ARCTIC Freezer i30 Extreme CPU Cooler - Intel, 320W Ultimate Cooling Power, Direct-Touch

Pros: Easy to install. Good directions. No missing parts

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Universal build, so be prepared to hoard extra parts that you'll never ever use.

Pros: - Big Heatsink really big.
- Fan are SO SILENT. It's unbelievable that it's even spining.
- The fan blow air out are so cold that I thought it was ice.
- I put it on my core i5 and it drop from 60 C to 40 C on Heavy Load.

Would recommend to other people. But beware it's a BIG heat sink + Fan.

Cons: Maybe the Heat Sink is too big...

Pros: The picture doesn't do this cooler justice. I was shocked at the size of this unit. I sat this on top of a MSi Z77 Big Bang board, there is only one way to mount it do to the size of the heat sinks on the board. I'm not sure if the same issue will arise on other boards. The mount system is rock solid, and love that it hooks to a standard 4 pin power on the board to power it. Cooling it seems to very well, at idle my i7 at factory clocking sits at 25C under load its at 40C.

Cons: If you mount the fan side on the same side of the dimm slots it will block the dimm slot closest to the fan. I have seen reviews where people have put a slim line stick in it.

Other Thoughts: Heck of a direct pipe cooler for the money.

Pros: dead silent & powerful cooling

Cons: it blocked a RAM slot [but that's not important for me]

Other Thoughts: http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/cpu/472/freezer-i30.html

Pros: Much better than the Intel provided cpu cooler. My i7-2600K reached 82C when benchmarking with 3DMark-Vantage and this i30 cooler dropped the temperature to 53C. I won't worry now when working my pc hard.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Large, but that's to be expected for this type of cooler AND they do give dimensions in the description. The cooler can be faced in any of 4 directions to fit.

Pros: Very good cooling performance.
Reasonably sized cooling tower.
Good mounting hardware.
Very reasonably priced.

Cons: Fan is a little too loud at higher RPMs.

Other Thoughts: This is an excellent cooler in a more modestly sized tower design. It does a fantastic job keeping two Xeon E5-2670 CPUs cool in a back-to-back, push/pull configuration. This is a nice cooler in smaller cases where clearances are tight.

Pros: BIG - Nice and quiet - Good cooling - Efficient - works with LGA 2011 - Reasonably priced

Cons: Did not fit without modification and TIGHT when I finally did get it in.

I had to STRETCH the metal tubes for the 2011 mount. They were barely too tight to fit the base on my EVGA X79 and I really wanted to get the system up and running after finding out that the retail Intel 3820 did not come with a fan. What I did was to take a nail setting punch and place the tube onto it and put it loosely into the vise and strike it a couple times to expand the diameter on one side. Worked and mounted fine after this.

Also it was still a tight fit with little clearance for MB cooling fins and tall memory, but I am actually fine with that even though it may not be good for others.

Other Thoughts: Nice cooler, they just need to get the tubes right for the 2011 mount. Price point is good too.

Pros: More quiet than stock Intel fan.
Keeps a 3570k OC @ 4.2 @ 58C

Cons: 3570k OC @ 4.4 @ 80C @ 1.22V

Other Thoughts: Great fan for mild overclocking and keeping the sound low at the same time which is exactly what I wanted. Trade off.

Pros: uhm, nothing?

Cons: SAME HERE: My build was sabotaged by two of the four metal spacers that support the fan mounting brackets. The spacer had a different diameter than the other two and wouldn’t fit on any of the four mounting holes on my EVGA mobo.

Other Thoughts: /sorry for the copy paste/
Super unhappy. This build is for my boss. We need it for the business and now I can't put it together. Thanks Arctic. Will not buy from this company again!

Pros: Cooler was packed nicely, with adequate documentation and instructions. Installed in less than 15 minutes with little hassle. Been running it on my i-3570k for a week (no OC yet) with low temperatures. Idling around 30C, load sits at or below 60C. Seems to be quiet- my 2x 80mm and 120mm exhaust drown out whatever noise the i30 makes.

Cons: Not much to complain about. Of course this is a larger cooler, so mini ATX builders and quad-channel kit users should avoid this if they are unsure the i30 will fit around their components. Beware when installing, too, as the metal mounting brackets dictate whether your fan will be pulling air vertically or horizontally.

Other Thoughts: Great buy if you have the space and the cash. Outperforms the Evo 212 by a solid 5C, and can compete with the Noctuna DH14.