Gelid Slim Silence & Prolimatech Samuel 17 LP CPU Cooler

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Gelid Slim Silence & Prolimatech Samuel 17 LP CPU Cooler

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Post by frostedflakes » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:24 pm

Samuel 17 looks like it might be a decent option for low profile passive cooling, the fin spacing is much larger than the Big Shuriken. But if you're going to attach a fan to it, the Big Shuriken does seem like the better buy.

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Post by frenchie » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:19 am

Good review.

Typo page 6 : "Scythe's heatsink edges out Prolimatech's by 3°C, both at 12V/16 dBA and 7V/12 dBA"
I believe it should read "Scythe's heatsink edges out Prolimatech's by 3°C, both at 12V/16 dBA and 9V/12 dBA"

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Post by dev » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:41 am

Not too bad results for the half MK-13. :) Pity the price doesn't reflect that. I think the quality difference between it and any Scythe is worth an extra premium but not that much.

Surprised you didn't pair it with a Slim Slipstream.

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Post by Mr. Perfect » Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:56 pm

I could have sworn you guys tested the Thermalright AXP-140, but I'm not seeing it now. It would be interesting to see that compered to the Samuel 17 since the current mITX cube cases can handle it.

Actually, all top-down coolers have suddenly become interesting again. :)

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Post by Cerb » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:17 pm

For 1U, the Gelid is pretty impressive. I was eyeing its Intel brother just yesterday...

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Post by Lawrence Lee » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:29 pm

frenchie wrote: Typo page 6 : "Scythe's heatsink edges out Prolimatech's by 3°C, both at 12V/16 dBA and 7V/12 dBA"
I believe it should read "Scythe's heatsink edges out Prolimatech's by 3°C, both at 12V/16 dBA and 9V/12 dBA"
It's 9V/12 dBA for the 92mm Nexus, 7V/12 dBA for the 120mm model.

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Post by Zap » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:48 am

Is it just me, or did anyone else think of VIA C3 processors when seeing "Samuel?" :oops: I might still have one of those hidden among the few Ezra C3 processors sitting in my garage. Those were my first attempts (waaaayyy BITD) at quiet computing.

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Post by johnniecache7 » Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:14 pm

Seems all the hype about GELID fans being decent is all faults and they don't just can't compare to the Nexus, S-flex.

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Post by AznJason » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:56 pm

Is the Samuel 17 a perfect fit for a Sugo SG05? The 71mm height seems to fit perfectly under the 78mm clearance of a SG05. Even more clearance if you use a Scythe 120x12mm fan.

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Post by soheeb16 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:30 pm

hmm.. i see

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Post by Hazelrah » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:38 pm

I'm curious how the Gelid Slim Silence compares with Silverstone's NT07, particularly the newer NT07 for LGA 1156 CPUs.

I found one comparison but it's a little short on details, and almost completely ignores noise.
AznJason wrote:Is the Samuel 17 a perfect fit for a Sugo SG05? The 71mm height seems to fit perfectly under the 78mm clearance of a SG05.
SPCR's review of the SG05 says that even an 84mm Arctic Cooling will fit, though just barely.

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Re: Gelid Slim Silence & Prolimatech Samuel 17 LP CPU Cooler

Post by gb115b » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:21 am

any reviews on the intel version.... i'd probably be only running with a corei3 at a push an i5

i'm hoping this would still be pretty damn silent though?

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