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Thermalright Macho CPU Cooler Review

The Macho is a big CPU cooler from Thermalright, with six heatpipes and a 140 mm fan. Let’s test it!

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The Thermalright Macho (Cont’d)

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Thermalright Macho
  • 3. The Thermalright Macho (Cont’d)
  • 4. Installation
  • 5. How We Tested
  • 6. Our Tests
  • 7. Main Specifications
  • 8. Conclusions

The base of the cooler is seen in Figure 8. Notice that the six copper heatpipes don’t touch the CPU directly; they are soldered to a nickel-plated copper base with near-mirrored finishing.

Thermalright MachoFigure 8: Base

Figure 9 shows the detail of the heatpipes curves.

Thermalright MachoFigure 9: Heatpipes curves

The 140 mm PWM fan is shown in Figure 10.

Thermalright MachoFigure 10: Fan

In Figure 11, you can see the Macho with the fan installed. The cooler comes with four rubber pads to be glued on the fan in order to absorb vibrations.

Thermalright MachoFigure 11: Fan installed

Continue: Installation

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