Asus Silent Knight Views

General Goods

As usual from Asus, our review unit of the Asus Silent Knight II came in a rather large cardboard box from the company's headquarters in Taiwan. It was the same box that contained the Asus P5E3-Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n X38 motherboard. Using FedEx International Priority, everything arrived pretty uneventfully and in excellent condition as we've always expected from FedEx particularly. Asus has also taken excellent care in the packaging with excellent use of foam brackets as well as foam sheets to ensure the contents come in not only working condition, but also in mint condition.

Our review unit of the Asus Silent Knight II came in a cardboard box; with the box in tall vertical orientation. Through the middle of the box is a cutout displaying a side view of the heatsink itself behind the PET shell. Images and specifications are printed on its sides, with the top enclosed by flaps. A plastic handle is implemented at the top of the box as seen on previous high end Asus' motherboard packaging formula. We've definitely appreciated the overall clean yet informative design of the box -- and also for the fact that it utilizes a solid, real, carefully constructed cardboard box rather than cheap blister packs that requires a lot of effort just to get its content out.

Out of the box, you will receive the Asus Silent Knight II itself, along with the mounting accessories for Intel LGA775 and all the AMD Athlon 64 sockets. An installation poster is also included out of the box for installation instructions; independent instructions are included since methods of installation from Intel and AMD, although somewhat similar, are still different.

Like the majority of Asus' current line of heatsinks, the Asus Silent Knight II continues the tradition of central fan implementation in the heatsink. The 92mm LED sleeve bearing fan draws air into the heatsink through the middle where it's located, and then exhaust it out the back. The blue fan combined with its heatsink design creates airflow onto components around the CPU socket to more effectively cool them down; something quite unique to Asus' heatsinks and usually missing with other heatsinks with perpendicular fan design.