Move over Noctua. You're not the only Act in Town.

antspants · Mar 16, 2024

Seems overly cheap to purchase. AUD$56.90 ? That’s probably fiddy cent in USD.

People seem to appreciate this cooler. A few comments and a little history.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1ayz01a/thermalright_phantom_spirit_120_evo_review_this

Scannerman · Mar 16, 2024

antspants said:
Seems overly cheap to purchase. AUD$56.90 ? That’s probably fiddy cent in USD.

People seem to appreciate this cooler. A few comments and a little history.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1ayz01a/thermalright_phantom_spirit_120_evo_review_this

Even less. Which is a fantastic value comparatively speaking. I wish I knew about this sooner but it is what it is.

antspants · Mar 16, 2024

Scannerman said:
Even less. Which is a fantastic value comparatively speaking. I wish I knew about this sooner but it is what it is.

According to the Reddit post above, this company, Thermalright, died and came back from the dead. I am trying to recall the brand but vagueness is my middle name.

Scannerman · Mar 16, 2024

Wasn't it Prolimatech? That's going back quite a ways. I still have a box of their fans someplace here, in the basement. Good fans. They never die. The only problem is that they were loud, so not unlike ThermalTake fans you had to use one of those dampeners. I have the fans but I'd have to get a dampener for them. They're cheap. I'll probably put those fans in my ROGUE build whenever I get around to building it.

antspants · Mar 17, 2024

Scannerman said:
Wasn't it Prolimatech? That's going back quite a ways. I still have a box of their fans someplace here, in the basement. Good fans. They never die. The only problem is that they were loud, so not unlike ThermalTake fans you had to use one of those dampeners. I have the fans but I'd have to get a dampener for them. They're cheap. I'll probably put those fans in my ROGUE build whenever I get around to building it.

Yes, Prolimatech were in the race.
From that thread:

Thermalright was always considered top dog. That was until the Prolimatech Megahelms gave the Thermalright Ultra a run for its money.

Prolimatech fell off the map suddenly, then Noctua came out with theirs. Now Thermalright is back in the spotlight.

pparks1 · Mar 17, 2024

BeQuiet is right there with noctua.

Wannagofast · Mar 17, 2024

Thermalright made one of the best air cooling solutions available back in the early 2000's.
I used the Thermalright XP-90C CPU Copper Heatsink for overclocking my old Athlon CPU's.
At $50.00 US they were a very expensive, but also a very efficient and effective cooling solution.
20 years later that very same cooler is still working great on the 3770K in my wifes computer.
I would certainly say that I have gotten every penny of use out of that purchase!

My old Overclocking rig.

peace
wanna

Scannerman · Mar 17, 2024

Wannagofast said:
Thermalright made one of the best air cooling solutions available back in the early 2000's.
I used the Thermalright XP-90C CPU Copper Heatsink for overclocking my old Athlon CPU's.
At $50.00 US they were a very expensive, but also a very efficient and effective cooling solution.
20 years later that very same cooler is still working great on the 3770K in my wifes computer.
I would certainly say that I have gotten every penny of use out of that purchase!

Those picture incite so many questions in me. Looks like you made yourself a sleeper build there. High performance in an vintage case. Are those also Thermalright fans? They look to be. Also does that LED display also give you Q codes? (Just wondering.) Do you happen to remember the old copper Zalmans? I still have one of those in the box unopened. Thinking of putting it in my future ROGUE build if I can modify it to fit. Anyway, well done! and thanks for sharing! :clap: