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INSTALLATION
The use of heatpipes allows the main fins to be elevated above
the surface of the motherboard. This is good for compatibility, as the footprint
of the heatsink is quite small. The Freezer is also narrow enough that the clips
that hook onto the retention mechanism are easily accessible.
The mounting system locks into Intel's stock retention mechanism.
Installation is a simple matter of hooking the bracket into Intel's retention
mechanism and slipping the two clips into place. Some care must be taken to
keep a similar amount of pressure on each clip in order to keep the heatsink
level during installation, but once clipped on, it is quite secure. In
fact, it may well be too secure. In our sample, an enormous amount of pressure was required
to lock the clips into place. Our sample looks no diferent than any of the ones pictured at AC's website or in other reviews, so we suggest that installation is best done with the motherboard
already installed in a case to prevent it from flexing too much.
Because the fan is now blowing sideways, the
orientation of the heatsink is important. Arctic Cooling recommends installing
the Freezer with the fan blowing towards either the top or the back of the case.
We endorse this recommendation with the proviso that it would be better to mount
it blowing backwards. Blowing the exhaust air upwards could cause
the power supply fan to ramp up in speed, especially if it has a bottom-mounted intake fan. However,
not all motherboards support mounting the Freezer in a backwards-blowing configuration.
FREEZER 64
Because the Freezer
64 is essentially the same heatsink as the Freezer 4, we do not plan
to do a separate review of the Freezer 64. The sole difference between these
two models is the mounting system shown below.
The A64 version uses the stock AMD retention module.
Once the heatsink is hooked into the retention module, a flip of the lever...
...locks the heatsink in place.
We had an Athlon 64 system ready to go during our review,
and did actually test the mounting system. The Freezer 64 mounting system is indeed more convenient to use than the Freezer 4 because
the locking lever on the A64 system allows the pressure to be applied smoothly and evenly. It was diffcult to judge whether the pressure was as high, but the Freezer 64 also went on very tightly.
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