Taking a closer look at the SilverStone NT05's hardware; we first look at the mounting springs. As seen on the previous page, the Nitrogen cooler comes with four mounting pins and six springs. The four longer compression springs are supposedly to be used for the LGA and AM2 sockets while the shorter compression springs are to be used with the AMD Socket 940. You can see the length difference of the screws when mounted with the different length springs.
The Nitrogen NT05 sample we received for review was labeled version two. While searching on the internet, I found some reviews that showed the NT05 as not supporting the AMD AM2 socket. Revision two included AM2 mounting instructions along with two butterfly brackets that are swapped out from the originally mounted LGA and 940 brackets. Silverstone has included a couple of transparent stickers that are shaped like the AM2 brackets. These are to separate the brackets from the heat sink. This, I can only assume, would be to help avoid electrical charges, but don�t take my word for it as the factory installed brackets for LGA and 940 are not stickered. Note, when installing the stickers, use a small screw driver or screw to guide the stickers on to avoid misalignment.
Included with the NT05 cooler is a rheostat. This is mounted to a black PCI-Slot cover. The black is a nice touch in my opinion. The rheostat is unlabeled so I can�t tell you exactly the specs, but it is a pretty standard low voltage controller using the 12v rail as that is what the fan uses for power.
The rheostat speed controller connects to the Nitrogen NT05 by means of a mini two wire Molex. This is located next to the power lead. The power lead for this cooler is in the large four pin Molex connector found on many of the other internal components like optical or hard drives. The power lead is quite long too!
