ARCTIC Freezer Xtreme Rev. 2 CPU Cooler - Intel & AMD, Twin-Tower Heatsink, 120mm PWM Fan

Pros: Quiet, easy install. Although it's quite large, it fits in most cases nicely with little effort. Keeps my Octo-core monster running in the mid 30"s. Never hits 40c.

Cons: Not a complaint in the world.

Overall Review: It's quiet and cold. That's it's job and it does it very well. I'm nothing short of amazed.

Pros: Quiet!! 131mm tall so it fits perfectly on my AMD FX8350 inside my Lian Li PC-C33B HTPC case, and trust me you don't have any room to spare because the copper nubs on top come close to hitting the cover. Does a much better job than the stock cooler and a 120mm Cooler Master down flow GeminII cooler I was using. 36c idle/50c under a heavy load now whereas I was at 44c idle and hitting well into to high 50s and freezing up playing a game under load. Not no more. Does not block my memory at all and they have heatsinks on them :)

Cons: The fan itself is for this cooler only and not upgradeable.

Overall Review: The fan isn't upgradeable but it is replaceable from Artics' website for just shy of $11 including shipping. I did order it JIC something happened to this one so I wouldn't be zip tying one of my other 120mm to it while I waited for a replacement. My case was holding heat with the setup I had so it was essential to me to find a push pull setup that would fit into my limited space and this fit the bill!! Great cooler. Buy it and I guarantee you won't be disappointed :)

Pros: - Quality is good, looks good. - Temp is low enough for me, Ryzen 1600X, 35-40 C idle, 61 C max gaming. - Comes with ARCTIC MX-2, but I use ARCTIC 5 Sliver instead.

Cons: - Not easy to install. - Stickers on this cooler are ugly, and I can't remove them perfectly. :( - Newegg bent fin for me. Thank you, but I prefer a straight one. :)

Overall Review: I wanna post some pictures of those bended fins in this review. Where can I post pictures? Dear newegg

Pros: great cooler,allsome customer support

Cons: aparently none

Overall Review: just an update, so i went to arctics site, went to customer support, told them about the problem with the fan,and to my suprise within hours(well was playing bf3 so could have been sooner lol) I get an email saying in short they do have a warrenty and they stand by it, and they are sending me a new fan,so agin this is an allsome cooler, and when i get my new fan it will be even better,so in other words dont let the posibilty of this happening deturr you from buying this cooler,cause it would seem arctic is just as great as their products

Overall Review: I have a AMD 6 core and the CPU was running up to 96C. My computer would just shut off. Some of my programs would not load and if the did they would only partially run. I got the Arcitc fan and heatsink and it just fit into my case. My motherboard had a 3 pin fan connector and the fan is a 4 pin but the three pinns run it fine just lost the fan RPM gauge. No problem Now my CPU runs at around 30C and all my programs run great. Thanks.

Pros: I saw a review from a guy running a Ryzen 5 1600x ... I'm thinking he may have 'forgotten' the 20C offset that AMD stupidly added to those 95W chips ... because I did the same thing. At idle, the best I got was about 48C ... which, with the offset (or if you use 'AMD Ryzen Master' software) ... means about 28C. So - our "Xtreme Rev.2" can get the Ryzen5 down to virtually the same level as the motherboard (this on an ASRock AB 350, not running the on-board video). The aforementioned system is in a Cooler Master HAF-912 case. I mention this because the top-rear fan didn't work when I put the system together. This cooler is designed to push the air toward the back of the case ... (the centrally located cooler-fan is reversible)* ... where a well-positioned functional case fan should try to immediately push the cpu-warmed air outside the system. Without correctly moving air (inside the case) the Case/MB temperatures will go up (duh) ... and correspondingly the CPU. Under properly designed conditions, this cooler works admirably for the price. (If I wanted more cooling, frankly, I'd get a water-cooler). Both of the AMD systems I put these in (other uses an FX-8350) perform about the same. Price - I got it for $31.13 Quiet ... full speed is audible but not loud ... mostly (in described systems) silent.

Cons: It's big, in all dimensions ... L x W x H. Height may exclude some cases. Keep the other dimensions in mind when deciding in which order system components are assembled. (With AMD's) ... how the metal clips (and much smaller, apparently stainless) screws, attach the cooler to the cpu/socket is not obvious. Furthermore, fitting those clips over the socket's 'ear's', and then tightening the screws to firmly down, requires some patience and a fairly good quality Phillips screw driver (# 0 - 1 ?) with adequate neck-length. ** see method under other/optional below. It's actually easy when you get used to it ... just not a method that's been commonly been used. Once the cooler is attached, keep in mind that those two ears are holding the the very large cooler onto the CPU ... in/across one plane/direction. 'Rocking' along that plane would seem natural. So ... I would take great care in physically moving AMD systems with this cooler installed. (If some engineer's that have done the math/analysis on this attachment method want to contradict me, I'd feel relieved). As I reached into these systems, attaching fan plugs etc ... I got a little nervous 'bumping it'. Also, for the engineers, the clips (they call 'Lugs') appear to made of spring steel. (That's not a bad thing). But, it's tough to sell me on the concept that it's totally locked to the socket's strength ... when that flexibility seems like part of the design. The more recent one of these I purchased had pre-applied (MX-2) thermal paste. I put the cooler on the cpu (as is/was) ... the resulting temperature was only 1C above the second time I put the cooler on with - with Arctic Silver 5. The MX-2 (didn't know what it was when I put it on) looked like it was raked on (mini rock garden style). The Arctic 5 was applied (properly IMO) with a minimal amount smeared as evenly as possible. If I get another one of these, I'll probably try to smear the pre-applied stuff a little ... but it seemed a little stiff ? I like to apply paste minimally to the CPU (not heat-sink) ... in this case, a Ryzen5 is bigger than the copper contacting surface ... so, my preferred method wouldn't be the best idea. FYI, the really hot core/heat portions of the Ryzen chip are toward the middle. There will be about 1/8" of exposed Ryzen/chip extending out from the Xtreme Rev.2's copper base. I've read that the fan is not replaceable, other than with Arctic's replacement part# ... looks like a regular 80mm fan to me (custom circular edge fitting downward). I checked, when I bought my first one ... you can get the part ... in in a pinch, I'd bet you could fit something in there temporarily.

