si-120 vs xp-120

bbreezeuk · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:30

Hi all
i was wondering which thermalright healsink has the best cooling the si-120 or the xp-120

TYIA

JonnyGLC · 17 Apr 2006 at 21:07

The XP-120 has by a degree or so

As long as it's compatable with your motherboard i'd get that over the SI seeing as it's also a few quid cheaper.

nick_lerwill · 17 Apr 2006 at 21:16

but whats better the si-120 or the big typhoon

JonnyGLC · 17 Apr 2006 at 21:26

nick_lerwill said:
but whats better the si-120 or the big typhoon

Uh, the XP-120 is better than the SI-120, and the XP-120 is more or less on par with the Big Typhoon.

ted34 · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:11

The big typhoon should outperform the xp120 depending on fans used but if the same fan was used then the BT should be better. Depending on case airflow you may be better off with a ninja than the BT. I just upgraded my xp120 to a ninja

bbreezeuk · 17 Apr 2006 at 23:12

nick_lerwill said:
but whats better the si-120 or the big typhoon

so from what people have said the XP-120

nick_lerwill · 18 Apr 2006 at 02:22

ted34 said:
The big typhoon should outperform the xp120 depending on fans used but if the same fan was used then the BT should be better. Depending on case airflow you may be better off with a ninja than the BT. I just upgraded my xp120 to a ninja

is the ninja much better than the xp-120?

cavemanoc · 18 Apr 2006 at 07:37

Use the right fans and sort the airflow and it will be

superpc · 18 Apr 2006 at 08:04

Well, i had the XP-120 and the SI-120 and i found the SI-120 much better (I still have it). A lot also depends on the fan used. The good thing about the SI-120 is that it is compatable with almost all motherboards out there, unlike the XP-120.

lay-z-boy · 18 Apr 2006 at 11:04

si-120 is slightly better than xp-120 but the si is != tt bt

so imo, if you can, get the big typhoon.

ChrisLX200 · 18 Apr 2006 at 11:20

Got an XP120 here cooling an opty 170, and now the AS5 has bedded in (and after I lapped the XP120's HS) it works great. It's very important to get the case airflow right with these big air coolers, none of them will work well if cramped in a poorly ventilated case.

JonnyGLC · 18 Apr 2006 at 12:20

lay-z-boy said:
si-120 is slightly better than xp-120 but the si is != tt bt

so imo, if you can, get the big typhoon.

No, it's not

bbreezeuk · 18 Apr 2006 at 13:27

which is the best cooler out of the TT BT the SI or XP 120s

JonnyGLC · 18 Apr 2006 at 13:33

bbreezeuk said:
which is the best cooler out of the TT BT the SI or XP 120s

You can't really say, because you could get a fan with more airflow than the one on the BT has, which will outperform it. Or you could get a 120mm fan with poor airflow in the XP-120 which would mean the BT whoops it. I think probably the BT is maybe slightly better as a heatsink.

bbreezeuk · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:40

A random name said:
You can't really say, because you could get a fan with more airflow than the one on the BT has, which will outperform it. Or you could get a 120mm fan with poor airflow in the XP-120 which would mean the BT whoops it. I think probably the BT is maybe slightly better as a heatsink.

the best quitest/performace ratio with a 7volted akasa LED fan

VaderDSL · 18 Apr 2006 at 15:26

Get yourself a Panaflo L1a 120mm fan and 7v mod it, quieter than the Akasa ambers and pushed more air and probably at a higher pressure too.

bbreezeuk · 18 Apr 2006 at 16:27

VaderDSL said:
Get yourself a Panaflo L1a 120mm fan and 7v mod it, quieter than the Akasa ambers and pushed more air and probably at a higher pressure too.

no because they are to hard to get hold of and they dont have LEDs which is waht i want

JonnyGLC · 18 Apr 2006 at 16:32

VaderDSL said:
Get yourself a Panaflo L1a 120mm fan and 7v mod it, quieter than the Akasa ambers and pushed more air and probably at a higher pressure too.

Or you could do what i did and get the M1A fan and use a fan controller to get it down a bit in speed. It's really quiet but still pushes a lot of air

VaderDSL · 18 Apr 2006 at 17:56

A random name said:
Or you could do what i did and get the M1A fan and use a fan controller to get it down a bit in speed. It's really quiet but still pushes a lot of air

good idea - I really want to get my metal Papsts 120's from back home - they were 230V beasts hehe, used to run them at 5V on my heatercore. But the weight might snap the retention socket with a TT BT

lay-z-boy · 19 Apr 2006 at 13:07

bbreezeuk said:
no because they are to hard to get hold of and they dont have LEDs which is waht i want

akasa ambers dont have led's anyway.