Finally we have in our possession the latest CPU cooler from Thermalright, known as the Venomous-X. This new cooler has been designed to cool the most powerful processors available today, while Thermalright believes that the Venomous-X is ready for future 6-core processors as well. Picking up where the Ultra 120 Extreme left off, the Venomous-X is set to rewrite the record books...

Where we think Thermalright has really got things right with the Venomous-X is in the mounting design. Often quality coolers are let down by poorly designed mounting systems that do not apply enough pressure in the correct places. The Venomous-X seems to have got this right and we think the improved contact between the base of the heatsink and the processor is largely responsible for the performance gains.