Thermaltake Silent Tower

Thermaltake Silent Tower

Posted 08/22/2005 at 10:24am | by

SilentTower.jpgThis super-sized cooler features a copper base with six heat pipes attached to twin aluminum fin towers, which amounts to some serious CPU cooling. A fan isn’t included, but one is absolutely necessary.

The Silent Tower was a relatively easy installation on our AMD mobo, but the fan just barely fit. Aside from that, it proved to be a stunningly cool solution.

We managed to get the heatsink installed on our LGA775 system, but we couldn’t attach the fan because it hung over the first two memory slots on our Abit board.

The bottom line: This cooler offers terrific performance, but it’s simply too big for most mobos.
--Josh Norem

AMD @ idle AMD @ load Intel @ idle Intel @ load Sound output (dBA)
Thermaltake Silent Tower 29/30 37/41 N/A N/A 68/60
Stock cooler 36 52 42 57 67

* Temps measured at fan-speed high/fan-speed low

Month Reviewed: September 2005
Verdict: 7
URL: www.thermaltake.com

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