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Product
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Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Socket 775 CPU heatsink
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Supplier
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Arctic Cooling
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Suggested Price
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US$34 |
Arctic Cooling fits the stereotype of a European engineering company very well.
For the most part, their products are smart implementations of elegantly simple
ideas, such as their Super
Silent series of heatsinks or their
VGA Silencer. Unlike most famous European brands, Arctic
Cooling doesn't go after the high end market. Most of their products are modestly
priced, and, even if they're not the top performers in their class, tend to be
very good value. In this respect they're a bit like IKEA:
Cheap but usually nice and a bit quirky.
The Freezer
series served as their "high end" model, the low ~US$35
price notwithstanding. Even though it was Arctic Cooling's best CPU cooler, it was no match for the latest and greatest from Scythe, Thermalright and Zalman, which may be why Arctic Cooling
released a new version called the Freezer Pro. It features
a larger fins, an extra heatpipe, and a different, soft-mounted fan. The soft-mounted fan is especially interesting because it shows how seriously Arctic
Cooling considers noise in their design process ? not just their
marketing materials.
The package is small and mostly monochromatic. Classy.
The Freezer Pro comes in two variants: The Freezer 7 Pro and the Freezer
64 Pro. The main difference between the two is the mounting system. The Freezer
7 Pro is compatible with Socket 775 processors (Intel), and the Freezer 64 Pro
with Socket 754/939/940 processors (AMD). According to Arctic
Cooling's datasheet, the two models also feature slightly different fans.
This makes sense, since most Intel processors produce more heat ? and thus
require more airflow ? than AMD's models. Our sample is a Freezer 7 Pro,
which comes with a 4-pin fan that is a little faster than the 3-pin fan that
ships with the Freezer 64 Pro. No samples of the Freezer 64 were available in early November.
A fitted plastic casing protects the Freezer 7 Pro in transit.
The only other things included in the box are an instruction sheet and a small,
branded sticker.
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| Feature & Brief |
Our Comment |
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Extremely Quiet: The low speed 92 mm fan reduces the noise level
to a minimum. The patented fan holder is able to practically eliminate
the typical buzzing sound of 92 mm fans.
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Other Arctic Cooling products have been
fairly quiet, so we have hopes that this one will be as well. |
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Powerful Cooling: 6 Heat Pipes (three used double sided) are
able to transfer heat up to 200 Watt. The heat exchanger is built of 42
fins and consists of a surface area of over 4700 cm2 and allows for resistance
free energy transfer to air.
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This is Arctic Cooling's high end model,
so they want to take on the best... |
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Integrated Cooling of Voltage Converters:
Air is drawn in from the side of the fan to cool the components around
the CPU. Some air is blown out towards the voltage converters on the mainboard
with the bent fins at the bottom.
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An important feature for any tower style heatsink, since the direction
of the fan means that the motherboard doesn't get as much cooling.
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Patented Vibration Absorption: The four rubber connectors on the
fan case act as a vibration damper to absorb the vibration of the running
fan and prevent vibration transfer to the heatsink and the case.
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An unusual noise-reduction feature that
makes a difference at low fan speeds. |
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Easy Installation: The cooler is to install without any tools
within seconds.
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Uses Intel's stock mounting mechanism.
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Long Lifetime / 6 Years Warranty: The ARCTIC Ceramic Bearing provides
an unmatched Life Time of 137'000h (L10@40°C) resp. an MTBF@70°C
of 163'000h and thus a 6 year warranty.
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Six years is a long time. Just think, that's about nine development
cycles for Intel...
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Heatsink Dimensions (L × W × H)
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104 × 58 × 126.5 mm |
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Fan Dimensions (L × W × H)
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107 × 43.5 × 96 mm |
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Overall Dimensions (L × W × H)
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107 × 96.5 × 126.5 mm
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Rated Fan Speed
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300 - 2500 RPM (PWM) |
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Power Consumption
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0.16 Amp. |
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Air Flow
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45 CFM / 77 m3/h
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Weight
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520 g |
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Noise Level
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0.9 Sone |
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Thermal Resistance
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0.17 °C/Watt |
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Thermal Interface Material
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Pre-applied MX-1 paste |
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Warranty
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6 years
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