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Thermalright XP-120 Review: New sound of Silence?

Cooling/CPU Cooling by jmke @ 2004-09-03

Thermalright introduces a new heatsink with support for 120mm fans, made from aluminum it?s light as a feather, but does it perform? We?ve installed the XP-120 on our test system with a variety of fans on top to see how it stacks up against the competition.

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There no denying that this heatsink is huge, with a 120mm on top it looks daunting.

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The heatsink is made mostly from aluminum, only the nickel plated copper base differs from the rest. The base is very smooth and no lapping is needed. The top part of the XP-120 hangs over the normal P4 mounting area and will help cool down the surrounding area when the 120mm fan is up and running. Five heatpipes joined at the base provide heat transfer to the collection of small fins, very effective as was proven with the SP-94.

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The give you a better idea of the size here’s the XP-120 pictured with its older brother, the aforementioned SP-94.

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The base of the XP-120 is remarkably smaller but that’s about the only area where its older brother has the “upper” hand, size-wise.

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Let’s get it installed and see how it performs ->

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