#1115 - Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme CPU Cooler Video Review

[flamesofanubis]

I just got mine. How the fuck is any human being supposed to fit their hands in to put the top screws on?

[tore1992]

When he says "great" .. he means: ITS FUCKING SHIT! ... KICKASS is the only thing that works!

[greenland360]

dude, what do you do with all these products you test? think you could maybe give me some free stuff :D

[baskal002]

my AMD Athlon X2 64 5600+ (2.8Ghz, NOT OVERCLOCKED) idles between 57-62c and 110~120c when playing games (yes, it's true. until it shuts down by itself afterwards).. I checked the CPU slot on the mobo and there is a black stain and there's a burnt pin on the processor.. However, the processor is still working and I'm using it right now. The consequence however is I cannot play games anymore. Is buying another heatsink like Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme will solve my temp problem?

[elLb0i]

@baskal002 Even i am having the same problem with my AMD phenom II black edition which is also never over clocked.

What i wanted to know is did u get any solution for it. which heatsink you are using now.

[baskal002]

@elLb0i i just purchased Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus last October 2011. and surprisingly, my temperature idles now between 35~49 degree celcius compared to 59~76. and also for the 100% load, with hyper 212 plus, it never reached 60 degree celsius unlike the stock heatsink (120 degree celsius-thermal shutdown) ! and i'm totally stoked!

[08SiMiS80]

one flaw that i can notice on this cooler is the fact that the fan only blows onto one side of the heatsink.

[fashnek]

@08SiMiS80 Cool air is sucked across half of the heatsink and warmer air is blown across the other half. Both halves of the heatsink have airflow over them. Obviously the same amount of air is getting sucked in (cooling one side) as being blown out (cooling the other side). Why do you say this design is a flaw? Let the numbers speak for themselves.

[samuraimoose]

how is the fan seated in the heat sink I'm looking at getting a COOLER MASTER Excalibur fan for it, any one have an idea if this will work?

[siba217]

3:00 thats a 860 i7 cpu cooler not an 920.

Overall a mean looking cooler thought, welldone!

[modex20]

those temps seem hot. how did you apply your thermal paste?

[andrersx]

a bit noisy when it's fully loaded, but it looks cool ^^

[pursuinginsanity]

Check out FrostyTech and TomsHardware's reviews of this cooler.. FT rates it as the second best HSF they've ever tested, right behind the Spire Thermax Eclipse II. His results with HSFs never seem to match the rest of the internet..

Note that FT rates it *above* the NH D14, and Toms' had it running neck and neck with the NH D14 and the Mugen 2. It had significantly lower VRM temps than the Mugen, as well.

Correct app. of TIM when you're using a HDT cooler is VERY important.

[Ekas12345]

who the fuck dislikes this?

[hitomearue]

which thermal paste do you use when reviewing these? the same paste provided, or your own personal preference?

[milkyraver]

this or corsair h50?

[barinit]

how the hell is this a great product if the results are shit

[razzp25]

@barinit note he didnt say kickass or 100 % kickass

[barinit]

@razzp25 yeah i suppose he cant say they are shit if he is getting gear sent to him for review or they would stop sending it

[razzp25]

@barinit yeah exactly :)

[xRevelations1]

i have this, i loves it... looks awesome in my antec 1200

[UnrealGlider]

@xRevelations1 hahahaha you got a product reynolds said was "great" hahahaahaha

MUG

[xBloodXGusherx]

Goood Morning passangers, this is American Airlines. Thank you for flying with us today. I will ask that all fasten your seat belts as we will be departing shortly...

Loool did you guys hear the plane taking off in this video? hahhaha

[OSAGraffitiCrew]

can u guys name me some good cpu coolers?

[vearheart42]

@OSAGraffitiCrew Go look up the CoolIt Eco A.L.C.

That's one of the nicest cpu coolers out right now.

[RiotUnit349]

Sorry i didnt catch it, is thing made of aluminum with copper heat pipes?

[DarkDewer]

Great, the seal of suckage

[incognitostatus]

it sounds like a plane taking off hehe

[N8TheGreat2008]

how is this cooler on AMD cpus? I got the x4 965 and was thinking of betting this

[SuperStefano1995]

great produckt ???

[raztahkorner]

i got one of this from TUNIQ themselves for Free!! and its awesome!!! fits my black and blue rig set up

[need4speed402]

praformance is bad and it's loud

[Hecket]

Temprature wise this cooler outperforms any other air cooler!!

If your looking for silent shit get the Scythe Orochi

Beter yet get the closed watercooling circuit Corsair H50.

