CONCLUSION

   The original Silver Arrow released by Thermalright over a year ago was able to go up against the best CPU Air Cooler at the time the original NH-D14 by Noctua but was only able to match its performance levels. Well it's quite obvious that Thermalright didn't want the same thing to happen twice so this time over the latest Silver Arrow Extreme managed to outperform the Noctua NH-D14 LGA2011 by almost 4 degrees Celsius which considering the high end nature of these solutions is not a small performance gap. Unfortunately for Thermalright to achieve that performance increase they had to use the two more powerful and thus louder fans in their arsenal and that's the only serious drawback i can find with the Silver Arrow Extreme. However enthusiasts and overclockers who are the main target group of the Silver Arrow Extreme will almost certainly have the ability to reduce their speed to achieve lower noise levels while at the same time when and if the extra muscle is needed they can simply crank up both fans.

   Since the Silver Arrow Extreme by Thermalright was just released naturally it's pretty much unavailable regardless of where you look. Still according to Thermalright the recommended price tag is placed at USD89/79Euros which is quite reasonable compared both to the price tag of the normal Silver Arrow SB-E version and the Noctua NH-D14 LGA2011. Granted the Silver Arrow Extreme is one of the loudest CPU Coolers out there currently but for most enthusiasts and overclockers (namely its target audience) noise levels always come second to performance and performance is its strong point. Bottom line you can't really go wrong with the Silver Arrow Extreme if you want the highest performance CPU Air Cooler currently in the market and you care not about noise which is also why it walks away with our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Best CPU Air Cooler Currently
- Build Quality
- 8 Nickel Plated Heatpipes
- Dual TR-TY143 140mm PWM 2500RPM Fans
- Ability to Add An 3rd Fan 

CONS

- Size
- Noise Levels
- Price (For Some)