Thermalright!!! "Flat bases will return when Intel and AMD return to flat IHS"
Hi Leute,
ich bin enttäuscht! Habe gestern mal ne Mail an Thermaright-US geschrieben, weil ich wissen wollte, ob der IFX-14 wieder eine plane Oberfläche haben wird.
Hier meine (lange) Mail:
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> Hello Support,
>
> I was wondering about the heatsink bases of your 120-Ultra-eXtreme and the
> upcoming IFX-14. Apparently, the Ultra 120 eXtreme's Heatsink bease is
> convex by design, since most of todays CPU's IHS is concave. Though I
> agree
> it makes sense for the "standard-user" it does not make sense for power
> users/PC-enthusiasts to which I also consider myself. Due to the IHS of my
> CPU beeing concave I lapped my CPU to achieve a perfectly flat IHS. What I
> would like to see/have, is a cooler which base is completely flat to
> achieve optimum contact and cooling.
>
> Therefore I have to admit I was a little bit disappointed when I read the
> following statement by Chris Lee:
>
> "Ultra-120 eXtreme heatsink base is designed to be convex because most of
> the processor IHS's are concave to a certain degree. I
> would say Ultra-120 heatsink will perform well on some processors (owing
> to
> optimum contact) and mediocre on others (due to not
> so optimum contact.) When I say "mediocre" I don't mean the heatsink has
> poor performance. Just that it's not doing extremely
> good but not doing less than its contenders "by a big margin" as some
> people described."
>
> I think the majority of users who are buying your high-quality products
> are
> power-users or enthusiast who would in general prefer a perfect flat base
> Normal users are normally not interested in getting "the perfect
> air-cooling solution", since of course it requires a certain price which
> this type of clientel is normally hesitating to spend.
>
> I for myself am willing to spend quite some money on a good cooler, but I
> expect perfect quality for my money. I don't consider not having a perfect
> flat base a perfect quality.
>
> Therefore my question:
>
> What about future 120-Ultra-eXtreme and the upcoming IFX-14?
>
> Will they have a perfect flat base or are you going to implement convex
> bases throughout your product range? Will the 120-Ultra-eXtreme always
> have
> a slightly convex base or will production be changed due to a lot of
> requests in this direction. Will the IFX-14 have a perfect flat base from
> the beginning? I hope for it so much, since right now, you're the only
> company that has attractive coolers on the market with a good mounting
> system. The only bad theing about your latest coolers seems the not so
> perfect base, which, in fact, is not flat, but convex. This is the only
> reason I havent got the 120-Ultra-eXtreme yet.
>
> From what I read on the forums it seems everybody wants a perfect flat
> base, because this is what a cooler should be like. Especially
> hardcore-overclockers need to have as good a cooler as possible and
> therefore regret your decision not to deliver a perfect flat heatsink
> base.
>
> Can you please tell me about future? Will the 120-eXtreme's be equipped
> with a flat base? And what about the upcoming IFX-14?
>
> One thought from a "normal guy": Make your IFX-14's base perfectly flat
> and
> you will see how that will reflect in the sales numbers. People will have
> no reason NOT to buy the cooler. Right now I read many posts like "I won't
> get this cooler if it doesn't have a flat heatsink base.". My decision to
> get the IFX-14 will strongly depend on the base beeing perfectly flat or
> not. If it's perfectly flat I am weven willing to spend 80$+ for a great
> product.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for your quick answer, best regards,
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Und hier die sehr kurze Antwort:
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Hi,
Flat bases will return when Intel and AMD return to flat heat spreaders.
For Thermalright,
Bob
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Ist doch lächerlich... zumal AMD keine Probleme mit krummen Heatpsreadern hat!
Was meint ihr, was soll der Zirkus... Wer High-End Kühler herstellt, sollte auch das entsprechende Klientel im Auge haben. Und gerade dieses Klientel sind doch wohl eher Power-User, die auch gerne mal ne Runde schleifen... ;-)
Ist doch kacke...
Nie wieder Thermalright? Was meint Ihr?
