The main features of  Tower 120 Extreme are the unique designed fins with a wave shape that make make the cooler look really nice, and when combined with the 12cm MFDB fan with blue leds the result is simply awesome.

It has the core contact technology(also known as HDT), with five heatpipes in total, three are 8mm in diameter and the other two are 6mm.The heatpipes are also chromed and this helps in the overall nice look of the cooler.

The MFDB(Magnetic Fluid Dynamic Bearing) fan is also a really nice high performance fan that will leave everyone satisfied.

At last the Tower 120 Extreme has a wide compatibility range supporting LGA775,LG1366 and AM2/3 sockets!

Let's move to the features and specifications! 

Overview

Features

Core-Contact Technology	＊1	＊2	TX-3 Thermal Grease Included (0.33ml/1g)
Ultra-Silent Low- Noise Level (16db)	High performance	Fan controller included	Easy Installation Design
＊1 : Silent 120mm MFDB Fan (Magnetic Fluid Dynamic Bearing
＊2 : 3 PCS High Performance 8mm and 2PCS High Performance 6mm U-shaped Heatpipes

MFDB Fan Features

Specifications:

Now let's see the packaging!

The package is very nice and colorful, with a photo of the cooler in the front, and also mentioning some of its features.

At the back we can see the features,contents and compatibility list.

At the side there are specifications.

At the other side we can see the highlights of  Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme.

Also very useful is the handle at the box.

Inside we find an accessory box and the cooler.

The Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme is well protected in transparent plastic.

Accessories come in a box,there is mounting hardware,thermal paste, fan speed controller and a user manual.

Let's have a closer look at Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme!

From the top we can see the fan cover with the Tuniq logo.

We can see the the wave fin design which gives a really nice optical result.Also the fins at the sides are closed in order to have airflow concentrated at the center.

From another point of view.

From here we can see once more the fins, and how they look.Also the heatpipes are visible.

Detail of the fins.

A closer look of the chromed heatpipes and the base.

The base has some fins on top in order to increase performance.

The base has a protective sticker.

We can see that the lapping is not mirror like, but the base is perfectly straight.

Here is Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme with the fan removed.

The fan is MFDB, 12cm with blue leds.

Here we can see the product sticker.

When we power the fan, the blue leds make Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme even better!

At night.

Let's move on the installation!

After this we place the rubber washers.

Then we position the backplate.

Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme is secured with four spring loaded thumb screws, we tighten them and Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme is ready!

Here is how it looks installed.

From another point of view.

Nothing is touching at the MB heatsinks and there is plenty of room!

Now we can move at the most important part...Testing!

Heatsink testing methodology

• Each heatsink test consists of two parts, Real Test and Synthetic Test.
• Real Testing is performed in a real system, while Synthetic is done using methods that simulate thermal loads.
• Stable thermal loads are used in order to have accurate results, more specifically thermal load is produced by power resistors.
• The thermal load wattage is 30,60,90,120,150,180,210 watts. This covers a really wide range of processors and also overclocked states at wattages of 180 and 210 watts.
• Temp readings are taken from a sensor inside a copper plate that is the exact size of the processor tested in order to simulate the cpu with the best way.
• For reading the temperature I am using a high sensitivity digital multimeter.
• Thermal paste used in each test is Noctua NT-H1 because it has very quick break-in time.
• The copper piece that simulates the processor is not perfectly sanded, because the actual processor heatspreaders are never mirror polished.This happens again to have as accurate results as possible.
• Sound pressure levels are measured with a high sensitivity digital sound pressure meter, from 20cm away of the cooler inside a sound proof box to eliminate any external noise of echo.   

In order to have more clear results Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme will be compared with:

1. Intel Stock cooler
2. Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme(with the fan of Tower 120 Extreme)

TESTING PART 1 - Real Testing

System used for the test

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.8Ghz
• Asus Striker Extreme
• MSI GTX260
• Seasonic M12D 850w

TESTING PART 2 - Synthetic Testing

Stable thermal loads are used in order to test the cooler at a wide variety of thermal loads, this test simulates cpu states from Idle to Overclocking

TESTING PART 3 - Sound Pressure Level

Tuniq indeed made a strong comeback at high end cpu coolers with  Tower 120 Extreme. It does not only perform remarkably well, but it also has a really nice appearance. The smokey finish, the wave shaped fins and the blue led fan together provide an eye candy for your system!

From the performance aspect, Tower 120 Extreme has nothing to fear from its competitors since it has similar performance with Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme, one of the best air coolers in the market.

It can be considered also a value cooler, since it includes a fan and has multi compatibility unlikely other coolers that need to purchace a fan seperatelly.Also the design is a very big advantage that will attract many people.

Noise was high at full speed, but this is normal for a fan spinning at 2000rpm.At lower fan speed acoustic noise is low, but it would be nice to have even lower fan speed setting with the included fan speed controller for the silence lovers.

Pros

• Performance
• Rich bundle
• Appearance
• Low noise at low fan speed

Cons

• None  

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