For Packaging:
- He comes included thermal compound. It is a 2g tube and if you do not need about 20 tests (like me) to pass the things properly on processor and cooler, reichts for 'ne second charge.
- Two different instructions for AMD and Intel sockets. Of course, the appropriate accessories. This also means that after installing the stuff for the other type of processor remains. This pattern has been with a short description in English and understand little picture above. Who used to play Lego, understands the pictures right away.
- A Y-cable's motherboard, because there are indeed 2 fans. These two 2x6cm x1mm large rubber plates whose purpose I do not understand. Having a self-adhesive surface on the back. In the two instructions is nothing about it. Maybe I can because once someone enlighten.
- A key to tighten the screws
Assembly:
Actually quite simple, thanks to the pictures. Took quite a while yet. Only mount the fan is quite hakellig.
We flew in that the heat sink by its weight in the mainboard will bend down a bit and so lose the 100% contact with the processor. But that part is sitting so Bombenfest it (at least on the Intel design) that I could play with the mainboard football and nothing falls. I also had a fear that the motherboard broken bends somehow (is actually only made of plastic), but for no reason.
All parts are made of metal by the way, so that nothing can break broken somehow.
Cooling capacity:
Made it my boxed on minimum 35 °, it was after the maiden launch with Silver Arrow at minimum 25 ° (Idle). Meanwhile, I've about 28-33 ° in idle, so no big improvement. Thanks to the heat pipes, it can no longer be transported to the cooling fins such low temperatures as well.
The play for their power when processor load from:
Under Prime95 (= permanently 100% CPU load) has cooked my CPU with boxed cooler at 80 °. The Silver Arrow cools actually down to 53 ° (~ 48-53)! The 30 ° difference! And I did not even have a case fan. In addition, I have only one of the two fans mounted (in the middle). Since my system is also extremely quiet during gaming (Battlefield 3 has apparently quite high CPU requirements and the temps were happy times at up to 70 ° up). I think you can see the CPU passive cooling problems, even at 100% load. She is, however, much hotter than 53 °.
The 14cm fan by the way are very quiet. However, I have not had the pleasure of those listening to 100% power. Actually, he turns the whole only with the minimum speed and is geräuschtot so. You can hear only my PSU fan (12cm) and / or the graphics card. With Prime95 he turns the fan up a level and we hear another fan noise (a bit louder than the others). I have the "Silent" fan profile set in the motherboard (ASUS P7P55D LE).
Warning:
With all the cooling capacity there also disadvantages, actually or only one: This part is huge. Measure necessarily before. I had to now just buy a new housing, because of the side covers no longer goes (housing too narrow). For this my body has no Einkärbung for holding behind the CPU. Now if I want to do all screws firmly to my motherboard, it bulges out at the location of the CPU up.
In addition, covered the heatsink my first graphics card slot, which I have to accept a few less FPS in BF3 through the second slower 8x PCIe connection. If the new case arrives, I will the heat sink by 90 ° turn (so the air blows up). Thus, the first PCIe port should be free again. I hope that the heat sink is then mounted still stable. The bolts are normally up and down. At 90 ° turn it left and right, so that it could theoretically hang down.
Time will tell ...