[need4speed402]

will i think its kinda good with the cpu @ 4gh butt still its liwd as shit thats why i think the v8 cooler master cooler is better or oven yet trow in a peltier cooler (look it up (on youtube))

[adamknox]

@Hecket i have the h50! Its amazing..but it looks horrible! lol Looks like a big black beetle thats being sponsored by corsair to have its logo painted on its back, Just Sat on your cpu!

[linkinpain]

will this fan/heatsink fit my asus p5e deluxe(using core 2 quad) i have a mid tower

can someone get back to me quick.

[iTehTunePawd]

buying heatsinks that are a tight fit are ALWAYS a risk so it might or might not but I'd say it most likely wont because this is a big cooler.

[Ksquaredgaming]

@linkinpain hmmm if you cant answer that question yourself, then I dont think you should be building a computer

[zaxis01]

I have the tuniq tower 120 extreme cooling my core i7 940 cpu overclocked at 1.2v and 3.6ghz and I'm idling in the low 30's and loading in the low 60's this cooler is what is says... a tower for a cooler and very extreme!!

XD

[LEVIAHAN]

@zaxis01

Loading in the low 60`s? WTF ! Thats way HOTTTTTT. I have this same cooler with the phenom 955 and at max load ( crysis at max and BC 2 DEMO at max) I get 44`c

[zaxis01]

Yes, but did you take into account the fact that the core i7 is running 8 threads and is overclocked at 3.6 ghz.

Plus running Intel Burn Test not just a simple game.

[iheartcomps]

@LEVIAHAN

my 920 oc'd at 5.6ghtz temp maxes out at 50C on my zalman 9700

[kevinxcal1]

5.6ghz, i lold

[RealxxShin]

take into account that games do not stress CPU's very much, they stress the video card. This is beside the fact that the i7 940 has Hyper threading which does increase the temps while increasing performance AND it is overclocked. Low 60's is great at full load with HT and overclock

[rayright15]

what he means by great : sucks what he means by kickass: standard what he means by 100% kickass: good.

[RealxxShin]

pretty much ya lol. However this is the only review I've seen on this cooler that is slightly negative which is a little weird because everywhere else it performs very well.

[keropanalos]

super nice und denkt dran tips wie auf FrauenMeister . com sind gold wenn man mit mädels chattet

[Shas221]

am2, am2+ and am3 are same size so yes it can be installed on am2+ :)

[vrutin123]

This is AM2+ Right ? but can be used in AM3 Motherboards. Because I saw this on ebuyer and it says AM2+ only

[LEVIAHAN]

@vrutin123

Nope. I have a strictly AM3 board and it fits like a glove

[12x8u]

Prolimatech Megaexpensive. I think scythe got the best coolers for the money. Also they don't look like an old biker tattoo.

[inertia72395]

i just superglued a 120mm fan to my stock amd cpu cooler and it brought the temps down by 11c , cheap and it works

[TheWiiZone]

I like how the fan sounds like a car :D

[TESCOZsomle]

Prolimatech is simply huge. It's almost Twice as big as the TR 120, and that's far enough to beat every competitors. In high performance cooling, 2-3°C is a large difference. I think a coolers relative performance came from 1/(Volume*Temperature). Cause volume can be very impontant. By examle in some cases with Prolimatech, You must choose between installing a Fan on it, or putting memory in Your MoBo.

[Brainiaccccc]

Not so good

[iskrukutum21]

nope, thats for pci slot only, like the v8..

[NGT2O6]

My prolimatech smokes this :D 4,2Ghz i7 920 24/7 stable stock, load temps 70-75 100% load

[iskrukutum21]

i doubt it!

[NGT2O6]

You doubt it? ^^ The tuniq tower sucks compared to the proliamtech, trust me, the prolimatech beats the V8,V10, even the 120-extreme

[iskrukutum21]

i agree that the tuniq sucks, ive read about the megahalems and it is the the best in air cooling, but it only beats the v10 with a small margin, like 2-3'c.. i stand corrected.. peace!

[kidowner]

lol but the prolimatech is far pricer than this cpu cooler..

[Bob8673]

Mine does min. 20 C lower then the intel

[Bob8673]

These results are to bad for this cooler, so rodney didn't set it up right!

[latticelinux]

i would doubt that he made a mistake while installing this cooler. I mean anything can happen but i dont see him doing anything that would affect the performance that much other then seating it really really badly.

[mhaneline]

You did see that this is an OC'd i7 920 @ 4GHz, right? Seems to me the cooler dropped idle temps by 10c and load temps by about that.

Not too shabby if you ask me.

