INTRODUCTION

   Even though CPU air coolers have very little cooling efficiency headroom left for improvement manufacturers are doing their best to push that to its limit, either by adding more fins and heatpipes or by simply using higher performance fans (sometimes even two of them in push and pull). By implementing these improvements (however tiny) CPU air coolers have managed to come really close and, in some cases, even surpass the cooling performance of AIO liquid models and for consumers who are not interested in getting the latter (either due to fear of possible leaks or pump noise) this is great. Thermalright back in 2016 released the Macho 120 SBM CPU cooler (review here) and although its cooling performance wasn't as good as its larger brother the Macho Rev.B (review here) it did gather numerous awards from media all over the world. Today and almost 3 years later we'll be testing its successor, the brand new Macho 120 Rev.B model.

   From our beginning in 2001 THERMALRIGHT has always strived to make the best possible cooling solutions available in the computer market. We have implemented many changes in the industry, like convex cooler base and that are now widely used by in industry today. We choose the best possible higher thermal conductivity values materials, our heat pipes, base plate and fin material is state of the art. High standard product is by our possible cooling solutions art design, the premium quality of material, and the performance test many times before release it. Our Art is to keep the best Quality and Performance on our heatsink.

   So, what did Thermalright change/improve in the brand new Macho 120 Rev.B CPU air cooler? Compared to the heatsink of the Macho 120 SBM the heatsink on the brand new Macho 120 Rev.B may not be as long (130mm/120mm) but it's quite wider (86mm/102mm) and also heavier (560g/600g). Both models feature the same number of fins (30 including the top black fin), the same number of nickel plated heatpipes (five 6mm ones) and the same nickel plated base made out of C1100 pure copper. The biggest difference between these two models however is their fans so even though the Macho 120 SBM model came bundled with the somewhat inaudible TY-127 enhanced hyper-flow bearing fan (1300RPM/33dBA/55.81CFM) the brand new Macho 120 Rev.B model comes bundled with the latest TY-121 sleeve bearing fan (1800RPM/25dBA/77.28CFM) which is also among the highest performance models released by Thermalright to date (you may have noticed that Thermalright reports a lower decibel number for the TY-121 fan but as you will see later on it's not really accurate). The time has come for us to see how the brand-new Macho 120 Rev.B compares to its predecessor the Macho 120 SBM.