ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler - Retail

Whoa, I'm impressed

Reviewed By: MAGE on 11/15/2005

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Comments: Alright, so my pc was heating up to 60+ even 70c during what I thought was normal operation. Downloads, playing games, this thing was running HOT. Was looking for a good heatsink but to install all the good ones you needed to take out your MOTHERBOARD! I don't want to do that, so then I stumbled across this one. Don't let the pictures fool you, it's big, I have a Asus p5ld2, and I just managed to get it in there. It will definitely fit, no doubt about that, but you're gonna have to mingle with it a bit. It says to push the air towards the back of the pc but I couldn't do that because it didn't fit that way. Instead I'm pushing the air to the front which I don't really mind, BECAUSE this thing cools LIKE NO OTHER! Idling temps for me were 60C!!!! Now I have hl2 loaded and it's idling at 38C! The artic Silver 5 didn't even sink in yet so it's only going to get better. I even messed up the instructions by lifting the heatsink by mistake which supposedly allows air to seep in, but it's working fine no problems. So definitely recommend, you will probably have to remove your video card to install but it's better than your whole MOBO!!

PROS - Quiet, easy installation, cools great(WITH artic silver 5) AND Lightweight, Surprised by how light it is. Held Stock intel on one hand and this on the other, couldn't tell the difference. Copper, great contact. Low Price!

CONS - Little on the larger side, has those twisty things to install, not a problem for me, but to some might be.

Before I depart-


From observation the metal on the heatsink SEEMS flimsy, but it really isn't, it's just extra flexible. The contact on the bottom is extremely sturdy and seals tight.

For all those who cant stand those twisty things, DO NOT listen to those dam instructions on any of those. Put the thing in the lock POSITION first, which is the arrows pointing INWARDS, COUNTER CLOCKWISE, THEN once you put it on the cpu, get them into the whole, and push them semi in, do this to the opposite corners until all of em are in, AND THEN! You push them one by one until you hear that little click noise, then its in. Once you get the hang of it the twisty thing might even be better than screws. AND it's alot easier with this heatsink than with the INTEL STOCK JUNK! Def a must buy. GET EM WHILE it's CHEAP!

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Awesome Cooler!!!

Reviewed By: TacoXPS2 on 12/28/2006

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: This thing is excellent for Core 2 Duos. I have an E6400 that was idling at 47 C and full load to 65 C with the stock HSF @ stock speed. After installing this thing with some Arctic Silver 5 I idle around 33 C and load at 42. Even at 3 GHZ I idled at 42 C and loaded at 52. AMAZING!!! (All temps using Intel TAT idle/100% load)

Cons: NONE

Other Thoughts: I really wasn't expecting much of a change between this cooler and stock (even though I had read many great reviews). I was a little skeptical but once I saw what this puppy could do I was pretty happy to say the least. This installed perfectly on a 680i SLI motherboard with absolutely no modifying or anything.

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Reviewed By: on 2/9/2010

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: It runs my 3.16ghz dual core at 3.8ghz without worrying me. The temps idle around 33-40. And never exceed 55 even during max load. Easy to control the fan, looks like it would work amazingly...

Cons: All four of the fasteners cracked or broke off when trying to put it on an atx micro. It's a pain to deal with, and it's HUGE. I would not recommend this to anyone with an atx micro. It's so big it's pushing up against my RAM. Even at full speed, it doesn't seem to cool down my cpu more then 33degrees. I even reapplied a nice layer of silver compound and am reading the same temperatures. It's been over a year, but after building my boyfriend's computer and seeing his 16C with the stock amd fan and the same 45nm architecture, I'm tempted to dig out the original stock fan!

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Sweet

Reviewed By: badjoey on 2/9/2010

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Install was easy @ AMD 64 took more time to hook up my cables. Totally quiet, less noise than the 2 fans I had rigged up piggy back.

Cons: Didn't care for not being able to choose direction for fans airflow. It's upwards & it goes into the intake 850 watt power supply. Maybe that's a blessing in disguise?

Other Thoughts: Best bang for your buck with all the coolers to choose from. Wish I had been ableto get it when it was $30/free ship. I plan to build a system & I'll dfeinitely get another one of these. Works great @ hardcore gaming for hours steadily. Haven't tried it overclocking CPU yet. Got it next day via UPS- it ships out of Memphis & I live in Ark.

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Make Sure You Measure

Reviewed By: on 2/9/2010

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: I am sure it is a decent fan, unfortunately I was never able to install it to test it See Cons

Cons: It is a huge fan especially in a htpc case. Make sure you have the space. My case could not fit the fan. Lost 15 dollars because of that.

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