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Like the title says will a Coolink Silentator fit into an antec 900?
i heard its a smallish case and the coolink silentator is a big bit of kit itself.
just to list my current setup:
Intel Quad Core Q6600 95Watt G0 Stepping
Coolink Silentator
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 Socket 775 DDR2 Motherboard
Radeon HD 4870 PCI-E 2.0 512Mb DDR5 256Bit 2 x DVI-I DX10.1
Corsair 4GB 2x 2GB PC8500 Dual Channel DDR2 XMS-2-8500 Dominator TwinX
Corsair PSU 750W CMPSU-750TXATX12V v2.2
Antec 900
750 GB Western Digital WD7500AAKS Caviar Blue, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms
LG GH20NS15 SATA Black 20xDVD RW oem
ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels PCI Express Interface

thanks in advance

In looking at a couple reviews of the cooler it looks like a knock off of the Noctua NH-U12P tower cooler, all the way down to the mounting hardware and packing. Trying to find a price on this... hmmm

Yes, it will fit in the 900 BUT your board's heatsinks may give you grief with the cooler mounted pointing to the back. You may have to turn it so it points up. This shouldn't be an issue with the 200mm fan on the top of the 900.



***EDIT***

Found the price on this thing in the states, its $50 plus shipping. If it were me and I'm spending that much on a cooler I would drop the extra $10-15 and get the Noctua cooler, you won't be disappointed.

NH-U12P http://www.quietpcusa.com/Noctua-NH-U12 ... 79C35.aspx
Silentator http://www.quietpcusa.com/-Coolink-Sile ... 00C35.aspx

bubba wrote:In looking at a couple reviews of the cooler it looks like a knock off of the Noctua NH-U12P tower cooler, all the way down to the mounting hardware and packing. Trying to find a price on this... hmmm

Yes, it will fit in the 900 BUT your board's heatsinks may give you grief with the cooler mounted pointing to the back. You may have to turn it so it points up. This shouldn't be an issue with the 200mm fan on the top of the 900.



***EDIT***

Found the price on this thing in the states, its $50 plus shipping. If it were me and I'm spending that much on a cooler I would drop the extra $10-15 and get the Noctua cooler, you won't be disappointed.

NH-U12P http://www.quietpcusa.com/Noctua-NH-U12 ... 79C35.aspx
Silentator http://www.quietpcusa.com/-Coolink-Sile ... 00C35.aspx

so your saying i shouldnt have an issue with the noctua cooler? not to sure what you mean by turning it so it points up.
the extra £10 (Im from UK) isnt an issue as my oringal build pricelist started off at £700 and now its over £900 another £10 wont kill me.

I wondered about the similarities too and found this over at spcr:

SPCR wrote:A closer inspection revealed that the two different brands were, in fact, identical. Even the retail boxes were similar in size and shape, though the individual logos were different of course. Further digging on Noctua's web site uncovered the reason for the multiple identities: The Noctua is the result of a collaboration between the Austrian distributor Rascom and Taiwanese heatsink OEM Kolink (note the phonetic similarity of "Kolink" and "Coolink"... and "Cooling").

nukeman8, welcome from another UK member ^_^

I too would recommend the Noctua over the Coolink. The NH-U12P has been updated and tweaked since the Coolink version, so has better mounting compatibility and even more performance.

Bubba meant that because of the tall heatsinks on the very top of your motherboard (and on the northbridge (middle of the board)), they may stop you from mounting the cooler top to bottom [ | ] and might mean you have to install it left to right [ -- ].

Dan

thanks for the replies
guess i be getting the noctua now if only to avoid installation prolems.

Dan thanks for clarifying for me.

As for mounting issues, you shouldn't, but if you do have to turn it, it shouldn't cause any cooling issues due to the 200mm fan in the top of the 900.

Hi, new to these forums so ill just go ahead and get my name on the board

@ nukeman

can you confirm that the noctua fan actually fit into the 900 when you installed it.

My build is almost identical to yours...just havent got the case yet....

am looking to get the antec 900, so it would be goodf to confirm the coolers does fit


thnks,Zain

rapidman17 wrote:Hi, new to these forums so ill just go ahead and get my name on the board

@ nukeman

can you confirm that the noctua fan actually fit into the 900 when you installed it.

My build is almost identical to yours...just havent got the case yet....

am looking to get the antec 900, so it would be goodf to confirm the coolers does fit


thnks,Zain

due to some unfornate setbacks money wise (first my g15 keyboard broke, then my copperhead mouse breaks too.) i have to put off buying my parts yet.
just out of interest whats ya build like?
i post if fits when i get round to doing it