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AC Freezer64 pro

freezer is much better than the zalman (heatpipes...). The Freezer is quite a bit better than the stock hsf for the 3800+. It is also probably one of the better cheap, quiet HSFs. if you want more performance, though, you could spend money for a bigger cooler, like a Scythe Ninja or TT Soniq Tower.
 
Sunbeam also has a version of their Heatpipe type sink (Silent Whisper K8) that's maybe based around the same Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro.

It's only $20 @ SVC.com. Might be worth a look.
 
Originally posted by: Arkane13131
ZALMAN CNPS7000B better or worse?
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The Zalman CNPS7000 has had its day in the sun.
But with that said i have read many reviews where the Freezer64 Pro went toe to toe with the Zalman 9500 and it was iether a draw or they didn`t lose my much!!
 
i see. i am leaning toward the freezer... but i was told it can get pretty loud... the rest of my computer is totally silent.. would be bad to ruin that.
 
yes thanx I did look at many reviews I just find asking people around here gets me a more honest opinion (for the most part)

seems like a sweet deal for the $$.
 
I got in on the $17.95 + shipping Central Computers deal last week for the AC Freezer64 Pro, fast and reasonably priced shipping with tracking. I'm adding them to my approved vendor list. My son thieved the Thermalright XP-90C I was using for his Athlon64 3500.

According to Speedfan, with the Freezer64 Pro, my CPU, an Athlon64 3200, idle temp was 1 degree C less, and under full load, Stress Prime 2004, 2 degrees less than with the XP-90C + a Thermaltake Silent Cat 92mm fan + AS5. This was at stock speed and voltage with Cool'n'Quiet disabled. Ambient (room) and case temps were the same. No significant difference, but the Freezer64 Pro is cheaper.

The Thermaltake Silent Cat (it's not silent) 92mm fan was running at 2450 rpms and is rated at 52 CFM. The Freezer64 Pro's fan was running at 2165 rpms and is rated at 40 CFM. I've been using the XP-90C with AS5 for about 3 months and I have not seen the burn-in temp drop phenomena that Arctic Silver says will occur after 200 hours use.

The Freezer64 Pro comes with AC's pre-applied way too thick MX-1 paste. The 5th pic down on this review, Techpowerup Review, is how my CPU looks, paste oozing out the sides of the CPU. Artic Cooling says that this stuff does not contain any metal particles and there are no problems regarding electrical conductivity and capacitance. They should include a tube of this stuff and let you apply it yourself.

The review at Frosty Tech brought up some good points.
"Rubber can dry out and crack, become rigid with exposure to certain chemicals, heat, sustained tension or UV light. This posses problems for a heatsink which is reliant upon its fan being held in position by four somewhat thin rubber supports. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro heatsink is warrantied for 6 years, but will its four dualaxial rubber posts hold up for that long? How will the rubber hold up against the constant heating and cooling cycles inside a PC chassis? Will ultraviolet (UV) light from certain black light cold cathode systems degrade the material?"

"What isn't so great about Arctic Cooling's design are those little posts on the black plastic cap which the retention clip must lock into. It's easy to misalign the clip just slightly, impacting how firmly the Freezer 64 Pro is mounted to the processor. In fact, this very issue caused us to initially list the Freezer 64 Pro with a 26.9°C rise above ambient temperature."
 
Originally posted by: Arkane13131
thanx!

how is the installation? do I have to pull the motherboard out? ; ;
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I had to. The freezer pro is pretty big. Either you pull out the mobo or pull the power supply and video card.
 
I did not pull out the mobo when installing the Freezer. Depends on the location of retention on your motherboard though.
 
ahh thanx.. I have tons of room in my case and lots of room between the videocard and cpu... i was just wondering if the freezer used a custom mounting system that required me to get at the back of the motherboard...similar to zalmans cpu fans.

sweet ill be ordering the freezer tonight.
 
Freezer uses default K8 mounting system. No need to remove the Lotes mounting. This thing should take five minutes to install (including cleaning thermal paste off CPU).
 
Originally posted by: Arkane13131
ahh thanx.. I have tons of room in my case and lots of room between the videocard and cpu... i was just wondering if the freezer used a custom mounting system that required me to get at the back of the motherboard...similar to zalmans cpu fans.

sweet ill be ordering the freezer tonight.
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Check out this thread here.
 
thank you. i placed my order and payed 30.51$ shipped. not a great deal but not bad, since i live in california i pay tax ordering from 90% of the websites out there >.> thanks for all the input everyone.
 
Thanks RallyMaster for mentioning that the Freezer64 Pro uses the the default RM.
On some motherboards like mine, the Epox EP-9NPA+Ultra, with the MB in my case, a Lian Li PC-7A Plus, the retention clip side of the Freezer64 Pro is very close to the bottom of my PSU. It's impossible to see, without taking the PSU out, if all 3 tabs on the RM are in the holes on the retention clip. This is one instance where a removable MB tray would have helped.
Also on my MB the fan cage of the Freezer hangs over the ram slots. If you have tall ram chips there may be a clearance problem.

 
Originally posted by: MadScientist
Thanks RallyMaster for mentioning that the Freezer64 Pro uses the the default RM.
On some motherboards like mine, the Epox EP-9NPA+Ultra, with the MB in my case, a Lian Li PC-7A Plus, the retention clip side of the Freezer64 Pro is very close to the bottom of my PSU. It's impossible to see, without taking the PSU out, if all 3 tabs on the RM are in the holes on the retention clip. This is one instance where a removable MB tray would have helped.
Also on my MB the fan cage of the Freezer hangs over the ram slots. If you have tall ram chips there may be a clearance problem.
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Once you've built and maintained a rig with a slide out tray it will become a priority when
selecting a case. Having a removable mainboard tray in a smaller case is not a feature
to be lightly discounted, IMNSHO.

...Galvanized

 
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