Successor to XP-120?

[Specialist[X]]

does anybody know if thermalright has any plans on releasing a heatsink that is better than the current xp120 (all copper?),using a 120mm fan?

 

[DaMiEn]

I'd imagine that if they made something out of copper the same size as the 120 it would be ridiculously heavy. I'm guessing no, at least not for now.

 

[ryuji]

xp-120 with fan is already over the 'max weight' amd and intel suggest... 640 grams aint heavy enough for you?

 

[darktiger]

640 grams is not that bad, you can get a lighter 120mm fan....But a full copper xp120 would be pretty heavy....But that Zalman 7700 is already heavier than h3ll....for a hsf

 

[ryuji]

perhaps its not that bad.. with some calculations... since its 370 grams.. and aluminum is 2700 kg/cubic meter.. and copper is 8230 kg/cubic meter... a all copper xp-120 would be about 1120 grams.. not as bad as i envisioned.. but its going to cost a ton to buy it if it is produced

 

[Jman]

Something tells me that if you put a 2.5 pound heatsink on your chip, the motherboard would warp pretty seriously in a few months. You'd have to build a custom device to support the HSF with the case somehow.

I have an XP-90, and it cools just fine. It's considerably bigger than the SK-7 I had on my AthlonXP, but it's actually somewhat lighter.