SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
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Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
Given its popularity and price/performance sweet spot, where's the 212 Evo review? It'd be nice to see it stacked up to the rest, the AR01 especially. Seems conspicuously absent.
Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
I think it's very nice to see any tower CPU coolers in the 30-50 USD region. As the results show these can easily cool many contemporary CPU's. It's also nice to see some competition to the CM Hyper 212 EVO.
Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
Thanks for the review. Looks like Silverstone joins the 'very nice cooler with mediocre fan' crowd.
Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
what is the best heatpipe 1150 cooler?
Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
Since the mounting holes stayed the same, i'd guess the best heatpipe 1155 coolers will qualify as candidates.dan wrote:what is the best heatpipe 1150 cooler?
Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
what's the best heatpipe cooler then, that you can buy now at newegg?
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This is going off-topic. Perhaps you can start a new thread.dan wrote:what's the best heatpipe cooler then, that you can buy now at newegg?
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Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
Does anyone know if the AR01 (or indeed any heatsink) can it be mounted in either orientation? By that I mean so that in a tower case the fins spread out horizontally?
I see from the image in the review that the heatsink is normally mounted parallel to the rear of the motherboard. I want to mount it the other way if possible. I have a Antec Mini P180 so want to make use of the large top fan to extract heat.
If it makes any difference my motherboard is a Intel LGA 1155/Socket H2 type. Thanks
I see from the image in the review that the heatsink is normally mounted parallel to the rear of the motherboard. I want to mount it the other way if possible. I have a Antec Mini P180 so want to make use of the large top fan to extract heat.
If it makes any difference my motherboard is a Intel LGA 1155/Socket H2 type. Thanks
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Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
All Intel sockets have symmetrical mounting holes, so unless there's some unusual physical feature on your board, this HS would mount fine either way.wjdashwood wrote:Does anyone know if the AR01 (or indeed any heatsink) can it be mounted in either orientation? By that I mean so that in a tower case the fins spread out horizontally?
I see from the image in the review that the heatsink is normally mounted parallel to the rear of the motherboard. I want to mount it the other way if possible. I have a Antec Mini P180 so want to make use of the large top fan to extract heat.
If it makes any difference my motherboard is a Intel LGA 1155/Socket H2 type. Thanks
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Re: SilverStone Argon AR01 & AR03 CPU Coolers
Thanks for the info MikeC. I'll take a punt