Overall Review: * Only 95% sure it's reversible (not taking the time to confirm) ... the way the AMD socket 'ears' are positioned on the MB, the Xtreme Rev.2 has to fit such that the CPU fan will either blow internally, or out (properly) - toward the back of the case. ** When putting this into an AMD system ... the CPU fan should be removed (be patient & careful, it 'clips' in & out) ... then attach the 'lugs' with the screws (as shown in the #1 image for AMD sockets) ... about 2 &1/2 screw turns IMO. The lugs will then be 'dangling' as you bring the cooler down onto the socket. Getting the first lug over an ear shouldn't take any force ... the second 'lug' may take a little force .... finger tip should do. (Which is good, because their ain't much room to work).

Pros: Big & beefy, fins near bottom are tapered off to accommodate orientation, helpful manual, can have fan blow air horizontally or vertically, quick install, comes pre-greased, great bang for the buck.

Cons: Fan doesn't have embossed arrows showing air direction (but stickered side of fan means air blows on that side), doesn't do dishes.

Overall Review: I was looking for a CPU cooler where I could put fans on both ends. Since this design had a fan in the middle I figured this would cut down on noise, and I was right. The manual I had illustrated putting the mount with the holes top to bottom to have air flow bottom to top instead of right to left, but perhaps I read the manual wrong after checking it on their website. Installation was super-easy to follow. You have to apply the screws from down in between both halves of the cooler, but a typical long-reach screwdriver (magnetized is better) provides easier install. You may need some light on both sides to ensure the screw coming from above goes smoothly in the screw holes in the mount. While i don't utilize an AMD processor, different mounts are included and installation is shown in the manual. I used this with a new board, an MSI H110M gaming (Micro-ATX), and my existing video card, a Gigabyte GTX960 Windforce with three fans.. At one point I wanted to test an older, shorter video card but ran into issues removing it. The card took up two slots and was almost flush with the cooler (running right to left) while the right edge of the cooler was almost touching the RAM (but thankfully not touching because of the tapered fin fashion, a bonus). I had struggled with the card and finally got it, then changed the orientation from bottom to top. This worked out better as I have the exhaust from the bottom-mounted power supply rising upward to the Arctic fan pulling in the air, finally rising to the top of the Cooler Master HAF932 case and it's large top fan expelling exhaust outwards. So be aware that if you swap out cards to test and are using an M-ATX board along with a larger video card near the top, you may have issues reinstalling the video card. While this is a chance occurrence, I feel it's necessary to point out. This is a very good purchase for the price, very low in noise (perhaps muffled by the metal fins), and the fan itself is extremely easy. It's formed into a piece that snaps in to the top of the cooler itself. Be aware of this as you won't be able to replace the fan with a different fan (although why would you want to?). My only real gripe is that there is no arrow embossed on the side of the fan telling the owner which way the air flows. But years of experience in building PCs tells me that usually the part of the fan with the sticker in the middle indicates the side where air flows to, and this fan is no exception. For its size, lightness, and ease of install; you can't go wring with this cooler. EDIT 6/14/2007 - After two weeks this has been holding up very well. Most noticeable is the lack of noise, most likely because the fan is sandwiched between the layers of fins. There were a few brief moments where I could hear some sort of clipping, but I believe it was due to the fan's connector wires making contact with the fans. After pulling the connector down more I haven't heard this clipping noise for quite some time.

Pros: this duel tower cools well, mounts fit stock am4 socket perfect, height of these are perfect for compact builds at 140mm tall it fit my thermaltake mini cube with gigabyte itx build

Cons: well honestly the only con is the fan, its the weak link, poor quality bought two of these the first arrived with broken fan, still needs fan to fix it the second one works but noisy, i called and talked to arctic cooler rep at us center just to see if they could me a new fan so i wouldn't have to go through all the return drama with newegg seems to be a common fan issue, the only one they had there left was missing the fan to replace a broken customer fan, not mine of course, they don't have any replacement parts for my brand new never installed cooler with a broken fan right out of the box

Overall Review: this would be a great cooler with a quality installed , for now its just a nice cooler that keeps my am4 ryzen cpu at average of 36c/37c idle and 46c at full throttle small improvements could be winning ticket for this cooler