What board are you pairing it with, and does it look like there would be enough room to add a 80mm or 92mm fan to the front and/or back of the heatsink?
None...for right now. I bought it to use in a future build in an M1 or a Cerberus.
What board are you pairing it with, and does it look like there would be enough room to add a 80mm or 92mm fan to the front and/or back of the heatsink?
I am thinking of the same thing. I am collecting components for a build around Q2/Q3 next year.None...for right now. I bought it to use in a future build in an M1 or a Cerberus.
I got mine off of Amazon through Nans. It came packed well, and on time. Cooler looks awesome.
Did it come with the universal fan clips? Also, does the US version have the soldered in heat pipes?
Going by the pictures it will likely conflict with the m.2/audio riser.Has anyone confirmed if this cooler will fit on the new x570-i boards? I purchased the asus rog strix x570-i off amazon and am waiting until the end of the month for it to get here.
Pleasant surprise this AM! The Rog Strix x570-i board arrived sooner than expected. Have not started the build yet but can say that the cooler will fit on the board without issue. It does get fairly close to the side of the mobo where the fan is housed though.
Did a preliminary "dry mount" to assess RAM clearance and it went fine. Will plan to do the full build later this week.Any updates on this? Also, once you do build, any Ram clearance issues?
Hey looks like it was just a perfect fit on that mobo! How difficult was the installation for that am4 cpu, and did it come with fan brackets that fit the noctua fan?I was able to successfully mount the cpu cooler on a 3700X, Asus ROG Strix X570-I mobo. RAM used was Teamforce Pro dark.
It was a huge pain but I was also able to switch out the stock cpu thermalright fan with a Noctua A12 25 mm. Would recommend removing the noctua antivibration pads and placing the sticky pads on the noctua fan too allow it to glide smoothly between the fins.
Picture 1
Picture 2, with noctua a12
Picture 3, in NCase M1 and EVGA XC Ultra 2080ti
Hey looks like it was just a perfect fit on that mobo! How difficult was the installation for that am4 cpu, and did it come with fan brackets that fit the noctua fan?
You think with a lot of fiddling you be able to squeeze a noctua fan in between those fin stacks or is it just not worth the hassle like in your case?
What CPU are you cooling?The user experience of this cooler was rather lackluster for a small 80$ cooler.
You have to install the thing without the fan, which is a bitch to install in the first place, and even more of a bitch when it's a 120 mm regular fan (I used Noctua).
It did come with clamps to clamp a regular 120 mm (someone asked above).
I had to clip off a few fins for it to fit it in my case.
The cooler is so sharp that it shipped with gloves :´)
Now onto the good stuff...
I was getting about 94°c peak on the U9S but in that build I had an RTX 2070 Super with a triple fan cooler that was heating up the case.
When installing the silver arrow I took the fans off the 2070 Super and put two 120mm Noctuas in the bottom exhausting air from the case.
I am now getting about 79°c on the CPU and the GPU temp is also a good few degrees lower.
I know this is not a direct comparison but I think the Silver Arrow 130 is definitely providing more cooling than the U9S.
Having had both coolers I'd go with the Silver Arrow 130 because of the performance that the 120 mm fan enables.
It's very ugly though and I wouldn't dare using my tempered glass panel now hehe
that's pretty good thermals for a 3900x on a small cooler, mind showing some pics of the build ?@ rfarmer - Ryzen 3900x
The user experience of this cooler was rather lackluster for a small 80$ cooler.
You have to install the thing without the fan, which is a bitch to install in the first place, and even more of a bitch when it's a 120 mm regular fan (I used Noctua).
It did come with clamps to clamp a regular 120 mm (someone asked above).
I had to clip off a few fins for it to fit it in my case.
The cooler is so sharp that it shipped with gloves :´)
Now onto the good stuff...
I was getting about 94°c peak on the U9S but in that build I had an RTX 2070 Super with a triple fan cooler that was heating up the case.
When installing the silver arrow I took the fans off the 2070 Super and put two 120mm Noctuas in the bottom exhausting air from the case.
I am now getting about 79°c on the CPU and the GPU temp is also a good few degrees lower.
I know this is not a direct comparison but I think the Silver Arrow 130 is definitely providing more cooling than the U9S.
Having had both coolers I'd go with the Silver Arrow 130 because of the performance that the 120 mm fan enables.
It's very ugly though and I wouldn't dare using my tempered glass panel now hehe
Which mobo are you using?
My Asus rog strix x570-i came DOA and its not in stock until late november. Was thinking of giving the gigabyte aorus a try.