Low-Profile LGA 775 Cooler Announced by SilverStone

SilverStone has recently introduced its newest addition to the company's HTPC-ready CPU cooling offer, the NT07-775 cooling solution. The product resembles a lot Intel's popular LGA 775 stock coolers, yet it comes with a range of changes and improvements. The NT07-775 cooler is advertised as a low-profile capable solution that measures 93 mm x 36.5 mm x 93 mm (W, H, D).

The new SilverStone NT07-775 cooler weighs no more than 310 grams and includes a copper-embedded central contact base and an aluminum heatsink coupled with a 90mm fan able to work at speeds ranging from 1200 up to 1800 RPM. The noise generated by the fan stays in the 15 and 23 dBA area.

As stated above, the product has been designed as an option for any user that has a LGA 775 Intel processor with a stock cooler on it. The LGA 775 socket was introduced by the giant chip manufacturer about five years ago, along with especially designed compatible processors and cooling solutions.

The LGA 775 cooler hasn't seen many changes across generations of processors on the same socket. Its size was changed at a certain point by the Santa Clara company when the 45nm Core 2 processors became available, along with other entry-level offerings. The new SilverStone NT07-775 cooler resembles the series, yet comes with a different design methodology.

SilverStone states that its fresh HTPC-ready CPU cooling addition has been designed especially for the 45nm dual-core processors. The architecture of this solution is different from a stock cooler in that the NT07-775 has the aluminum fins projected in a spiral way. According to the company, the product will become available in January next year. Its price tag has been set at 20 Euros.