While it’s fair to say the Venomous-X is no slouch when it comes to cooling performance, it’s certainly no champion either. In fact, even with a high–airflow fan attached, the Venomous-X couldn’t better the Ultra 120 eXtreme 1366 RT, which is a combination of the heatsink it’s meant to replace and a less aggressive fan. With this in mind, it’s hard to consider the Venomous-X as anything but a disappointment on the cooling front.
[...]It’s tough at the top; a phrase that applies as much heatsinks and computer components as any other field. Following up on a product as dominant as the TRUE was always going to be tough, especially considering the high quality competition that’s emerged in the last few years. Sadly for Thermalright, the Venomous-X fails to match, let alone better, the TRUE’s performance. A high price and the lack of cooling fan don’t help matters either, leaving the Venomous-X an underwhelming and ultimately disappointing follow up. The Fenrir is still the high performance cooler to beat.
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Sehr interessant - aber kein wunder, wenn kupfer fehlt, oder? Andererseits hätte ich mehr erwartet von thermalright.
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Wie kommst du auf die Idee dass der Kühler vollständig aus Aluminium wäre? Die Base und die Heatpipes sind wie immer aus Kupfer, die Finnen sind aus Aluminium und alles zusammen wurde anschließend vernickelt.
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ach vernickelt sind sie, verstehe. Schneidet der kühler auch bei anderen tests eher schlecht ab? Hab mir ein paar andere reviews auf bit-tech durchgelesen, wo z.b. der noctua auf der AMD plattform deutlich schwächer abschneidet. Hab davon bisher noch nichts gehört.
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Thermalright Venomous-X CPU Cooler
25th January 2010 10:14