Gruß,
LeChuckie
Hi Leute,
ich bin enttäuscht! Habe gestern mal ne Mail an Thermaright-US geschrieben, weil ich wissen wollte, ob der IFX-14 wieder eine plane Oberfläche haben wird.
Hier meine (lange) Mail:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hello Support,
>
> I was wondering about the heatsink bases of your 120-Ultra-eXtreme and the
> upcoming IFX-14. Apparently, the Ultra 120 eXtreme's Heatsink bease is
> convex by design, since most of todays CPU's IHS is concave. Though I
> agree
> it makes sense for the "standard-user" it does not make sense for power
> users/PC-enthusiasts to which I also consider myself. Due to the IHS of my
> CPU beeing concave I lapped my CPU to achieve a perfectly flat IHS. What I
> would like to see/have, is a cooler which base is completely flat to
> achieve optimum contact and cooling.
>
> Therefore I have to admit I was a little bit disappointed when I read the
> following statement by Chris Lee:
>
> "Ultra-120 eXtreme heatsink base is designed to be convex because most of
> the processor IHS's are concave to a certain degree. I
> would say Ultra-120 heatsink will perform well on some processors (owing
> to
> optimum contact) and mediocre on others (due to not
> so optimum contact.) When I say "mediocre" I don't mean the heatsink has
> poor performance. Just that it's not doing extremely
> good but not doing less than its contenders "by a big margin" as some
> people described."
>
> I think the majority of users who are buying your high-quality products
> are
> power-users or enthusiast who would in general prefer a perfect flat base
> Normal users are normally not interested in getting "the perfect
> air-cooling solution", since of course it requires a certain price which
> this type of clientel is normally hesitating to spend.
>
> I for myself am willing to spend quite some money on a good cooler, but I
> expect perfect quality for my money. I don't consider not having a perfect
> flat base a perfect quality.
>
> Therefore my question:
>
> What about future 120-Ultra-eXtreme and the upcoming IFX-14?
>
> Will they have a perfect flat base or are you going to implement convex
> bases throughout your product range? Will the 120-Ultra-eXtreme always
> have
> a slightly convex base or will production be changed due to a lot of
> requests in this direction. Will the IFX-14 have a perfect flat base from
> the beginning? I hope for it so much, since right now, you're the only
> company that has attractive coolers on the market with a good mounting
> system. The only bad theing about your latest coolers seems the not so
> perfect base, which, in fact, is not flat, but convex. This is the only
> reason I havent got the 120-Ultra-eXtreme yet.
>
> From what I read on the forums it seems everybody wants a perfect flat
> base, because this is what a cooler should be like. Especially
> hardcore-overclockers need to have as good a cooler as possible and
> therefore regret your decision not to deliver a perfect flat heatsink
> base.
>
> Can you please tell me about future? Will the 120-eXtreme's be equipped
> with a flat base? And what about the upcoming IFX-14?
>
> One thought from a "normal guy": Make your IFX-14's base perfectly flat
> and
> you will see how that will reflect in the sales numbers. People will have
> no reason NOT to buy the cooler. Right now I read many posts like "I won't
> get this cooler if it doesn't have a flat heatsink base.". My decision to
> get the IFX-14 will strongly depend on the base beeing perfectly flat or
> not. If it's perfectly flat I am weven willing to spend 80$+ for a great
> product.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for your quick answer, best regards,
------------------------------------------------------------
Und hier die sehr kurze Antwort:
-------------------------------------
Hi,
Flat bases will return when Intel and AMD return to flat heat spreaders.
For Thermalright,
Bob
-------------------------------------
Ist doch lächerlich... zumal AMD keine Probleme mit krummen Heatpsreadern hat!
Was meint ihr, was soll der Zirkus... Wer High-End Kühler herstellt, sollte auch das entsprechende Klientel im Auge haben. Und gerade dieses Klientel sind doch wohl eher Power-User, die auch gerne mal ne Runde schleifen... ;-)
Ist doch kacke...
Nie wieder Thermalright? Was meint Ihr?
Gruß,
LeChuckie
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