The Venomous-X is Thermalright's new flagship CPU cooler taking over from the renowned Ultra 120 eXtreme.
AMD Users: Please note that we do have a bracket but it's the original non-scissor type bracket. You get the same great cooler but the pressure vault mounting does not apply. This cooler was designed from the ground up for Intel and you might be better off sticking with the U120E AMD version which despite rumors it is not being discontinued by TR at least in the near future.
Note: As with most Thermalright coolers this item does not include a fan. You get the heatsink, Intel mounting hardware, 2 sets of fan clips, Chill Factor 2 thermal paste and instructions. You may select 1-2 120x25mm fans from the fan section or one of the discounted and recommended models above. Also please keep in mind for installation you must remove the motherboard unless you have full access to the backside of the CPU area of the mobo. Also keep in mind the Thermalright fan shrouds/holders for U120E DO NOT fit this cooler. Hopefully they will release one in the near future. The holder was a very useful performance enhancer over the wire clips (at least for U120E).
The Venomous-X is compatible with sockets 775, 1156, and 1366. Thus, the Venomous-X will conquer the heat produced by any Intel core i5 and i7 processors. However, the Venomous-X was designed with the future in mind. Core i9 processors have already been accounted for. This is possible because, our installation hardware allows the end-user to adjust pressure via the "Pressure Vault Bracket." Adjustments can be made from 40-80 lbs of pressure to fit any CPU IHS for the best possible CPU contact. The Venomous-X inherited our 6mm sintered heat pipe design, with soldered contact points with the fins and heatsink base to ensure effective heat transfer to our fin array. Thermalright engineers also increased the fin gap distance by 20% to 1.9mm. This modified fin array incorporating our arrowed bent winglet design, allows air to rapidly pass through the heatsink with minimal resistance. Consequently, low or high RPM fans will exhibit excellent performance.
Secondly, Thermalright customers have been requesting a mirrored copper base. Done. We have also Nickel coated it to ensure long term usage, preventing oxidation. The base of the Venomous-X is also slightly convex. This design has been proven to increase performance of the heatsink by drawing away heat from the center of the CPU at an accelerated rate. Manufacturing such a base is a complex task, thus we ensure every Thermalright Venomous-X CPU heatsink is produced with the highest of quality standards. Our manufacturing efforts maintain build quality. Every heatsink from the base, heat pipes, fin array, fan, and all of the soldering points in between will mirror our original design.
Features:
All new patented multiple support pressure vault bracket system, allow users adding pressure to the bracket system (40~70 lbs.), and have a more efficient and secure mounting.(1366/1156 /775)
Mirrored copper base with nickel plating
Special bent winglet design, allows hot air to pass the heatsink more rapidly.
Heatsinks are all nickel plated to ensure the best quality and performance and could last for years.
Soldered heatpipes, copper base and fins, to ensure the best thermal conducting efficiency.
Six sintered heatpipe design, all heatpipes are nickel plated to slow the oxidation deterioration to the heatpipe, to ensure longer usage and performance of the heatsink for the cpu.
Includes 2 sets of 120 x 25mm fan clips and Chill factor II thermal paste.
Convex copper base design, to ensure the Highest thermal conducting thermal efficiency between the cpu and the heatsink.

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installation instructions here.
Heatsink Dimension:
Size: Length 127mm x Width 63mm x Height 160mm
Weight: 755 g (excluding fan and bracket system)
Heatpipe: 6mm sintered heatpipe x 6 units
Copper base: C1100 pure nickel plated copper base, with ultra-shine mirrored surface.