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- In addition to having superior low thermal resistance and high reliability
- The NT01-E is also unaffected by the direction in which the cooler must be installed.
- Whether your aim is to silence the system or increase cooling performance
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By utilizing sintered powder structure, the most expensive type of heat pipe, the NT01-E possesses qualities that few coolers can match. In addition to having superior low thermal resistance and high reliability, the NT01-E is also unaffected by the direction in which the cooler must be installed. Whether your aim is to silence the system or increase cooling performance, this sophisticated heat sink will accomplish both tasks with flying colors.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I was excited by the idea of using a silent CPU cooler in an HTPC but in the end had to remove the NT-01E and install the unit that came with the CPU.
The first issue is that the installation instructions could be much better. There is no indication as to how tightly to secure the standoffs. If you tighten a standoff too much the rubbery washer that is sandwiched between the motherboard PCB and the standoff tear, causing the standoff to sit at a slight angle relative to the PCB. As a result, it is not possible to mount the heatsink squarely on the CPU - which is absolutely necessary for good heat transfer.
The second issue is that the heatsink may interfere with a PC slot. I used the NT-01E with a micro-ATX Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H motherboard and found the that heatsink overhung the PCI-E x1 slot just enough to make it impossible to insert a half-height card.
As an aside, I was also using a SilverStone Grandia GD04 case. With a DVD reader installed there remained about 1-inch of clearance between the reader and the NT-01E, which made me wonder about how freely air could circulate through the heatlsink fins.
I was initially very keen on using a fanless CPU cooler. But, faced with the above problems, I decided to use a heatsink with a fan. The only regret that I have with this decision is that I have another moving part in the system. The speed of the CPU fan is regulated by the mobo, so fan noise is inaudible under normal HTPC operation. Unless the CPU is busy marking commercials in a TV recording, CPU use is light and does not require a high air flow rate for cooling. At a room temperature of 21 deg-C the CPU fan spins at about 1200 RPM.
Too bad. The NT-01E really looked like a nice product.
The first issue is that the installation instructions could be much better. There is no indication as to how tightly to secure the standoffs. If you tighten a standoff too much the rubbery washer that is sandwiched between the motherboard PCB and the standoff tear, causing the standoff to sit at a slight angle relative to the PCB. As a result, it is not possible to mount the heatsink squarely on the CPU - which is absolutely necessary for good heat transfer.
The second issue is that the heatsink may interfere with a PC slot. I used the NT-01E with a micro-ATX Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H motherboard and found the that heatsink overhung the PCI-E x1 slot just enough to make it impossible to insert a half-height card.
As an aside, I was also using a SilverStone Grandia GD04 case. With a DVD reader installed there remained about 1-inch of clearance between the reader and the NT-01E, which made me wonder about how freely air could circulate through the heatlsink fins.
I was initially very keen on using a fanless CPU cooler. But, faced with the above problems, I decided to use a heatsink with a fan. The only regret that I have with this decision is that I have another moving part in the system. The speed of the CPU fan is regulated by the mobo, so fan noise is inaudible under normal HTPC operation. Unless the CPU is busy marking commercials in a TV recording, CPU use is light and does not require a high air flow rate for cooling. At a room temperature of 21 deg-C the CPU fan spins at about 1200 RPM.
Too bad. The NT-01E really looked like a nice product.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Silverstone advertises this as being able to run fanless on up to a 65w CPU. My experience with a 45w Athlon resulted in unacceptable high temps until I added a fan. Fortunately I had a practically silent fan of the appropriate size on the back of my Nmedia case which I transferred to this. The single fan brought temps down into the mid 50's(c). Well made gadget, but not for everyone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I needed this to fit an 1156 socket, which according to Silverston web site it does, however the unit shipped was manufactured previous to the 1156 backplate being installed. Cooler could have fit nicely in HTPC but as hardware was not included I returned cooler.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
It just works
I've got this in my home theater PC. The PC has never overheated, and running without fans means I can hear my movie rather than listening to the HTPC. Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. H. Morgan
poor quality control, but it does work...
I purchased this to use in my SilverStone GD02 HTPC case. When I received the cooler, it was missing one of the 4 screws used to mount the brackets to the base of the cooler. Read more
Published 23 months ago by S. Firestone
It does what it;s supposed to do
No fan and cools very efficiently. Make sure the CPU you use it for is not more then 95W. Mine is 45W and it stays below 40-50C all the time.
Published on February 5, 2010 by E. Chebotarev
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