[asxefv]

my cnps9700 does better regarding the same conditions

[xzeratarx]

well the cooler looks nice, but the numbers are a different story =/

[libbiswwety]

hab total lust bilder tauschen und chatn bin so einsam brauche dringend beschäftigung

[multimodder]

dude i an scythe mugen 2 enguht for 965 how much i can OC ?

[mariatereza007]

Which way would be better: auto fan controll or manual?

[adrianchen19888]

meh.

not that great

[jaesungauzakim]

Wow, performance isn't that good :(

[Bob8673]

Yey, I got this cooler :)

[Bob8673]

Wow those temp are to high my temp is 25 C on 4,2 ghz

[NGT2O6]

lol @ 01:28 i would laugh so hard if someone forgot to take it off ^^

[Johny40Se7en]

good review again, but I'm gonna still get the Corsair H50, this still looks nice but looks are not everything.

[poopguypenis2]

@Johny40Se7en

The H50 isn't that good of a cooler.

[s4jt]

Actually it performs in line with the top tier coolers in its price range. It has a low profile too, which helps airflow and makes the case safer to transport.

Mine is also very quiet, only the fan can be heard a little.

[poopguypenis2]

@s4jt

My friend who has used the H50 said that in his experience it performs just about the same as the Dark Knight. It'll never compare to a true water cooling setup.

[s4jt]

It's not s'posed to compare to a water cooling it's s'posed to compete with the CPU coolers in its price range, which it does.

Unless you're going to overclock it won't make much difference which CPU cooler your pick above $40-50. Your temps will be low enough.

[poopguypenis2]

@s4jt

There are still much better solutions over the H50 such as the TRUE 120, Noctua NH-D14, and the CM Hyper 212 Plus.

[s4jt]

Actually the vast majority of review show the H50 performing at the same level of these coolers, if not better.

Most TRUE kits won't come with a fan, adding to the cost, or a 1156 bracket, adding to the cost even further.

Noctua NH-D14 is an extremely heavy cooler, the color of the fans is ugly aswell. The H50 is the best looking by far among these.

[poopguypenis2]

@s4jt

So looks are all that matters? You sure are a ricer. Also, cost shouldn't be an issue to people who actually have money, unlike you. Having to buy a quality 3rd party fan should almost be a benefit.

[s4jt]

Wow, you're just retarded.

Yes, looks matter, especially if you wish to have an open case and enjoy sleeving cables and such. Is it the only strong point of the H50 cooler? No, like I said it performs just as well or better than the coolers that you've mentioned.

Price is certainly a factor aswell, if not then you may just aswell go with a full watercooling setup.

Having to shelve out additional cash in order to get equal performance, how is that a benefit exactly? It's not.

[poopguypenis2]

@s4jt

The NH-D14 will crush the H50 into pieces. I win.

[s4jt]

Also, please drop the shitty ad hominems. My budget for buying new PC's tends to be around $2-2.5k, price is still a concern.

If it isn't, then why don't you drop your shitty TRUE and invest in a proper water cooling setup instead? Because you're full of it, just stop commenting.

[poopguypenis2]

@s4jt

Water cooling is an uneconomical investment. If I wanted extreme cooling then I'd get myself a pot and fill it full of LN2.

[s4jt]

But money doesn't matter right? Right?... *facepalm*

LN2 cooling isn't feasible either for anything but super computers and people trying to break overclocking records.

[poopguypenis2]

@s4jt

Money most certainly matters. Did you read my posts at all? Also, only newfags express facepalm.jpg, or anything, with asterisks.

[poopguypenis2]

@s4jt

Besides, my Dark Knight is virtually silent when idle, running at around 997RPM. The loudest thing in my case is my VF900 which is always running at 100%.

[Tudorgeable]

Well my processor (Core2Duo E7300) is cool even on overclocking, on its stadard face. But that's just me using a plastic airflux tunnel and fans on the sides.

Try this Rodney, current CPU temp. in winter is 23*, and in summer it can go up to 39 but its fine by me.

(overclocking is done up to 3.0GHz or 3.2GHz)

[savior02]

thanks for this review i was about to buy the stinking cooler!

[putsipa]

cooling isnt so effective in this cpu cooler

[DaMirrorLink]

because he didnt do it right, this is an excellent cpu cooler, he fucked it up someway or didnt use good TIM or something

[audax5435]

the old tuniq tower was way better..

[slizza90]

How can it be a great product if there are tons of other products out there that perform better and even at a lower price?

Me thinks you get in trouble for saying it's poor choice?

[mariatereza007]

Hey 3DGAMEMAN, I like your video reviews very much, you really know how to present us these products, but I have a quastion:

That fan controller, what's the use of it?

