous X on my motherboard is just like eating a piece of cake. Thermalright has done an awesome job here in mounting the cooler as well as cooling is thermalright's speciality.

I am just confused between TIM's that which one to buy:

1. Arctic Silver 5 Polysynthetic Thermal Compound
2. Gelid GC-Extreme
3. Tuniq TX-3
4. Cooler Master ThermalFusion 400 RG-TF4-TGU1-GP
5. OCZ Freeze Extreme
6. Arctic Cooling MX-2
7. Prolimatech PK-1

Which one will be the best for Venomous X base and it's base finish????????????????????
 

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word of mouth says that IC Diamond is current the best thermal paste so far, but Arctic Silver 5 and OCZ Freeze Extreme is the next best thing, with AS5 being a crowd favorite, and OCZ Freeze Extreme with similar performance without needing cure time. there are some who also swear by Arctic Cooling MX-2, but i've yet to see consistent reviews on this for me to drop my skepticism.
 

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IC Diamond has got A- in this test

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=12
 

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I'm careful with my wording, hence is why I said "word of mouth", I didnt say OMG IC DIAMOND BEST THERMAL PASTE EVAAAA, BUY ITTTTTT,

just off the record, benchmarkreviews isnt exactly the most reliable source of information, shouldnt base your judgement on just one review site. Im still a little skeptic with it myself, however, ive order a tube and will give it a test when it arrives.
 

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ok and also let me know the performance of this TIM when u will test it. Anyways IC Diamond is not available in india nor in indian online shops or if I will order it from site like www.performance-pcs.com so it will cost me thrice so this TIM is out of My TIM's List
 

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actually, looking at IC Diamond's main page, there are benchmarked charts of various thermal pastes. The humor in all this is that Coolaboratory Liquid Pro TIM consistently put better numbers than their own IC Diamond product: http://www.innovationcooling.com/

So what did I do? just ordered a tube of Coolaboratory Liquid Ultra (updated product to Pro version) to give it a spin.

thank you Innovation Cooling.

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Because of the qualified reviews that I have read about this matter. As I said, there is not much difference, but the Megahalems works better if overclocking.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=432&Itemid=62
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/29405-thermalright-venomous-x-cpu-cooler-review.html
 

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I also know that there is not that much difference between the performance of Thermalright Venomous X and Prolimatech Megahalem.

What about these reviews?

http://vr-zone.com/articles/thermalright-venomous-x-review-the-return-of-the-king-/8339-5.html

http://vr-zone.com/articles/thermalright-venomous-x-review-the-return-of-the-king-/8339-6.html

http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/thermalright_venomous_x,4.html

http://www.clunk.org.uk/reviews/thermalright-venomous-x-cpu-cooler-review/Page-4.html

http://www.vortez.co.uk/contentteller/articles_pages/thermalrigh_venomous_x_cpu_cooler_review,8.html

http://www.vortez.co.uk/contentteller/articles_pages/thermalrigh_venomous_x_cpu_cooler_review,9.html

 

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while I do agree that Thermalright venomous x is slightly better than the Prolimatech, you should also take note of ~2C margin of error for these tests. let alone the margin of error created by TIM applications, I get varying results myself by every time I re-seat my heatsink.

also note that Prolimatech Megahalems do not come with fans. Certain fans work better on the Megahalems than other (for example, static pressure/airflow), this in itself make the comparison even more subjective.