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The Gelid Silent Spirit is very easy to install. The Silent Spirit has some pre-applied GC1 thermal compound, so it won’t require you to purchase any thermal compound because GC1 is just as good as Arctic Silver or any other comparable brand out there. The Silent Spirit is compatible with both all the latest AMD sockets and Intel sockets. It’s not yet compatible with Intel’s 1366 socket but Gelid is coming out with a new clip for that in the nearby future.

Im using an trustee old 775 socket that only requires me to remove the old cooler, clean off the thermal compound on the processor and stick the cooler on there. Push down the clips and it’s installed.

I used SiSoftsandra’s built in Burn in tool to stress the system and the idle temperatures were measured during internet browsing and minor computer activity.

• All the temperatures were measured using Speed fan.
• All these temperatures were measured with a room temperature of around 21 degrees Celsius.
• And the results are displayed in Celsius

System used

• Intel Pentium E6300 with Arctic Silver 5
• Asus P5B
• 2x 1GB PC6000 CL4.0 HyperX
• Sapphire X1950Pro with Arctic Silver Ceramic
• 1x 74gb WD Raptor HDD
• 1x NEC DVD Burner

The Gelid Silent Spirit did a pretty good job of keeping my processor cool enough. High speed meant that I kept the fan spinning at its highest rpm. It was quite loud but it performed great. But when you turn on the temperature controlled settings through the bios then the Silent Spirit is pretty silent when the temperatures are low enough but as soon as you stress your system it will rev up the fan and it will become noisier then the Noctua coolers for instance. If the processor get’s hotter than the Noctua coolers can do the job better, however the Gelid Silent Spirit costs around 35 US Dollars so that’s pretty cheap. It’s a good looking cooler and the price is fantastic for the performance you’re getting.

Pro’s

• Great looking
• Easy Installation
• Fairly quiet
• High performance cooler for a low price

Cons

• Noisy if the temperature rises.