( 10 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 18 2009
It wasn't silent. I could hear the bearings squealing when it spunup to a higher speed to cope with the additional heat. The Intel fan doesn't even do that. I have the Intel back in.
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Posted: Dec 15 2008
Quality is excellent, low noise for a high performance cooler. Low profile, will fit in most tight cases. Yes it makes more noise than the standard Intel cooler. Cooling performance is adequate if you want something that looks cool or are running at stock clock speeds. Buy something else if you overclock... Much better bang for your buck with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro for around $20. Only difference is it is pretty big over the Silent 775D Dropped my temps by 10 deg C over this Thermaltake cooler.
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Posted: Sep 23 2008
I bought this HSF to replace my OEM one. This one is pretty quiet as advertised, although I don't recall having much of a problem with my OEM one making a lot of noise. What I do love about this HSF is that it cools considerably better than my OEM did. I want to say somewhere in the 10 degrees celsius range. Also, it seems to be designed better than the OEM one as far as installation and removal. There's not a lot of room to turn the tabs back on the OEM HSF while removing and getting it ready to reinstall, causing me to have bent several heatsink fins. This is not the case at all with the Thermaltake.
