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Four Heatpipes for Two: AeroCool SilverWind and Xfire Coolers Reviewed (page 3)

Category: Coolers

by Sergey Lepilov

[ 02/19/2008 | 03:23 PM ]

Installation tips

There retention plate with standard plastic retention clips for LGA 775 mainboards is already preinstalled onto the cooler base:

So, the entire installation procedure onto mainboards supporting Intel processors (Socket 478 is not supported) is fairly simple: all you need to do is push these clips into the holes in the PCB around the processor Socket.

In order to install AeroCool SilverWind onto K8 platforms, you have to remove the preinstalled retention plate and insert the bundled retention clip into the groove on the lower heatsink. This clip will then catch on to the standard plastic bracket of the K8 mainboard to hold the cooler in place.

In both cases, you don’t need to remove the mainboard from the system case to complete the installation, which is very convenient.

The cooler is very compact and doesn’t get in the way of any components in the area around the processor socket:

The cooler glows white in the dark, so it will definitely make up for any overclocking mishaps you might ever have.

The recommended price of AeroCool SilverWind cooler is around $49, which is extremely high for an aluminum solution with only two copper heatpipes, no matter how sophisticated their shape is.