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Noctua SE1366 or TRUE 120?


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Well I ended up with the TRUE 120, After ccokeman tested it against the Noctuas 2 fans to the TRUEs 1 fan. And they were dead even, so to me adding a second fan should offer a slight increase in performance.

 

I really like the mounting with the Noctua, but I couldnt get over the Flesh colored fans. If my case was a different color maybe... On a side note I ordered it from the Heatsink Factory and had a FedEx tracking number in under an hour. It will be here tomorrow (Friday) and I will post some pictures of it and if I can get it lapped and installed tomorrow I will. I also ordered an extra fan and fan holder as well for push pull. I just hope it fits in my case without too many modifications. I am already planning on taking off my 4 fan side panel and putting the 2 fans underneath blowing up into the case. The floor of the case is mostly mesh with mounting holes for 2x120mm fans.

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Well I ended up with the TRUE 120, After ccokeman tested it against the Noctuas 2 fans to the TRUEs 1 fan. And they were dead even, so to me adding a second fan should offer a slight increase in performance.

 

I really like the mounting with the Noctua, but I couldnt get over the Flesh colored fans. If my case was a different color maybe... On a side note I ordered it from the Heatsink Factory and had a FedEx tracking number in under an hour. It will be here tomorrow (Friday) and I will post some pictures of it and if I can get it lapped and installed tomorrow I will. I also ordered an extra fan and fan holder as well for push pull. I just hope it fits in my case without too many modifications. I am already planning on taking off my 4 fan side panel and putting the 2 fans underneath blowing up into the case. The floor of the case is mostly mesh with mounting holes for 2x120mm fans.

cool, tell us how it goes!

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Yeah it should be here any minute, FedEx usually comes mid morning. I hate waiting... ... ... ... Then I'm going to auto zone and getting some sandpaper. I have 1500, 1800, 2000, 3200, 6400, 8000 and 12,000 grit here. I need to pick up some 200, 400, 600 and 1000 lapping is going to suck.

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Yeah it should be here any minute, FedEx usually comes mid morning. I hate waiting... ... ... ... Then I'm going to auto zone and getting some sandpaper. I have 1500, 1800, 2000, 3200, 6400, 8000 and 12,000 grit here. I need to pick up some 200, 400, 600 and 1000 lapping is going to suck.

pick me up some, my TRUE hasn't gotten's flattening treatment

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I might get some paper for you, but I'm sure my hands are going to be crying when I'm done so you may have to lap yourself. :P I wish the FedEx guy would get here, Im getting impatient. I need to take my POS Coolermaster N520 off and return it. I also need to go to Frys which is 50 miles away and get another copy of Winders I only have 2 32 bit DVDs, I had for my Pentium 4 before I got the i7 running. So I'm running Windows 7 64 bit full time, which has proved to be more of a pain then its worth. Format my Caviar Black and install, then move everything over to the new install. Come on FedEx.... ... ... ...

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I might get some paper for you, but I'm sure my hands are going to be crying when I'm done so you may have to lap yourself. :P I wish the FedEx guy would get here, Im getting impatient. I need to take my POS Coolermaster N520 off and return it. I also need to go to Frys which is 50 miles away and get another copy of Winders I only have 2 32 bit DVDs, I had for my Pentium 4 before I got the i7 running. So I'm running Windows 7 64 bit full time, which has proved to be more of a pain then its worth. Format my Caviar Black and install, then move everything over to the new install. Come on FedEx.... ... ... ...

what's wrong with Win 7, I use it full time on my desktop and it runs great.

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what's wrong with Win 7, I use it full time on my desktop and it runs great.

 

Yeah it runs good. Its just not as stable as I would like it. Not everything I try to use is compatible with it. I have some software that I need to use, but it doesnt support windows 7...yet...

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Ok as promised here are some pictures. I started to lap it as soon as I got it, and you guys were right it was a pita. (56K nightmare) I will take some pics of it installed tomorrow, the lighting in my computer room is really bad at night. Overclocked to 3.8 temps are in the 50s

 

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Yeah the temps are awesome!! I need to get some pics of it installed. I had to remove the quad side fan panel, the cooler is only about half an inch too big to run that at the same time. I actually like it like it is though with the inside exposed. I just have to flip the case over and mount the 2 side door fans underneath and they will blow into the case. :thumbs-up:

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