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Arctic Cooling launches flagship Freezer 13 Pro CPU cooler

by Parm Mann on 14 February 2011, 12:31

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Swiss manufacturer Arctic Cooling has expanded its range of CPU coolers with the launch of the Freezer 13 Pro.

Taking its place as Arctic Cooling's flagship solution, the 159mm-tall cooler features four U-shaped 8mm copper heatpipes routed through a series of 47 half-millimeter-thick aluminium fins.

Moving up a step from the existing Freezer 13, the new Pro model incorporates a larger "ultra-quiet" 120mm PWM-controlled fan that's capable of speeds ranging from 300-1,350 RPM, and a second 50mm fan designed to help cool nearby components.

Sat atop of the cooler's copper base, the 50mm mini-fan - dubbed Cross-Blow technology - is said to deliver airflow "to other chipset parts and thus dramatically lowering the temperature of surrounding components near the CPU".

It all combines to create a whopping 300W cooling capacity, and the Freezer 13 Pro is compatible with a wide variety of Intel and AMD processors - including LGA1155, Sandy Bridge.

The cooler is expected to fetch $54.90 in the US but UK pricing is yet to be confirmed.

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Posted by semo - Mon 14 Feb 2011 13:10
The whole reason you would get such a cooler is for the big fan (you wouldn't get an after market cooler with a fan smaller than 80mm). Big fans last longer and are quieter throughout their life (along with the added CFM). That 50mm fan is a deal breaker for me
Posted by OilSheikh - Mon 14 Feb 2011 13:29
Apart from the new fan, dont see any difference to the Freezer
Posted by Biscuit - Mon 14 Feb 2011 13:38
has the little mini fan thing proved useful?
Posted by scaryjim - Mon 14 Feb 2011 13:43
semo
The whole reason you would get such a cooler is for the big fan …

Surely the whole reason you'd get such a cooler is to cool your CPU?! if this one offers demonstrably superior cooling to other similar models, and that is acheived by using a small fan to stimulate airflow around the CPU socket and thus help cool the chopset and motherboard as well, I don't see why it would be such a deal breaker. if it's loud and whiny then sure, it'd be a problem, but we won't know that until there's a review: and even then if it's a good cooler some people will be willing to forgoe silence in favour of a cooler CPU / higher overclock. Large HSFs aren't just aimed at the quiet crowd, you know… ;)
Posted by semo - Mon 14 Feb 2011 13:59
scaryjim
Surely the whole reason you'd get such a cooler is to cool your CPU?! if this one offers demonstrably superior cooling to other similar models, and that is acheived by using a small fan to stimulate airflow around the CPU socket and thus help cool the chopset and motherboard as well, I don't see why it would be such a deal breaker. if it's loud and whiny then sure, it'd be a problem, but we won't know that until there's a review: and even then if it's a good cooler some people will be willing to forgoe silence in favour of a cooler CPU / higher overclock. Large HSFs aren't just aimed at the quiet crowd, you know… ;)

You haven't had much experience with small fans have you? They'll probably be fine in reviews but they get noisy quickly. There's a very good reason why OEMs and even stock coolers are using less and less dinky small fans, i.e. they're ANNOYING!

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