SilentiumPC Fortis 5 Dual CPU Air Cooler Review – Underdog mixes up the midrange

1 - Einführung und technische Daten 2 - Optik und Haptik 3 - Methodik, Ergebnisse und Fazit

Methodology

A Ryzen 5 3600 has to be cooled at factory settings, in addition 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport (2x8GB) DDR4 memory on a MSI B550 Tomahawk (BIOS 7C91vA3). The Asus ROG Strix GTX 1060 6GB is running in zero-fan mode for the CPU stress tests only for the image output, and a Fractal Design Ion Gold 750W serves as the power source, all housed in the Thermaltake Core P3 as an open benchtable.

All records are logged with HWInfo64 v6.30-4240 – 2000ms logging, the specified temperature is derived from the sensor CPU Die (Average). The load of Prime95 produces an average of 88 watts of CPU package power. Since I don’t have air conditioning, the values in the graphs are the delta between room temperature and CPU temperature.  This allows all cooling systems to be compared fairly, even if the ambient temperature is different.  The thermal paste supplied with the cooler or pre-applied is used in each case.

I determine the sound level with a Voltcraft SL-200 meter at a distance of 40cm, which works in 125ms cycles in Lo mode. The room was measured at 33.2 dB(A), an external sample table is helpful for the breakdown.

Benchmarks

The first set of results was obtained with both fans and increasing speed. So that’s how you would run the Fortis 5 Dual:

In the second run, the rear 120mm fan was removed and tested again with just the 140mm in the front. This is how we arrive at the results that can be expected when buying the Fortis 5 (without dual) or the ARGB variant.

And here again are all the results averaged and compared to other coolers that can be had for a similar price:

Summary and conclusion

SilentiumPC has once again managed to deliver a really good cooling solution. Good performance with quiet operation and reasonable price, as you can already be used to from this manufacturer. Along with the 6 year warranty – though an air cooler in itself is unlikely to die of old age – are also worth mentioning.

Otherwise, it has once again been shown that a second fan in normal air coolers provides rather little in terms of additional performance. At least for mid-range processors, like the Ryzen 5 used here. At the time of testing, the Fortis 5 Dual version costs about 8€ more than the Fortis 5 (single), so you can confidently go for the variant with only one fan.

And since four fan clamps are also included with this one, you can easily buy another 120mm fan yourself if you need it in the future. A good candidate would be, for example, the budget king Arctic P12 PWM, which we also tested. In conclusion, I can only reiterate that the Fortis 5 compares well without being noisy and deserves a recommendation. The highly competitive €40-50 price range for air coolers has gained another strong candidate that is definitely worth considering.

The test sample was provided by SilentiumPC without obligation. There was and is no influence on the tests and results. There was also no compensation for expenses and no obligation to publish.

ENDORFY SilentiumPC Fortis 5 (SPC306)

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ENDORFY SilentiumPC Fortis 5 ARGB (SPC308)

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	1-2 Wochen	68,07 €*Stand: 24.04.24 03:24

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