Tuniq tower still best?

MoNkEyMiKeY · 14 Apr 2007 at 10:22

Haven't kept upto date lately. Is it still the best?

mishima · 14 Apr 2007 at 10:25

No, Noctua NH-U12F is

richjs · 14 Apr 2007 at 12:48

mishima said:
No, Noctua NH-U12F is

There's fanboy and then there's too far

mishima · 14 Apr 2007 at 12:53

E6300 3.1GHz . Tuniq Tower . DS3 . x1950Pro 256MB
Hiper Type-R (Have mercy) . MX518 500Hz . Qpad CT

I'm not a fan boy by all means, I just like to recommend quality goods to people when I can, things that I have tried and tested whereas others tend to go for the maintstream products... you know the 'trendy' items.

gurusan · 14 Apr 2007 at 12:57

The Noctua and Thermalright Ultra 120 perform better than the Tuniq...but the Tuniq Tower is still nothin to be sniffed at.

james.miller · 14 Apr 2007 at 12:59

not impresssed with my tuniq. its loud at full chat and the heatsink is very restrictive. i cant see how this can perform better than my old ninja but since i dont have that anymore i cant compare them

gurusan · 14 Apr 2007 at 13:00

james.miller said:
not impresssed with my tuniq. its loud at full chat and the heatsink is very restrictive. i cant see how this can perform better than my old ninja but since i dont have that anymore i cant compare them

I have no direct experience with it as I prefer water, but that's one of the first negative opinions I've come across regarding the Tuniq.

PhillyDee · 14 Apr 2007 at 15:28

The fan is VERY loud. But thats running at Full. so its not surprising. Ive found that the difference between the tuniqs fan on lowest and highest is 3 Degrees worth of cooling. Needless to say that the fan stays on its minimum.

furnace · 14 Apr 2007 at 15:33

Noctua NH-U12F, Thermalright Ultra 120 and Tuniq Tower are all on the same playing field. To be honest you'll probably find reviews putting each of them at the #1 spot, as the performance is very good on all of them. You shouldn't go wrong with any of them, so I think just take performance out of the equation and see what best fits your budget / case / noise levels / appearance

Burly · 14 Apr 2007 at 15:51

Hey hey don't forget the Scythe Ninja rev b

furnace · 14 Apr 2007 at 16:14

People seem to have gone off the Rev.B because of the push-pins rather than the screw/backplate combo :confused:

paul8811 · 14 Apr 2007 at 16:56

Burly said:
Hey hey don't forget the Scythe Ninja rev b

everyone was raving about these 2 weeks back so I bought one & now they seem to be the forgotton one.

COYS · 14 Apr 2007 at 17:06

Still in love with my Tuniq Tower with Yate Loon, Soo quiet yet idle temps in the mid 20's (22 deg ambient)

Cyber-Mav · 14 Apr 2007 at 17:30

now that the weather has kicked up a notch, im looking for a new cooler too, but the question is, would a tuniq tower, scythe ninja, or thermalright ultra 120 fit on my asrock dual-sata2 board?

sahjin · 14 Apr 2007 at 17:31

hey i am just checking something if your cpu is pritty cool (29c) would the fan not need to spin up ?

Cyber-Mav · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:32

sahjin said:
hey i am just checking something if your cpu is pritty cool (29c) would the fan not need to spin up ?

no it won;t spin up, but it depends on how its been set up. i have akasa amber fans in my case and they run at full speed all the time but they are quiet. yours may be a noisy fan at full speed so you can throttle its speed to how you want.

it depends on how the bios settings are.

sahjin · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:50

well i have the noctua (amazing cpu cooler !!) and the fan that fits on to it never spins up.. is that right or not ?

Cyber-Mav · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:55

ehh? is the fan plugged in? must be something fishy, it should always be rotating even at low temps it should be spinning slowly.

sahjin · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:58

yeah i plugged it into the cpu fan slot-thing on the motherboard..

mishima · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:10

Course it should be spinning lol. Have you tried having it directly into the PSU? Have you also tried the stock cooler via the onboard CPU fan socket?