I know what is a fan controller, but shouldn't the fan controll it's speed bu it self, from the motherboard?

My cousin got a Core2Duo 2.66GHZ cpu and it's fan increases it's speed by the usage of the cpu?

So what is the use of that fan controller, oh, in expansion slot :))?

[Xalies]

@mariatereza007 you can usually disable the motherboards auto adjust feature

[3DGAMEMAN]

The fan controlled is for manual adjust, but you can just connect the fan into the motherboard CPU fan header if you want.

[robinbluerjb]

@3DGAMEMAN But will the Fan be controlled by the motherboard? Or will it just stay at one constant speed?

Thanks

[b0ss6769]

mm yea temps pretty high under full load but lets not forget it was a 4ghz bump.

anw.

ill stick wit my long lasting cm v8 and v10 for my q9550 and q9650 respectively.

[TraNWhiZ]

The max load temps are ridiculously high.

[chaosquall1]

ill stick with my ocz vendeta 2

[Kalees]

mega shadow ftw!

:-)

[ChrisJVideos]

I needs myself one of them

[trousien]

i don't think the base is extremely smooth at all it looks like it was very poorly done with the extra spaces in between the aluminum and copper... i dunno the bottom just looks ugly to me but no one will ever look at the bottom anyways

[iNfx1]

If anything it helps, remember, you put thermal paste down in there aswell, and those small 'resevoirs' will hold some. It really is very smooth, I'm using one on my HTPC.

[trousien]

I don't know, I usually like to reapply thermal paste onto my heat sink every year and the more surface area the copper is touching with the cpu the better ability it would have to extract the heat assisted by the thermal paste... the small "reservoirs" seem like it would create air pockets and be a pain to clean out the old thermal but im pretty sure this heatsink beats any stock or cheap heatsink anyday

[DeathsOneDesign]

This is me, posting a comment. I will have much more on this comment in an upcoming video review.

[InternetSandman]

you sir, win a cookie

[Comickaze13]

no... the two outer heatpipes and the middle pipe are 8 mm. The two in between are 6 mm. He said it correctly.

[XXFOGOLDR0PSH0T3XX]

Hello again, I am Rodney Reynolds and welcome to another Video Review

[Zolofgonnakillallya]

Today I'm looking at......

[Jubiejai]

Hello again, He is Rodney Reynolds and welcome to another video review.

[XXFOGOLDR0PSH0T3XX]

haha

[bogdanello]

rodney, sorry, but i have to agree, i have a crap py 20 $ heatsink, and i got some tx-3, and i have a phenom II 945 oc'd at 3.6, and i dont even touch 45 c at full load, try using the tx-3, it does wonders, use a lot, spread it well, and apply some pressure, i thought i would max out at 3.4 for a sefe overclock, not even, i could of went farther, but i chose not to, to play it safe

[paynebabes123]

Did you use TX-3? If you did then you should probably try re-seating with more of it. Its so thick you need to use a lot of it and actually spread it out. My 920 is at 4 on this cooler and load is low-mid 60's not mid 70's

[paynebabes123]

He said it the right way round

[dslashDoodlez]

its only a great product but no kickass product :)

[areld]

I love the intro z-D

[darkstar2721]

sammiched

[ntzx9]

Jesus! what a noise!

[cal920c]

Sounded like a race car

[Mauricio6302]

Rodney: in your 1100th Video you said you were to replace the velociraptors in RAID0 for a couple of SSD.

What happened???

[Delus1on77]

best air cooler = CM Hyper 212+. its basically the TR Ultra but it costs 30 bucks not 70.

[alibubba3500]

Agreed. used both, and the CM is amazing, i currently use the TR.

[pinkistoughjj]

DAMIT! I was going to get that one but didn't want to wait for it to get in stock...I am sad now :(

[DaMirrorLink]

Wow, this review is not that good, the TRUE is one of the best heatsinks there are, I hope you actually used the MX-3 that was included and not AS5, and what other fans do you have in the system, open air or what, just because you have temps like this does not mean that the cooler is bad.

[RemnantsOfBeauty]

how is it a great product if the performance isnt very good. Gives me the impression rodney just says its great so that he'll keep receiving products from them in the future..... come to think of it i cant think of any reviews he's made where the product hasnt been good or great.

[AllYouHearIsSwoosh]

if its not kick ass dont buy it =D

[cyrax1311]

When he doesn't say its kickass hes telling his fans not to buy it.

[ntzx9]

performance.. and yeah he give you a advise to buy a excellent tested hardware

[xhimiz14]

his valuations are great and kickass. so bad and good.

