Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Review - Key Features and Overview
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Key Features
The package lists all of the details on how the heatsink actually helps cool components and reduce heat.
Extremely Quiet – Running the fan outside of the system on full power is clearly audible. Any kind of background noise from other system components, or any distance from the fan greatly reduces audibility. Installation in a chassis provides nearly silent operation, and is compatible with temperature controlled fan speed bios.
The 92mm fan provides more airflow yet is quieter than the original Freezer 64. The fan itself is suspended from the heatsink. All four corners use custom rubber mounting bumpers.
This image shows how the fan is actually suspended in place by the rubber bumpers in all four corners. Only the base of the fan makes contact with the heatsink and has no moving parts to cause a vibration.
Patented Fan Casing – The new fan design has a few significant upgrades from the previous version. The fan has been upgraded to 92mm instead of the original 80mm fan. It is also no longer suspended by two long posts; now the fan has four rubber suspenders to prevent vibration from fan operation at full speeds. The new fan also has an integrated fan guard, a great feature for any cluttered case, or any users who work around the heatsinks while the fan is operation.
The bottom 3 fins are spaced apart to allow airflow from the heatsink to easily pass thru and then bend downward to circulate air around the voltage converters.
Integrated Cooling of Voltage Converters – Another great feature built into the Freezer 64 Pro is the bottom 3 fins. Slightly bent at the end, the heatsink directs airflow down towards mosfet and heatpipe chipset coolers. Air is forced down and helps circulate exhausted air from around the motherboard area.
While taking pictures, I accidentally pressed my finger onto the plastic cover over the base. When the heatsink is applied to the core all the excess will fill in the areas where less paste is available.
Outstanding Cooling Performance – One of the first features I had noticed when I opened up my cooler was 6 heatpipes. The addition of 2 heatpipes should help reduce temperatures in single core processors significantly and allow the cooler to remove the additional heat generated by dual core processors. There should be plenty of headroom for overclocking dual cores as well.
The Freezer 64 Pro uses a mounting clip which is removable by removing the screw on the handle, with that removed you can rotate the mounting clips so the heatsink can blow air in the direction you will be exhausting air.
Easy Installation – Of course Arctic Cooling provides installation instructions, but one of the simplest design features is its standard socket clip mounting system. Similar to stock cooler mounting systems, if the user can get their original heatsink off, they can install this one just as well. There’s no need for mounting any back plates for reinforcement. The Freezer 64 Pro uses lightweight materials so it does not need the aid of a through-motherboard mounting system.
Long Lifetime – The Arctic fan bearing is rated to last hundreds of thousands of hours, even in very warm conditions. With normal airflow in a chassis, the life span of the cooler should be many, many years.
6 Year Guarantee – That’s right. It’s a six (6) year guarantee. A lot of products recently only offer 3 years of coverage, basically if you have any problems with an Arctic Cooling product you can contact someone and get any issue resolved.
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