Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU Cooler for Intel Socket 478

by Thermaltake

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 4.1 x 5.8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FEW8JW
• Item model number: A4012-02
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 15, 2006

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

The Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU cooler is a quality budget solution designed for Intel Prescott 478 FMB1.5 3.6GHz Silent solution, 21dBA only. An all copper, Opti-Fin Technology gives good heat dissipation properties. The Tool-free clip requires no tool to install.

Product Description

Thermaltake A4012-02 Processor Heatsink & Cooling Fan A4012-02 Computer Case Components

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but a bit noisy, September 25, 2009

By 

hardwarehacker (midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU Cooler for Intel Socket 478 (Personal Computers)

Bottom line: does a good job cooling the CPU, but a bit
noisy.

My testbed was a Supermicro P4SCE w/P4 Prescott overclocked
to 3.5GHz w/hyperthreading enabled.

I salvaged this motherboard from an old rack mount server
and installed in a full height tower desktop running Linux.
CPU junction temps given are for idle and about 20 minutes
into a full Linux build; they're also rounded to nearest
5 degC. Thermal throttling was set to Supermicro default of
75 degC. Tower has 2 120mm fans, one blowing onto motherboard,
one blowing out case back; plus 2 80mm power supply fans, one
drawing air off motherboard, one blowing out case back -- plenty
of air flow over motherboard.

First configuration was w/OEM low profile heatsink w/high
cubic ft/min. blower w/crappy 1.5g white thermal grease. I
could not run this configuration overclocked, clock = 3GHz.
Idle: 55 degC
Build: >75 degC (never managed to complete a full build;
board crashed)

Second configuration was w/OEM low profile heatsink but
w/CoolerMaster ThermalFusion 400 grease (3.5g, 2.89 thermal
conductivity -- one of the best non-electrically conductive,
non-curing greases). This config was overclocked to 3.5GHz.
Idle: 45 degC
Build: >75 degC (never managed to complete a full build;
board crashed)

Third configuration was w/OEM heatsink w/ThermalFusion
grease, but w/2 60 cubic ft/min. 1 in. fans placed
6 in. above CPU blowing onto CPU. Overclocked.
Idle: 35 degC
Build: 70 degC


Fourth configuration was w/Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU
Cooler instead of OEM heatsink w/ThermalFusion grease.
Again overclocked.
Idle: 30 degC
Build: 55 degC

The fourth configuration was about half as loud (-6dB) as
the third configuration, but still a bit too noisy for my
tastes. Thermaltake could probably lower their noise level
by at least half (>6dB) if they would use a more efficient
fan blade design.

Installation was difficult in cramped case but not
excessively so (the Northbridge heat sink was an order of
magnitude more difficult than this one). My installation
gotcha list:
- make sure heat sink retainer is flush with motherboard
- make sure to use good thermal conductivity thermal grease
- remember to remove white crappy thermal grease pre-applied
by manufacturer before applying good stuff
- make sure that clips have attached properly

All in all I'm happy with my purchase.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TR2-M12 cpu heatsink, March 13, 2011

By 

Valentine Giron (waipio, HI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU Cooler for Intel Socket 478 (Personal Computers)

The TR2 (A4012-02) for 3.6G ht performs nice and quiet no motor sounds. There is air blowing sounds that is kind of unavoidable especially for me. I have an older system that runs a 500w psu for the quadro 4 on a raid 0 in a larger case nice and roomy. I run about 4 dual bearing fans that is very quiet but they have airflow sounds. If you want to get away from the fans blowing noise, you should install liquid cooling systems especially for the cpu, which makes the most noise. overall this setup is truly quiet of any mechanical noises and SPECIAL NOTE: It has thermal paste on it so don't touch it. otherwise this item does cool your system

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: this should eliminate install difficulties.
you must lay down the computer hold the heatsink in place with one hand and apply the brackets one by one with the other, top first bottom with handle second, don't be afraid of tention-just push down in the middle of the bracket not the handle part, you will use the handle with an available finger to move in place to lock heatsink in place, do the same for the other side without releasing tension to the fan heatsink and it will go in easy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Noisy, July 4, 2009

By 

BobC98 "BobC98" (Clayton, CA) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU Cooler for Intel Socket 478 (Personal Computers)

I bought this because I thought the original Intel CPU fan was too noisy. This one is just as bad if not worse so it was a waste of money for me. I didn't have any of the problems installing it that other reviewers seemed to have.