Is it worth swapping a Silver Arrow Extreme

w00dy85 · 2 Aug 2015 at 01:31

I'm thinking of swapping my CPU cooler, when I upgrade to Skylake. Is it worth swapping my Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme for a Zalman SKADI LQ520,
or am I better keeping the Silver Arrow?

It's just that I have seen a Zalman SKADI LQ520 for a good price.

C64 · 2 Aug 2015 at 02:26

No the silver arrow is still good enough and quieter than an AIO water cooler.
The noctua nh D15 is probably only 1-3c cooler than a silver arrow especially if you're using thermalright ty-140's or 143's.

doyll · 2 Aug 2015 at 20:59

It would seem you have little knowledge of the fans on the Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme. It comes with the TY-143 fans .. and will definitely cooler more than the NH-D15 can with stock fans .. like 3-5c better.

The only problem is is case airflow must be matched to the 130cfm the TY-143 fans move.

w00dy85 · 3 Aug 2015 at 08:37

Thanks for the replys, sorry I didn't reply sooner.

So the Silver Arrow is still good and I have plenty of air going into the case, I have 3 Prolimatech Blue Vortex fans blowing air in. kind of need it with a 7990

C64 · 3 Aug 2015 at 15:17

doyll said:
It would seem you have little knowledge of the fans on the Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme. It comes with the TY-143 fans .. and will definitely cooler more than the NH-D15 can with stock fans .. like 3-5c better.

The only problem is is case airflow must be matched to the 130cfm the TY-143 fans move.

It used to come with the ty-140's.
How was I to know when it was bought ? maybe he was just copy pasting the coolers name and put in sbe extreme when he owned the original version ? so seems you're the one without the knowledge and were totally unaware it used to come with ty-140's.

I have 2x ty-140 on my noctua d14 which came from a silver arrow.

Helios1234 · 3 Aug 2015 at 16:48

The 'Extreme' always came with the higher RPM TY-143 fans.

Anyway, regardless of that, Silver Arrow all the way.

doyll · 3 Aug 2015 at 22:38

C64 said:
It used to come with the ty-140's.
How was I to know when it was bought ? maybe he was just copy pasting the coolers name and put in sbe extreme when he owned the original version ? so seems you're the one without the knowledge and were totally unaware it used to come with ty-140's.

I have 2x ty-140 on my noctua d14 which came from a silver arrow.

The first was actually not a "Silver Arrow" but the IFX-14 and Cogage Arrow. With miner changes they became the original Silver Arrow that came with TY-140 fans. Next generation was a major change in design and named "Silver Arrow SB-E" with TY-141 & TY-150 fans and same cooler with TY-143 fans was named "Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme". Next Thermalright re-designed it so the base is offset for better PCI-e socket clearance and called called it "Silver Arrow IB-E" with TY-141 fans and with TY-143 fans it is the "Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme. Latest is "Silver Arrow ITX which is basically a Silver Arrow SB-E with 6 heatpipes instead of 8 heatpipes and comes with only 1 TY-149 fan.

Helios1234 · 4 Aug 2015 at 11:13

doyll said:
The first was actually not a "Silver Arrow" but the IFX-14 and Cogage Arrow. With miner changes they became the original Silver Arrow that came with TY-140 fans. Next generation was a major change in design and named "Silver Arrow SB-E" with TY-141 & TY-150 fans and same cooler with TY-143 fans was named "Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme". Next Thermalright re-designed it so the base is offset for better PCI-e socket clearance and called called it "Silver Arrow IB-E" with TY-141 fans and with TY-143 fans it is the "Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme. Latest is "Silver Arrow ITX which is basically a Silver Arrow SB-E with 6 heatpipes instead of 8 heatpipes and comes with only 1 TY-149 fan.

I think it was clear what C64 meant. The original Silver Arrow is the one with the TY-140s which he just wrongly assumed was what the OP had. There's no need to tell him he's wrong. Plus in this context, the Silver Arrow with the TY-140 is the original Silver Arrow. The IFX-14 and Cogage Arrow despite the similarities (more so with the Cogage) are not the 'Silver Arrow' by name which is what is being discussed here. Anyway, we have already established the OP has the SA SBE-Extreme and it's a tremendous cooler.

kaku · 4 Aug 2015 at 14:33

I think you would regret going to a closed-loop cooler from high-end air. CLC is louder, will probably have equal performance, but you lose air flow benefits too.