Testurteil: "Silver-Award"
Test: Einzeltest: Prolimatech Samuel 17
Zitat: Some time ago, high-performance computers had to use huge cases, and small cases were seen as a signal of a "weak" computer. Nowadays, however, Home Teather PCs (HTPCs) are getting more and more common, and high-performance computers can be easily built using SFF (small form factor) cases, making this old notion "wrong". If you are going to build a small yet powerful computer, you will need a good slim cooler, as the well-known, high-performance coolers will simply not fit. If this is your case, the Prolimatech Samuel 17 is a good choice. The cooler is small, nicely constructed, and easy to install. It is not inexpensive, but its price is lower than most high-end CPU coolers. Its performance is obviously not like the top-notch coolers we´ve reviewed so far, but it performed better than a mainstream tower cooler, which is a big deal considering its size. The fact it doesn´t come with a fan is a double-edged sword: while you will have to spend more money buying a fan, you get the advantage of choosing the exact fan you want, focusing on performance or on silence. Anyway, there are tons of good 120 mm fans in the market. As it is a low profile CPU cooler with good performance, and will help to cool your motherboard chipset as well as your CPU, the Prolimatech Samuel 17 cooler receives the Hardware Secrets Silver Award.