Tuniq Tower 120 Versus The Zalman CNPS9500 LED [Archive]

DasFox

01-14-07, 05:28 PM

It's a toss up at this point in time for which one to choose. Given the Tuniq's size and weight make me a bit hesitant to get it, but I also wanted to know if the differences in cooling between them if it's really that much?

THANKS

DasFox

01-14-07, 08:54 PM

Well I just ordered the Tuniq Tower 120, let you know how it goes when I get it.

Xion X2

01-14-07, 10:01 PM

You made the right choice. The Tuniq's the best air cooler out there, although the Zalmans are good too.

And don't worry about the weight. It has a backplate to help brace it on the back of your motherboard.

DasFox

01-14-07, 11:07 PM

You made the right choice. The Tuniq's the best air cooler out there, although the Zalmans are good too.

And don't worry about the weight. It has a backplate to help brace it on the back of your motherboard.

yeah I know about the backplates, thanks...

stevemedes

01-14-07, 11:18 PM

if i had it to do over again, id get the tuniq over the 9500 that i have now. you made the right choice.

911medic

01-15-07, 03:07 AM

New review of the Tuniq Tower here (http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2906), FYI.

DasFox

01-15-07, 03:56 AM

What do most people do with the fan speed adjustment, like put it all the way down to minimum when you aren't putting any load on the box, like say when you are just surfing the web for a driver, just on the desktop not really putting any load on the box, then when you game crank it to the max?

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7553/tuniqcontrolbx8.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tuniqcontrolbx8.jpg)

DasFox

01-15-07, 04:00 AM

Personally I'd hate to keep messing with a fan speed and I'd rather have the thing run at max all the time, since the chip will be overclocked.

As long as the fan isn't really noisy turned all the way up, listening to it all the time.

agentkay

01-15-07, 05:21 AM

Is it worth to dump the 9700 for a TT120? Not that I have temperature issues but I basically reached my OC limit (temperature wise/60C full load) around 3,4Ghz (1,4v). Would a TT120 reduce the temperature enough for another 200mhz (3,6Ghz) and stay below 60C or is that hard to predict?

slaWter

01-15-07, 05:28 AM

Is it worth to dump the 9700 for a TT120? Not that I have temperature issues but I basically reached my OC limit (temperature wise/60C full load) around 3,4Ghz (1,4v). Would a TT120 reduce the temperature enough for another 200mhz (3,6Ghz) and stay below 60C or is that hard to predict?

I never used a Tuniq but Lee tried it with his QX6700 and he got nearly the same temps as with the Zalman 9700.
And keep in mind, CoolIT will start selling their products in Q1 here in Europe :)

agentkay

01-15-07, 05:42 AM

Thanks for the info! I guess I´ll keep the Zalman then or leave air cooling when I really need/want to OC more. :)

DasFox

01-15-07, 11:32 PM

Ahh didn't know Dell was selling liquid cooling systems, hehe.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_710h2c?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Blacklash

01-16-07, 02:07 AM

Tuniq Tower 120 is the best for air cooling a C2D. The Thermalright Ultra 120 also seems to be highly regarded by many when mated with an appropriate fan. I wouldn't replace an aftermarket heatsink with the Tuniq unless you are unhappy with the performance of what you already own. If you are going Quad core and are serious about overclocking I'd look into water cooling.

When I move to a Q6600, I will be doing just that.

slaWter

01-16-07, 04:18 AM

Tuniq Tower 120 is the best for air cooling a C2D. The Thermalright Ultra 120 also seems to be highly regarded by many when mated with an appropriate fan. I wouldn't replace an aftermarket heatsink with the Tuniq unless you are unhappy with the performance of what you already own. If you are going Quad core and are serious about overclocking I'd look into water cooling.

When I move to a Q6600, I will be doing just that.

That's true. Temps are very high on air over 3GHz. I'll get a Freezone as soon as they start selling their products here.

buffbiff21

01-16-07, 11:16 AM

Tuniq = best performance

Zalman = best looks (imo of course)

Cnps 9700 is the best, overall, if you ask me interms of visual aspects.
I have a 9500, and I get ~70 C iTAT load @ 3.6 with 1.4875 vcore. pretty good, but tuniq gets better.

hemmy

01-16-07, 03:49 PM

The 9500 is very overpriced for the performance you get

Tuniq Tower 120 is huge but it is leagues ahead of any other air cooler, bar none

When I had it the cooler was almost too big for my Gigabyte 3d Aurora case (height wise). But i decided to sell it at a little profit.

Also, at lower fans speeds it is silent, but gets loud at ~ 1600rpm IMO