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Test System:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2
Intel Reference Cooler
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 (D0)
Motherboard: Asus P6T Motherboard (3x 2GB)
RAM: 6GB Corsair DDR3-1600 Coolit ECO A.L.C.
PSU: Corsair HX850W PSU
HDD: 1TB 7200rpm Samsung F3 (HD103SJ)
Case: Cooler Master 690 II Advanced
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Prime 95 (64-bit)
Everest Ultimate
Room temperatures were kept at an ambient 22c which mirrors realistic temperatures for a wide range of room environments. We left our test system idling on the desktop and after 30 minutes the idle temperatures were recorded. The CPU was then loaded for 30 minutes using Prime 95 and the load temperatures were recorded. The temperatures were recorded using Everest Ultimate and the displayed values were the average of the four cores.
The results we achieved with the Freezer 7 Pro really support it as a viable upgrade from the Intel reference cooler recording a 3.5 degree improvement when idling and a staggering 16.5 degree improvement in load temperature. We were also able to achieve a modest overclock of 3.4 GHz with the cooler, achieving similar temperatures to the standard clocked CPU with the Intel Reference cooler.
Our tests show that this cooler is a decent option to reduce your temperatures to increase the longevity of your CPU but will also allow you some headroom for overclocking.
Even cheaper than the Thermaltake Contac 29 very nice indeed ! this will be a good seller I would imagine
Awesome little cooler, the original was brilliant, such a bargain really considering the £40+ asking price for most now in the UK. this and the Contact 29 seem the best deals.
Great review Henry, nice pictures and the product is very good
shame we didnt get a head to head with the contac 29, id love to know how they both hold up together. same price,. well almost.
Nice review Henry, looks like a nice little cooler. very cheap which is always good to see
Its hard to justify spending £60 on a cooler unless you need to overclock very high. and most people don’t. this is ideal.
Great review, seems like a perfect first step up from intels reference mounts.
ideal cooler for a newb or someone wanting a very cheap product. performance is much better than the price would suggest
I had the first version of this cooler and it was very impressive. so easy to fit too in a rush.
Excellent design and such a cheap asking price. the first one was around for a long time, I see no reason why this one wouldnt be also.
Found this site, and it looks great on my iPad, so clean and fast loading !
Nice review, very helpful for a purchase I have coming up soon.
I used the original in several systems and got good results with them. It’s good to see Rev2 performs well also
Very well written review Mr Butt 🙂 a few things id change such as fan support, but for the price, its impossible to fault.
Good review, as far as I know this has been around for a while but still holds up there quite well.
One thing that got me thinking while reading through it was this… see that pic looking at the cooler from the south east corner of board? Yea, well how does if at all, does taller RAM modules affect cpu cooling performance? Taller DIMMs could potential interrupt airflow into the fan and thus the heat dissipation of the cooler? That could make a pretty interesting read if that theory holds true 😀