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Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU Cooler for Intel Socket 478

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Item Dimensions LxWxH	3.75 x 4.1 x 5.75 inches
Brand	Thermaltake
Compatible Devices	Desktop
Material	Copper

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Designed for Intel Prescott 478 FMB1.5 3.6GHz
Silent solution, 21dBA only
All copper, Opti-Fin Technology, gives good heat dissipation properties
Tool-free clip, require no tool to install
Quality budget solution

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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.

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Product Dimensions

3.75 x 4.1 x 5.75 inches

Item Weight

1.2 pounds

ASIN

B000FEW8JW

Item model number

A4012-02

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35 ratings

3.6 out of 5 stars

Date First Available

April 15, 2006

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Physics Teacher

Not Super Quiet - PLEASE read update!

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2012

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I just installed the TR2-M12 (or is it the P4 Prescott 3.6G?) As you can read in the heading to this review the CPU fan is not as quiet as I expected. It offers little or no improvement upon a stock CPU Fan that is functioning properly.

A few things that will make your installation easier:

1) The fan comes with absolutely no installation instructions whatsoever and the Wed Site is of little help. Thank god for YouTube.

2) When you order the CPU fan make sure you order the Arctic Silver Thermal Cleaning Kit (2 small bottles) and a tube of the Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound. Yes, the new CPU fan does come with a thermal coupling compound smeared on the back of the cooling fan. The stock compound is a white paste that provides little as far as thermal coupling is concerned. Remove this suspect white glop using the 2-step Arctic Silver Cleaning Kit.

3) Now use the Arctic Silver Cleaning Kit to clean up the CPU surface. You do not have to remove the mother board to do this: Just lay the computer on its back and all will go well. I used coffee filters as a cloth.

4) Apply the Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound to both the surface of the CPU and to the bottom of the fan assembly. When you place the fan on top of the CPU slide it around to evenly coat the 2 surfaces with the Arctic Silver 5 compound.

5) VERY IMPORTANT: The clips that hold the CPU fan in place are side specific. You must use the proper clip designated to that side of the CPU fan case or they will not line up properly. No, there is no marking on the clips to guide you. Just lay the clip along the fan assembly channel and see if it lines up with the bracket clip holes. If it does not, change sides.

UPDATE: After a month's use - Fan is now nice and quiet & CPU is running much cooler! I would buy again.

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Valentine Giron

TR2-M12 cpu heatsink

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2011

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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.

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Chris

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Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2010

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I installed the TR2-M12 today in order to replace my older Thermaltake Volcano 11+ Xaser Edition A1725. My old Volcano was extremely loud and was not cooling properly. My processor zone was idling at around 80 degrees Celsius, which is dangerously hot. Upon installation, the temperature is back down to around 40 degrees Celsius. I would recommend this product to anyone that is having heat issues. More specifically, anyone that is using an older processor fan/heatsink for a socket 478 processor may want to purchase this product in order to extend the life of their processor. As for the volume, my Playstation 3 is much louder than the fan on this heatsink. I feel like the TR2-M12 is amazingly quiet for the amount of temperature reduction that this product has accomplished. I was expecting that this fan would be much louder than it actually is. It was well worth the $20 spent because I would have paid more for this product while knowing that I will sleep soundly tonight without the noise of the old Volcano processor fan. Just for anyone who would care to know, the fan is now being used for a Pentium 4 Prescott 3.0GHz.

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MasterRigger

Very quiet and good heat dissipation.

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2007

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Very quiet and good heat dissipation. The price was right with free shipping. I have a older case that runs hot and this heatsink lowered the cpu temps by about 2-3 degrees Celsius. The only minus would be the cpu retention brackets. When you attach the clips it almost feels like you are going to break the cpu holder bracket or the motherboard itself. You have to apply allot of pressure to secure the heatsink to the board. The oem Intel heatsink fan design is much easier to install.

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IT GUY

seems like a factory second

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2010

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The box was prestine, but inside the box, the heatsync was dinged up and the fan screws were stripped and loose. it was easier to replace the screws than return the item. This is not what i would expect out of thermaltake. I have used tonz of thermaltake products without an issue and they have always been the highest quality. So my only conclusion is that this vendor buys factory seconds and resells them as new.

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Fabrizio

Good performance, but don't forget a good heat-sink compound

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2011

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Overall this "all copper" Thermaltake fan-cooler cooled down my Mobo in an order of magnitude of about 10 Celsius, and my Prescott CPU about 7 Celsius. I was expecting more, but the heat-sink paste used was far from good. I expect to improve the performance with a better heat-sink compound. And don't forget that copper is far superior to aluminum as a heat transfer material. Recommended for Prescott P4 CPU users.

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time_traveling2

Thermaltake TR2 M12

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2009

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This is a good cooling option for your CPU. I have used a couple of them now. I will advise you that they are advertised as ball bearing fans but when you receive the box it will tell you one ball bearing and one sleeve bearing. Hopefully they have placed the sleeve bearing in the non load position so that it does not fail first.

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Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012 CPU Cooler for Intel Socket 478

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