Introduction

SilentiumPC was founded just over a decade ago in Warsaw, Poland, with their first product on the market being the Zephyr fan. Since then, they have moved on from those humble origins to be a winner of Benchmark.pl's Manufacturer of the Year in 2012. With their continued dedication to improving on and expanding their product lines, they now offer fans, CPU coolers, cases, and even power supplies. SilentiumPC has slowly grown due in part to their commitment to quality and performance per dollar. Hopefully, they will soon be able to expand outside of Europe to introduce their price to performance excellence to brand new markets.


Today's review will focus on the SilentiumPC Spartan 3 Pro RGB tower cooler. This compact tower cooler uses a 100 mm Sigma Pro fan that comes with RGB LEDs users can control via their motherboard or included Nano RGB controller. Other than that, it's a simple design that makes use of four heatpipes that directly touch the processor's IHS. Being an entry-level cooler focused on affordability, it will be interesting to see how it compares with more contemporary offerings on the market.

Packaging

SilentiumPC uses a small box for their compact single-tower cooler; it measures in at roughly 13.8 cm in length, 10.1 cm in width, and 17.1 cm in height. The front of the box offers a close-up of the cooler along with the product and company name in bold lettering and a badge for its RGB functionality. Moving to the left side, you will find the cooler's specifications as well as the CPU sockets it supports. Turning to the back gives us an overview of the various features this cooler has, including its hydraulic bearing fan, Nano RGB controller with multiple lighting modes, and ultra-silent operation, just to name a few.


The image from the front wraps around on to the right side; however, there is nothing else to see here. Last but not least, the top shows the company logo along with the phrase "Quality, Support, Price, Professionals." The bottom not shown here simply has the bar code.

Contents

Opening the box, you will find the mounting hardware in a cardboard tray that separates it from the cooler itself. The heatsink sits on top of a foam pad.


Only the bare necessities are included with the SilentiumPC Spartan Pro RGB. The only included extra, if you can call it that, is an additional set of fan clips for running a dual-fan configuration.

Common parts supplied for mounting include:

• 4x Fan clips
• 4x Clear plastic clips
• 4x Black pushpins
• 1x Intel mounting bracket
• 1x Backplate
• 1x Nano RGB controller
• 1x Tube of thermal grease
• 1x Instruction booklet
• 1x 100 mm Sigma Pro RGB fan
• 1x Heatsink