ThermalRight Silver Arrow Extreme - Discussion thread

[Xuvial]

Please tell me that comes in other colors. Dear christ why orange.

[DeltrusDisc]

Please tell me that comes in other colors. Dear christ why orange.

National color of the Principality of Sandy Bridge-Extremeland.

Also: EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEME

[Drunkenvalley]

i can drop the 120mm fan down to about 205RPM and the 140mm fan to about 180RPM

or i can shut them off entirely

205/180RPM sounds about right. I was only remembering the part about being so low RPM I couldn't boot without changing a BIOS setting. :P

[endersblade]

I never understood why they would make such massive freaking heat sinks. I'm sure they work amazingly well, but seriously? I got one of the huge ones recently (can't remember the name) and the thing not only stuck out of the side of my case by about 3 inches, but also the pipes made two of my RAM slots unusable.

[DeltrusDisc]

I never understood why they would make such massive freaking heat sinks. I'm sure they work amazingly well, but seriously? I got one of the huge ones recently (can't remember the name) and the thing not only stuck out of the side of my case by about 3 inches, but also the pipes made two of my RAM slots unusable.

Yeah and that's why you check compatibility beforehand...

They make them big for best cooling possible, and to be exceptionally good on the majorly hot CPUs, like Intel's i7 Extremes. (Which this one even denotes in its name.)

[Drunkenvalley]

They make them big for best cooling possible, and to be exceptionally good on the majorly hot CPUs, like Intel's i7 Extremes. (Which this one even denotes in its name.)

I assume you're referring to the Sandy Bridge-Extreme, not the 3960X, 3970X and the similarly X-suffixed models from Intel through the generations.

[DeltrusDisc]

I assume you're referring to the Sandy Bridge-Extreme, not the 3960X, 3970X and the similarly X-suffixed models from Intel through the generations.

Uh.... 3960X and 3970X are Sandy Bridge-Extreme. >_>

[Drunkenvalley]

Uh.... 3960X and 3970X are Sandy Bridge-Extreme. >_>

What I mean is, you mean the socket 2011, rather than only the 'X' models.

[DeltrusDisc]

What I mean is, you mean the socket 2011, rather than only the 'X' models.

Yes socket 2011. :P

Also, might as well say it's good for socket 1366 for sure, as well.

[RoboA]

My cooling equipment is quite large but that one is just crazy extreme!

[DeltrusDisc]

My cooling equipment is quite large but that one is just crazy extreme!

Well you know... it has.... *dons sunglasses with a grin*

EXTREEEEEME in the title.

AWWWWWWWWWWW YEAAAAAAAHHHH