[RemnantsOfBeauty]

very sly of him to do that. Keep the manufacturers happy by saying its "good" or "great" but actually meaning its not very good at all.

[TheMystery7314]

if you pay close attention, It's more a "cold" and "whatever"-like Great, the normal Great, Kickass, and 100% Kickass :D so more like: descent, quite good, good! and AMAZING xD

[poopguypenis2]

I would've expected this thing to be one of the best; it can't even beat my Dark Knight!

[ATiManiac93]

at 0.20 you can see Rodneys Desktop^^

I have the same Wallpaper!

[sebasaus]

lol at the results (i know it was a high OC - my V8 performs better)...

This cooler looks all show, but no go.

[thehostler]

i love my scythe mugen 2 :)

[NullH3ad]

Just curious, but did you test this cooler with stock thermal paste or something else, and could you try it again with some artic silver5 and Noctua NT-H1?

[bigrigross]

I recommend the Corsair H50. It was benchmarked against the biggest cooling towers. It beat the V10 i believe in the cooling benchmarks. Its really light and it makes it perfect for someone who moves their computers alot. Plus there wont be any motherboard bending that could usually happen from big heavy heatsinks

[juggolo]

The v10 is overpriced the megahelm or the Noctua NH-D14 will beat it. IF you get a backplate it will help from the motherboard not to bend. The H50 is good but custom water cooling will always be the best

[bigrigross]

Yeah, i was just saying that the H50 out of all the Big coolers is the best option and is about the same price. Only downfall to it is that you lose a fan slot, it works for me since i have a HAF 922, i just mount the radiator on the side panel with a custom quick release mount my uncle made for me.

[CutOutSock]

The h50 beat the v10? ;)

The v10 sucks!

[fickie321]

I still use my TRUE 120 (p6t has the ability to use 775 coolers)

[ICDWILL117]

I HIGHLY recommend XIGMATEK's Dark Knight-S1283V over any air cooler currently on the market. Plus it looks good as well.

Athlon X2 6000+ @ 3.3 Ghz 1.5v

Idle- 30-35

Max load- 50-55

[juggolo]

mugen 2 and Dark knight roughly have the same performance

Megahalem beats the dark knight

The new Noctua NH-D14 is a good cooler. Supposedly it beats the megahalem

[spedknot]

i got a question, I got one of those big heat sinks. but i was wounder is it ok to take it off and rinse it with water?

[l0lum4d]

Probably not, why would you have to? Get some compressed air to clean it off.

[spedknot]

just wondering, i got one with a lot of dust in between the groves and what not.

thanks though

[Newbpwng]

ifn i had it id run cooler fan 110% 24/7 i like my shit cold as ice

[iTehTunePawd]

Ehh the V8 is still 9mm taller and looks cooler.

[FixedHDD]

ummm my Xigmatex hdt-s1283 performs better.

But its only a 775 Cooler :D

[Sty1ez]

1366 conversion plate is available and some boards have both holes. Don't worry about it.

[Mangobit15]

HDT is bullshit.

[wooike1]

i have the older 120 and it does and amazing job, but it was a slut to install

[jbz7890]

Something isn't right. This cooler performs much better according to all of the other reviews I have seen.

[xMExHKSx]

Is Noctua NH-U12P SE2 a good CPU Cooler?

[iheartcomps]

yes, its not the best overall for cooling. but its very quiet great performance and best build quality.

[xMExHKSx]

Is this tuniq better or noctua se2?

[iheartcomps]

the noctua by far. The noctua is a great heatsink its just not THE BEST in turns of cooling in turn to lets say the prolimatech megahelems.

[xMExHKSx]

is the noctua one of the top 10s? not really looking for the best. Looking for one that can cool my i7 860 @ 4GHz. Now i am using stock cooling.

[iheartcomps]

i would say so

[xMExHKSx]

Oh okay.

[kalfreak3]

ye check the reviews on it...it may not be the best looking but it does an amazing job

[stupidguyaabbcc]

actually it looks awesome. better than most coolers imo :D

[XMattyhewX]

OCZ Vendetta 2 i couldn't recommend more. Uses push pins rather than back plate doesn't need lapping and cools as good as the TRUE for only £25.

[jo05dk]

Why even call it great if it doesn't perform well? I may be nice to look at (it is), but the main thing for a cooler must be that it actually cools.

[LizzyAston]

rodney you sure you installed that correctly? no offence but those temps just dont look right!

[wsbygt]

Hey Rod whats the best CPU Cooler ou there right now? Proli Megahalems or Thermalright IFX-14 or ...?

[CutOutSock]

Megahalems and the titan fenrir are the two best air coolers at the moment. The latter being best.