Introduction

SilentiumPC is a relative newcomer in the DIY PC space, having entered the market in 2007. Since then, the Polish company has come a long way. They started small with the release of their "Zephyr" fan. From those humble origins, they have expanded rapidly and earned numerous awards along the way. Their products now include fans, CPU coolers, cases, power supplies, and all-in-one liquid coolers. With consistent value-focused designs, they continue to grow, so it will be interesting to see what the future holds as they continue to push forward.


In today's review, I will be looking at the SilentiumPC Fortis 5 and Fortis 5 Dual Fan. While the coolers are essentially the same with the latter having a second fan, a single fan version with ARGB is also available if you are into that. However, since all coolers share the same base design and features, I will cover both of them in this review. Considering how well the Fera 5 series performed, I am excited to see if the Fortis 5 series is another step up. It packs the same six-year warranty, but offers more surface area for improved cooling, and when you factor in the offset design, it should avoid potential conflicts with both memory and the graphics card, but that will be verified later in the review. So without further ado, let's see what the Fortis 5 and Fortis 5 Dual Fan have to offer!

Packaging

It seems SilentiumPC likes to keep things simple as the Fortis 5 and Fortis 5 Dual Fan share a similar packaging design to the Fera 5 series. Both coolers are shown on the front in a big, bold image that wraps around to the right-hand side. Moving to the left side, it gives us all the necessary information on either cooler via the detailed specifications table, with supported sockets listed below said table. Moving to the back, we find an overview of their various features. A quick scan shows that both use the same Fluctus 140 mm fan, with the dual-fan option also utilizing an 120 mm Fluctus fan for extra cooling. The fans on both coolers offer the same extended PWM ranges and an optional semi-passive mode.


A quick look at the right side just shows a wrap-around of the image on the front, and the top has the SilentiumPC logo. Other than that, there's not much else to see here.

Contents

Each cooler come secured in a simple box with fan(s) and accessory boxes filling in the gaps. A small piece of foam sits on the bottom inside to protect the base. While product protection is acceptable, it is not as good as I would like. Regardless, considering both coolers arrived safe and sound, I don't have any real complaints.


It seems that between the Fera 5 and Fortis 5 series, SilentiumPC opted to improve the mounting hardware. Much to my surprise, most of the issues I had with it previously appear to be gone. Overall, socket support is great with only Intel's LGA775 and AMD's TR4 not being supported, but that isn't a huge deal, either.

Common parts supplied for mounting include:

• 4x Fan clips
• 4x Mounting plate screws
• 4x Standoffs
• 4x LGA20XX standoffs
• 4x Sets of rubber fan vibration dampeners
• 1x Universal mounting bracket
• 1x Intel backplate
• 1x Tube of thermal paste
• 1x Heatsink
• 1x 140 mm Fluctus PWM fan (1x 140 mm and 1x 120 mm Fluctus fans for the Dual Fan version)
• 1x Instruction manual
• 1x Wrench