With Socket T (LGA 775) systems now becoming more widespread, Thermaltake give us the Silent 775 cooler utilizing heatpipe technology, hopefully in this test we will see greater improvements over the stock Intel item and find a little gem. Lets get on with it and find out shall we!

In the Box

I do have to say I like Thermaltake’s packaging as it enables you to see what your buying if you were purchasing from a retail outlet. It also enables you to have a good look at the product and look for any little imperfections. The back of the packaging a gives you the specs and details of the product in easy clear to understand writing.

Taking the cooler out of the packaging and you soon find that the only extra in this box is the paste, the reason for this is quite simple. Although it is a backplate cooler (needs a plate on underneath of mobo to screw in) all the parts are already fitted. The back plate is already attached so removal is undertaken before we mount the cooler as you can see.

You can also see the heatpipes in the photo above as well as the 3pin power cable and the paste. Before we move on and mount the cooler let’s take a proper look around the cooler itself and star buy removing the fan and the backplate.

After removing the fan and the backplate it was nice to find the main block of the cooler well made with a good firm contact wit the fins and the pipes. It was also nice to see the back plate with the insulation already stuck to it rather than a separate bit of rubber.

As I said before the block was well made and looked like it would be up to the job in hand. You can also see from this photo the spring retained screws which will ensure a nice contact with the Cpu, one thing I would like to point out is the block area this is larger than needed but does not overlap or come into contact near any area of 4 different placed sockets (tried on 4 brands of mobo). Here take a look

The base was well prepped and after a little over look and I wipe with some Tim cleaner I was happy the surface was well enough repaired not to get out the lapping kit. This has been the case with a lot of coolers lately and shows the market has improved a lot, having said that though I haven’t had a cooler from Thermaltake this year that needed lapping. 

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Thermaltake Silent 775 heatpipe Cooler