Inventory cooling options seldom fulfill a sophisticated PC person, even when the system isn’t meant for heavy workloads or overclocked. Whereas inventory coolers are completely satisfactory for his or her meant function, typically they merely are too loud or the person is uncomfortable with the working temperature of the system. Then again, as fancy as enormous air coolers and liquid cooling options could also be, it’s an indeniable fact that the majority of the market consists of customers which can be pushed by a restricted price range, and thus looking for cost-effective, sensible options.
In right now’s assessment, we’re looking on the Fera 5 tower CPU cooler from SilentiumPC. SilentiumPC is a Polish firm that was based in 2007, modestly advertising and marketing only a few case followers on the time. The corporate grew considerably over the previous decade and now they’ve a noteworthy vary of PC cooling and energy merchandise, which allowed them to determine a major presence within the European and UK markets.
SilentiumPC’s most important focus is to design and produce merchandise with an excellent price-to-performance ratio – which is to say, price range merchandise for the mainstream market. They do have a couple of high-end designs, however the firm is rather more strongly centered on the high-volume (and extremely aggressive) mainstream market. The Fera 5 CPU cooler that we’re placing to the take a look at on this assessment embodies the corporate’s beliefs, with SilentiumPC itemizing nice options for a cooler that sells for round €30.
Packaging & Bundle
We acquired the Fera 5 CPU cooler inside a easy cardboard field with restricted paintings on it. Its partitions are skinny and flimsy however the cooler could be very light-weight, so it ought to present satisfactory transport safety. An image of the cooler itself decorates the entrance facet of the field. Loads of info concerning the cooler is printed on all sides of the field.
As anticipated from a product of this value vary, the corporate provides solely the basic components required to mount and function the cooler. Contained in the field, we discovered solely the mounting {hardware}, a syringe with loads of thermal grease for a number of purposes, and illustrated mounting directions.
The SilentiumPC Fera 5 CPU Cooler
The SilentiumPC Fera 5 is a typical single tower cooler, with 4 copper heatpipes transferring the thermal vitality from the tiny base to the aluminum fin array. It’s 155 mm (6.1-inches) tall, requiring not less than a typical ATX case to suit. The design of the Fera 5 is moderately easy, with the plastic high cowl being just about the one spotlight that makes it stand out from the gang.
Shut inspection of the cooler’s fins reveals a noticed tooth edge. It is a widespread follow for designers these days as it’s a confirmed technique to barely cut back noise. The fins are pressed on the heatpipes and really feel a little bit flimsy, however we discover the mechanical energy of the cooler to be satisfactory total. Airflow instructions are engraved on the plastic cowl of the cooler.
Flipping the cooler upside-down reveals the direct contact heatpipe design. Which means the heatpipes are available direct contact with the CPU shim and the aluminum a part of the bottom exists just for the mechanical cohesion of the assemble. The 6 mm heatpipes aren’t plated and floor corrosion could darken them over time.
The contact floor isn’t machined right down to an ideal mirror end however it is rather clean and flat. What’s essential to notice, nonetheless, is that the contact floor could be very small – a mere 27 mm lengthy and large. That’s smaller than the overwhelming majority of CPU heatspeaders, however we will declare it borderline acceptable for socket 11xx/12xx and AM4 processors, because the dies are fully inside a 27mm x 27 mm space. In the meantime LGA 1700 is a bit trickier; the chip bundle is larger, however the present Alder Lake silicon is just ~20.5 mm in its longest route, so it suits throughout the bounds of the Fera 5. Previous that, whereas it is troublesome to think about Intel making a 27 mm tall client die, there is definitely area in LGA 1700 to take action.
Finally, the Fera 5’s base is sufficiently big for all present client CPUs. However we’d not suggest making an attempt to suit the cooler on a CPU with a bigger die than that.
SilentiumPC features a single Fluctus 120 PWM fan with the Fera 5, or two similar followers with the twin fan model. It’s a Fluid-Dynamic Bearing (FDB) engine fan of excellent high quality, with its blades modified in order to attenuate turbulence noise. The corporate claims that it is a high-pressure fan, designed for extremely restrictive purposes. They don’t launch precise take a look at figures however the multi-blade design of the fan means that it is a product balanced between airflow and strain, not designed for optimum static strain.
