We already had a good air cooler from SPC in the form of the large Grandis 3 in review, the newest member of the compact Fera series should now also perform well. Whether you should give in to the temptingly low price, you will find out in the following article:
Packaging and scope of delivery
They curiously sent me both versions of the cooler, although the only difference between them is the additional fan on the dual fan version. I could have removed that one myself for testing, but that’s how both options get in front of the lens.
The box is kept simple and in the identical design to other coolers of the manufacturer. As always, the front is dominated by a large product image, the specifications can be read on the side and the most important features are listed on the back. The well-known standard. The box of the dual fan version is bigger by about a 120 mm fan, who would have thought?
The available space is used effectively, as you can see. The fans are packed in their own small boxes and the bottom of the cooler is padded with foam.
The accessories include the necessary small parts for installation, fan clips and a tube of the in-house thermal paste.
Assembly and installation
For the AM4 socket, the backplate of the motherboard is used, four plastic spacers are placed on the holes and the silver mounting frame is mounted with screws. Two spring-loaded screws directly on the radiator then fix it to the frame.
In video form you can also watch the process again:
Other manufacturers manage with less fiddling with small parts, but with a lying mainboard or fixed backplate the whole thing is relatively easy. The contact area of the cooler is quite small and does not cover the entire heatspreader on an AM4 CPU.
Whether this has a negative effect on the temperatures will be seen later.
And before people start complaining that too much thermal paste has bee
n applied: Check out the video about thermal paste by our colleague Stephen @ GamersNexus!
Specifications
As always, here is the overview of the technical details, everything else can then be read on the product page. You can also switch between the two variants there.
ENDORFY SilentiumPC Fera 5 Dual Fan (SPC304)
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