TheDustyHeatsink

Screw the cooler you get a screwdriver, so buy now. Or perish
 

So a short while back i overviewed the passive version of this heatsink, Thermalright thought it would be a good idea to you know, put a 140mm fan on their new heatsink. I know mind blown.
 
 
There isnt a major increase in technology, the fins are now angled ever so slightly, the top fin is black which is pretty much like a go faster stripe for heatsinks.  
 
Note the 140mm is fat 140mm fan, not a thin one.
 

 
They have optimized it to run with fans which dont blow your face off with 4000rpm, they are aiming for that 900rpm zone, when shit gets real the fan drops down to 300rpm because faster fan means convection current goes around faster yeah yeah science.
 
They reported that the rpm will be anywhere between  28.7 m³/h to a higher 125 m³/h. Seems legit.
 
Their fan uses Enhanced Hyper flow bearing which is complete and utter bullshit, just means fluid bearing.
 
Height: 159mm
 
 
Pricing:
 
UK: £37.99
 
Euro: 42.99
 
US: $50.00
 
canada: $52.00(not sure why the price is higher there, i blame amd)
 
Sources:
 
Me
 
http://www.techpowerup.com/207242/thermalright-announces-hr-02-macho-rev-b-cpu-cooler.html
 
http://www.eteknix.com/new-thermalright-hr-02-macho-rev-b-cpu-cooler-announced/
 
http://omgdgt.com/2014/11/cpu-cooler-thermalright-hr-02-macho-rev-b-have-a-new-fan/
 
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/thermalright-announces-hr-02-macho-rev-b-cpu-cooler/
 
http://www.thermalright.com/html/products/cpu_cooler/macho_revb.html
 
Remember little nooblet news posters, use more then one source.

Up to 1.55V (absolute max)  for the AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE. Done a bit of research and some guys will do 4.5GHz at 1.55V. Yours may or may not do that (luck of the draw). 
 
The 140W model has a usual voltage range of: 0.850-1.425V
The 120W is lower at: 0.825-1.40V
 
There you go. 

The temperature scaling with increased voltage is NOT linear. It's exponential. There will be a point where a small amount in voltage adjustment will yield a HIGH temperature increase.
 
 
Correct.
 
 
 
Putting excessive voltage through a electronic device will cause Electronmigration.
This, over time, will cause permanent irreversible damage to the device / part.
 
This is why you see people with CPUs with overclocks that will all of a sudden become unstable.
 
Example:
Someone has their Phenom II X4 965 running a 4.2GHz for 3 years. At the time, it passed all vigorous stability tests. No problems for 3 straight years. Then out of the blue, the CPU decides to BSOD with the overclock settings -- or now requires more voltage to keep 4.2GHz stable.

I remember on Linus's Intel stream, the Intel guy said even if you have infinite cooling, voltage will kill the chip

Interesting to see what others have been buying recently!
 
My latest purchase 

Horizon plays a bit more arcady than Motorsport but has almost the same physics system, check out the demo. I played the s... out of Forza 3 and 4 but I enjoyed Horizon the most, cruising over the highway while the sinking sun lights everything in a beautiful orange/red while still playing marvelous.

I like wireless charging. Other than that i couldn't care less, i don't mind spending time doing cable management. 

R9 290x Sound Test
 
I'm sorry, I had to
 
Post some more funny computer/tech pee take vids if you know any

I first was like omfg he bought Beats but than I noticed they are M50's lol.
Never seen them in red before.

Please also be aware that the automatic voltage regulation works only if you plug a thermal sensor into the corresponding channel that the fan is plugged into. So you may need some fan splitters and some places to stick the sensors.

dont get a pcie fan controller.
use your mainboard or buy something like an bitfenix recon.
 
also, welcome to the forums!

theres an aquaero which is like linus's mcubed tbalancer but i dont know if its any good but your best bet is getting maybe like an nzxt grid and plugging it into your motherboard and using ai suite or something equivalent from another board manufacturer to control it.

Welcome
AI Suite 2 is great for controlling fans