So how good does the original Tuniq 120 hold up these days?

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Casper312

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So how does it? The CM 212 is looking very good for the price or upgrading to the new 120. Right now it's lapped and gives me temps of 31~ idle with cores @ 44-46. Load is right under 70 for each core and cpu is around 65C.

How would a cooler upgrade do?
 
I would say that with your current temperatures, a heatsink upgrade would be pointless.
 
If your getting that good of temps I would not worry to much about upgrading,but.You can upgrade the fan inside of it if you want it to cool a little better.I know my 120 did not cool as good as yours with the fan upgrade.
 
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If your getting that good of temps I would not worry to much about upgrading,but.You can upgrade the fan inside of it if you want it to cool a little better.I know my 120 did not cool as good as yours with the fan upgrade.
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Well I dont know what did it, but 2 factors are deciding a major difference in temps. Before I had the 120 sideways due to the H bracket hitting the UD3R heatsinks and some modding with the dremel fixed it and now sits like it is supposed to. The other thing is I used a different method with applying Thermal paste instead of my usual spread it with a finger in a ziplock bag, I just put 2 thin lines and made sure it spread evenly which it did.

So what ever did it, temps have gone from like I said 65 Cpu with cores @ 69-72C to Cpu 47C with cores hovering at 54-57C. Room temp is warmer than before as well :eek:
 
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